CMA Museum Anthropology Futures Conference Schedule

Hello conference goers!  Please see below for the outline of the CMA Museum Anthropology Futures Conference, May 25-27.  We will be sending a more detailed program out in the near future. Questions? museumfutures2017@gmail.com

REGISTRATION will be open in one week.

Note: Coffee and Conversation times are also great opportunities to check out posters, popup exhibits, and artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas’s mural in progress. 

THURSDAY May 25, 2017

2-5pm                   Register & visit the Popup Exhibits and Posters!  Presenters will be available to discuss their work.

2-5pm                   Workshop: Curatorial Dreaming with Shelley Butler (limited to 8, sign up info to come)

4-6pm                   Pre-circulated Papers Sessions are closed sessions

Museums and Indigenous Health and Heritage in N. America (Isaac, Kramer, Krmpotich, McChesney, Shannon)

                                  Object-Centered Narratives (Balaswaminthan, Brown, Clements, Matthews)

                                  Engaged and Collaborative Research (Kreps, Patterson, Robertson, Saul)

                                 

5-615pm             Welcome & Roundtable: Student Perspectives on Museum Anthropology Futures (Kamph)

                                 

630-8pm             Join us for "Libation Anthropology: a Participant Observation Approach"— as we head into town and mix with the locals in lively social atmospheres! (more info to come in the conference program)

FRIDAY May 26, 2017

830-9am              Coffee and Conversation – and continuing Registration

9-930am              Opening Remarks

930-1045am     Roundtable: Artist Dialogues with Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and Spring Hurlbut (Duclos)

                                 

1045-1115am Coffee and Conversation, started with a PechaKucha-style food for thought! (Romanek)

1115-1230pm Roundtable: Challenging the Supremacy of Objects in the Anthropocene (Economopoulos)

                                  Roundtable: Hearts of our People: A discussion on collaboration, theories, practices and insights for an upcoming Native Women's Art exhibition (Yohe)

1230-145pm    LUNCH with themed tables (including Varutti, Patterson)

200-315pm       Roundtable: Museum Histories for Museum Futures: Legacies of Museum Anthropology, 1945-1980 (Lacey)

315-345pm       Coffee and Conversation, started with a PechaKucha-style food for thought! (Westerman)

345-500pm       Breakout Sessions

                                  Problem Solving– Using Museum Collections in Teaching Anthropology: Making it Happen (Greene)

Workshop– Help shape Guidelines for Collaboration, museums working with Indigenous communities (Lamar)

                                  PechaKucha-style–Interrogating Digital/Collaboration (Galvin, Recollet, Bernstein, Gowlland moderator)

500-530pm       Break

530-630pm       Keynote Speaker: Wayne Modest

630-800pm       Reception

SATURDAY May 27, 2017

845-915am        Coffee and Conversation

915-930am        Morning Provocation      

930-1045am     Roundtable: The Curatorial Legacy of the Expo ‘67 Indians of Canada Pavilion and the Future of Indigenous Museum Practice (Igloliorte)

1045-1115am  Coffee and Conversation, started with a PechaKucha-style food for thought! (LeGrande)

1115-1230pm Roundtable: Specimen, Object, Data: Transforming Collections Across Disciplines (Van Allen)

                                  Roundtable: The Challenges of Re-discovering and Re-presenting Hidden Indigenous Collections (Bruchac)

1230-145pm    LUNCH with Problem Solving Session: How can museums be more responsive to current events? (DeLair)

200-315pm       Roundtable: Slow Museology for Difficult Histories: Relationship Advice for Scholars, Artists, Educators, and Curators Looking for Commitment (Lehrer)

315-345pm       Coffee and Conversation, started with a PechaKucha-style food for thought! (Podbielska)

345-500pm       Breakout Sessions

                                  Workshop– Mobilizing Museum Anthropology in the Political Moment— a workshop with the Museum Anthropology journal editor (McChesney)

Roundtable– New technologies, better relationships? People, objects, and 3D museology (Roth)

                                  Problem Solving– Engaging students and Activating Collections (Rowley)

500-515pm         Break

515-600pm       Closing Remarks

Posters and Pop Up Exhibits

Posters and Pop Up Exhibits will be displayed throughout the conference – presenters will have dedicated time to be available and discuss their work on Thursday, 2-5pm.

Chipangura

Duhé

Knight

LeGallais

Mbewe

Peraic

Please note, Erica Lehrer will be in touch with you to coordinate your display

SUNDAY May 28, 2017

Museum Day in Montreal —a day to explore the city and its museums!