Council for Museum Anthropology Reception, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting

The Council for Museum Anthropology is hosting its annual recaption during the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting on Friday, November 20, 2015, at the following location:

Denver Art Museum

100 W. 14th Avenue Parkway

Denver, Colorado 80204

Start time: 7:45 pm

The reception is open to CMA members and their guests, as well as other AAA members who have an interest in Museum Anthropology. Food and drink tickets will be provided at the start, followed by a cash bar.

Beginning at 6 pm that evening, admission to the Denver Art Museum will be free to those who show their AAA badge at the ticket desk.

The reception site is in the Duncan Pavilion, located just up the stairs from the entrance to DAM's North building. The entrance is next to the restaurant Palettes, just across the plaza from the Denver Public Library, between 13th and 14th Avenues. Here is a link to an image of the reception site.

Also, even though the museum closes to the public at 8pm, those attending the CMA reception will have an opportunity to tour DAM's American Indian galleries until 10pm that night.

Host: John P. Lukavic, Ph.D., Associate Curator, Native Arts JLukavic@denverartmuseum.org

Visit www.denverartmuseum.org and subscribe to our e-newsletter. The Denver Art Museum salutes the citizens of metro Denver for helping fund arts, culture and science through their support of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).

Mathers Museum to Host New Summer Institute on 'Museums at the Crossroads'

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A new international summer institute focused on museums and the changing world will be hosted by the Mathers Museum of World Cultures. "Museums at the Crossroads: Local Encounters, Global Knowledge," May 14 to 21, will bring together leading museum professionals; scholars of social and cultural theory and museum practice; and Indiana University Bloomington scholars, graduate students and staff. Funded by IU's College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Global and International Studies, "Museums at the Crossroads" is the first institute of its kind to explore three key issues facing 21st-century museums: cultural crossroads -- the challenge of understanding interconnected, global cultures; disciplinary crossroads -- the challenge of adapting institutions steeped in disciplinary tradition to interdisciplinary studies; and artifactual crossroads -- the challenge of adapting to the blurred lines defining categories of "virtual" and "real." This institute was organized and is facilitated by Eric Sandweiss, professor and Carmony Chair of History and editor of Indiana Magazine of History, and Jason Baird Jackson, associate professor of folklore and director of the Mathers Museum of World Cultures. "This project leverages Indiana University's resources in both humanities scholarship and museum practice," Sandweiss said. "It marries global theorists and scholars with practitioners and students and asks what each can teach the other." The Bloomington campus is an ideal place from which to explore common challenges and bring those professional realms together, Jackson said. "'Museums at the Crossroads,' along with the Mathers Museum's developing partnerships with other domestic and international museums, promises to make IU a key locus in an evolving global discussion of museums as tangible, concrete sites in which to understand and interpret the otherwise overwhelming scale of global social change." "Museums at the Crossroads" attendees will participate in an eight-day program of workshops, charrettes and tours of museums, including the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, the T.C. Steele State Historic Site and the Indiana State Museum. The Mathers Museum and its unique collections will serve as a source of workshop case studies as participants explore cultural transmission and global change within specific spaces and with particular artifacts. The institute includes four public lectures by scholars with expertise in the "crossroads" challenges: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. May 14, "Museums at the Crossroads" -- Steven Lubar, former curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and professor in the departments of American studies and history at Brown University, will discuss the modes of thought, practice and reception that distinguish the museum from other venues of cultural research and transmission. 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. May 15, "Cultural Crossroads: World Cultures in Transition" -- Michael Brown, the president of the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, N.M., explores globalization and localization, and their implications for understanding the relation and movement of states, people and cultures across space. Brown is the author of many scholarly essays as well as six books, including "Who Owns Native Culture?" (Harvard University Press, 2003) and "Upriver: The Turbulent Life and Times of an Amazonian People" (Harvard University Press, 2014). 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. May 16, "Disciplinary Crossroads: Scholarly Method and the Evolving Sociology of Knowledge" -- Stephan Fuchs, professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, will examine the evolution, interrelation and current state of history, anthropology, folklore, natural science and art -- disciplines that helped to define museums and that today offer both benefits and drawbacks to our efforts to arrive at a fresh understanding of global cultures. 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. May 17, "Artifactual Crossroads: Real Meets Virtual" -- Haidy Geismar, director of the digital anthropology program at England's University College London, will address the revolution in information, from its origins in print and the early electronic age through today's hypermedia, as well as the effect of changing modes of display and dissemination upon learning and teaching. In addition to the keynote speakers, four international fellows have been selected to participate in the institute, based on their innovative work and its impact on cultural understanding: Jennifer Kramer, University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada; Jette Sandahl, formerly of the Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark; Antonia Ferreira Soares, Museu de Favela, Rio de Janeiro; and Wang Wei, Guangxi Museum of Nationalities, Nanning, Guangxi, China. Individuals working in museums from the United States and abroad were also chosen to participate in the institute as professional partners: Carrie Hertz, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, N.M.; Mathilde Leduc-Grimaldi, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Brussels; Stephanie Lile, Washington State Historical Society, Gig Harbor, Wash.; Malgorzata Rymsza-Pawlowska, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Ill.; Jennifer Shannon, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder; Candessa Tehee, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Okla.; and Brittany Wheeler, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. IU Bloomington faculty and staff participating in "Museums at the Crossroads" include Heather Akou, associate professor and chair of the Department of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design; Beth Buggenhagen, associate professor of anthropology; Susan Ferentinos, Department of History; Jennifer Goodlander, assistant professor of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance; Jon Kay, professor of practice of folklore; Susan Seizer, associate professor of communication and culture; and Mathers Museum staff. Graduate students attending the institute include Meredith McGriff and Kelly Totten, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology; Emily Buhrow Rogers, Departments of Anthropology and Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology; and Sara Clark, School of Education. The free public lectures will take place at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, 416 N. Indiana Ave. in Bloomington. For more information, email mathers@indiana.edu or call 812-855-6873.

AAM Conference: Indigenous Peoples and Museums Network

The next annual American Alliance of Museums conference is coming up April 26 to 29. Here are the events in which the Indigenous Peoples and Museums Network (IPMN) will be hosting or involved with:

1) IPMN Annual Meeting will be a breakfast this year: 

Marriott Marquis Hotel  Tuesday   7:15-8:15 a.m.  

Join us for this breakfast and networking forum for those interested in strengthening the Native American voice and leadership within the museum field and AAM. Attendees will have an opportunity to share with colleagues information about their current projects and talk with others about their work.

Registration Required   Price :$35.00 

2) Business meeting for anyone who is interested in being involved in leadership IPMN: Sunday April 26 9am to 11am: Marriott Marquis Hotel

3) Marketplace of Ideas: Indigenous Peoples and Museums: How to be Heard!

MuseumExpo  Monday   3:15-5:15 p.m.  

Stop by the Marketplace of ideas to learn about the role IPMN has within AAM; help us develop ideas for session proposals for next year’s annual meeting; learn about leadership opportunities; tell us about the work you’re doing! 

4) Evening Event:  

William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum  Sunday  April 26 6-8 p.m.  

Creativity and innovation grow out of collaborations among diverse perspectives. Meet with a broad group of museum professionals about inclusion, diversity and sustainability. Members of the Latino Network, Indigenous Peoples Museum Network, Asian Pacific American Network, AAAM, DIVCOM, LGBTQ and PIC Green invite you to enjoy Maurice Sendak’s exhibition, mingle, eat and drink.

Registration Required, Transportation Provided  Price :$40.00

Professional Development Oppurtunity: Native American Museum Studies Institute

ISSI’s Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues announces:

Native American Museum Studies Institute: A Professional Development Opportunity for Tribal Museum Professionals

Tuesday, June 9 - Friday, June12, 2015

to be held at University of California, Berkeley

Sponsored by:

-Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues, UC Berkeley

-California Indian Museum and Cultural Center

-Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley

Supported with generous funding from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.

Goal: to develop the capacity of tribal community members to

·      Conserve and revitalize tribal cultural heritage

·      Foster tribal representations and partnerships

·      Educate tribal and non-tribal communities through museum development and exhibits

Workshop topics will include:

·      Collections Management and Cataloging

·      Conservation/Collections Care

·      Curation and Exhibit Design

·      Educational Programming

·      Museum Management

·      Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 

·      Museum Fundraising

·      Tribal Partnerships and Collaborations with Counties, States, and Agencies

Eligibility

·      Priority will be given to those already working or volunteering with a tribe’s collection in a museum or in another tribal cultural preservation project

·      Those planning a museum or other cultural preservation project may also apply and may be accepted depending upon availability

Expense

·      The training is tuition free to the participants.

·      A $50 non-refundable fee will be used to provide lunch and materials.

·      Participants will be responsible for their other meals, lodging, and travel expenses (see website for more details). Partial travel stipends are available in case of financial need.

Application

·      Review of applications will begin on March 2, 2015.

·      Space is limited

·      Application form and complete application instructions can be downloaded from our website at crnai.berkeley.edu or obtained via fax or mail by calling 510-643-7237.

For more information, call Christine Trost at 510-643-7237 or email namsiucb@gmail.com 

Are Culturally Specific Museums a Good Thing?

Can oppressed groups resurrect their own suppressed histories through a museum?

What has been the historical role of race and ethnicity in the development of the natural history museum?

Can anthropology, which often provided intellectual cover for white supremacy, play a positive role in the "decolonization" of museum space?

These questions and more were dealt with at "(Re)Presenting America: the Evolution of Culturally Specific Museums," a symposium at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, April 25.

More here

Conference: Commodifying Culture?

Dear Colleagues,

I’m very pleased to announce that ICME, the International Committee for Museums of Ethnography, will hold its annual conference in Windhoek, Namibia from
September12 to 14, 2012, with a Post-Conference Tour 15-18 September

The conference is co-hosted by the ICOM National Committee for Namibia and the Museums Association of Namibia.

The general theme is “Commodifying Culture? Cultural Villages and Living Museums”

For more information on the conference and the submission of abstracts and papers please visit the ICME website - http://www.icme.icom.museum/
The online Call for Papers is open from now til May 15, 2012.
Conference registration is open now; hotel rates are available til July 31, 2012.

ICME, the International Committee for Museums of Ethnography, is one of thirty-two international committees in ICOM, the International Council of Museums. With individual and institutional members worldwide, ICME deals with museums of many names: museums of ethnography, ethnology, anthropology, folk museums, popular culture museums, völkerkunde- and volkskunde museums. What these museums usually have in common is that they are about whole societies or cultures and their objects, rather than solely a specific class of objects.

Looking forward to meeting you in Namibia.

Sincerely Yours
Annette B. Fromm
Chair of ICME-ICOM

The Next ICAHM Meeting

ICAHM’S NEXT ANNUAL MEETING
NOVEMBER 27-30, 2012
LOCATION: CUZCO, PERU

ICAHM (ICOMOS' International Committee on Archaeological
Heritage Management) is pleased to announce its international
conference on archaeological heritage management, to be held in
historic Cuzco, Peru on November 27-30 of this year.

http://www.icomos.org/icahm/cuzco_home.html

Among the worldwide issues for consideration at this meeting are local
stakeholder claims on archaeological heritage; sustainable development
and community sustainability; tourism pressures and site preservation;
heritage and rights; challenges to the validity and value of the World
Heritage List as it quickly approaches 1,000 inscribed sites; the World
Heritage List decision-making process; impacts of war, civil disorder,
and natural disasters on archaeological sites; technical advances in
archaeological heritage management.

Ample opportunities exist for tours of Cuzco, Machu Picchu and the
Sacred Valley before and after the conference. Contact Happy Tours at:
tours@happyperu.com

ICAHM will publish the best papers from this annual meeting in its
publication series with Springer Press, "Multidisciplinary Perspectives
in Archaeological Heritage Management”

The Digital Return: Meeting Report

On January 19, 2012, twenty-eight participants convened at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC for the “After the Return: Digital Repatriation and the Circulation of Indigenous Knowledge” workshop ...

More here

Conference: Commodifying Culture? Cultural Villages and Living Museums

ICOM-ICME/2012/Namibia (ICME Annual Conference 2012)
12-14 September, 2012, & Post-Conference Tour 15-18 September

Introduction
ICME (the International Committee for Museums of Ethnography) is an international committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) devoted to ethnography (ethnology, anthropology, folk) museums focusing on local, national and international cultures. ICME is concerned with the challenges facing ethnographic museums and collections in a changing world.

ICME will hold its 2012 annual conference on 12-14 September, at the Safari Court Hotel and Conference Centre, Windhoek, Namibia, in collaboration with the ICOM Namibia and Museums Association of Namibia. Final details of the ICME conference are forthcoming; the general format of the annual meeting will consist of paper and discussion sessions and excursions to museums and cultural sites in the area. ICME/2012/Namibia will offer a great opportunity to showcase Namibia to an international audience of museum workers

2012 Conference Theme
“Commodifying Culture? Cultural Villages and Living Museums”

Museums are increasingly conscious that many artifacts should not simply be displayed as art. Objects need to be contextualised within the framework of the intangible cultural heritage that provides them with meaning. Ethnographic exhibitions and museums strive to present a context that adds depth to the ‘reading’ of an object and to reflect the dynamic nature of culture. In Namibia and other countries there has been much debate about the best way to ‘preserve’ and ‘display’ culture since it is such a fundamental aspect of a community’s identity. How should museums reflect cultural diversity in a way that preserves tradition, but also recognizes the dynamism of living cultures?

On the one hand, museums have sought to develop new exhibitions that have moved beyond the static presentation of objects in glass cabinets using audio-visuals to show the vibrancy of cultural heritage. These new forms of representation also showcase ‘living tradition’ and aspects of continuity and change within traditional rituals, dance, music and oration.

However, another approach presents an alternative format for the preservation and preservation of intangible cultural heritage (in particular). One of the major developments which has transformed the traveller’s experience of communities they encounter have been initiatives to create spaces where communities ‘speak for themselves’ and provide musical performances and craft demonstrations to visitors. The initiatives have often labelled themselves as ‘Cultural Villages’ or ‘Living Museums’. The formula has many variations; critics complain that people at these centres are turned into exhibits, while advocates argue the opposite – that such centres empower communities and provide them with the opportunity to present and preserve their own intangible cultural heritage. The issue also raises questions about the relationship between Museums of Ethnology and the communities that they represent.

Submitting abstracts
ICME invites you to submit an abstract for a full paper (20 minutes) addressing the theme of the conference. Abstracts of between 250 and 300 words will be submitted for selection to the ICME Review Committee, chaired by Annette B. Fromm ICME President. Abstracts submitted as attachments should also be included in the text of the abstract in the text of the e-mail itself.

Submissions should be sent to annettefromm@hotmail.com by May 15, 2011. Speakers will be notified by July 1.

The following information should be included with the abstract:
- Title of submitted paper
- Name(s) of Author(s)
- Affiliation(s) & full address(es)
- Abstract in English (between 250 and 300 words)
- Support equipment required


Collaboration
ICME/2012/Namibia will be co-hosted by the ICOM National Committee for Namibia and the Museums Association of Namibia. The National Museum of Namibia, National Heritage Council of Namibia and UNESCO have all been invited to be co-hosts of the Conference.

General conference information
Registration forms, registration fee information, hotels, and other details will be forthcoming on the ICME web site - http://icme.icom.museum

Programme
During ICME/2012/Namibia, we plan to include several afternoon excursions to sites including:
1) The San exhibition at the Owela Display Centre of the National Museum of Namibia and the large new Independence Memorial Museum, due to be completed by the time of the Conference;
2) Heroes Acre, a national monument on the outskirts of Windhoek;
3) A ‘Township or City Tour’ as ‘townshop tours’ are a new form of cultural tourism that presents urban identities that in some ways confound and in other ways confirm conceptions of ethnic identity;
4) A visit to a ‘cultural village’ at Okahandja about 1 hour’s drive north of Windhoek. Okahanda, a ‘cultural village’ at about 1 hours drive north of Windhoek.

Venue & Accommodation
ICME/2012/Namibia will convene at the Safari Court Hotel and Conference Centre.
The Safari Hotel (3 stars) is holding a block of rooms for participants in ICME/2012/Namibia. All wishing to stay there will have to make their own reservations. The Conference Committee is making arrangements for reasonable rates and anyone making a booking should clearly state that they are an ICME Conference participant and send an email of their booking to the Namibian Organising Committee at museums@iway.na or (fax2email) +26488629688..

Provisional Itinerary for Post-Conference Tour (Program subject to change)
A four day post-conference tour will introduce visitors to Namibia, a large and diverse country. Emphasis on the ICME post-conference tour will be on culture, but with ample opportunities to also view some of Namibia’s spectacular scenery and wildlife.

Day One Drive to Omaruru. Visit Damara Living Museum. Evening Braai. Sleep at Twyfelfontein Country Lodge or Camping.

Day Two Visit to Twyfelfontein World Heritage Site. Visit to Burnt Mountain and Petrified Forest. Lunch at Khorixas. Drive through Etosha National Park and arrive at accommodation at Halale

Day Three Drive through Etosha National Park and exit via King Nehale Gate. Nakambale Museum (lunch) followed by drive to Tsumeb. Tour of Helvi Mpingana Kondombolo Cultural Village followed by supper.

Day Four Tour of Tsumeb Museum followed by drive to Okahandja. Lunch at Okahandja Cultural Village and opportunity to visit crafts market before returning to Windhoek.

Post-Conference Tour Fee
250 Euros (N$2,500.00)

We recommend that participants also consider staying on for an additional few days so that they can take the opportunity to make a visit to the Namib Desert at the coast or the Fish River Canyon to the south of Windhoek. We could provide the contact details of a number of tour operators who could help organise such trips or participants could hire a car as many tourists to Namibia prefer to drive themselves and, thus, have greater control over their time and movements.

CFP: Pueblo Indian Studies Symposium

CALL FOR PAPERS
2012 Pueblo Indian Studies Symposium
The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
2401 12th Street Northwest
Albuquerque, NM 87104

On October 25-26, 2012 the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, the School for Advanced Research, and the Leadership Institute at the Santa Fe Indian School will host a Pueblo Indian Studies Symposium in honor of Joe Sando at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Sando, a noted historian, was deeply committed to the study of Pueblo Nations and cultures and inspired many to pursue research and writing projects on the Pueblos. Through this symposium, Joe Sando’s legacy will be honored by highlighting current research in the field of Pueblo Indian studies.

Individuals are invited to submit proposals or abstracts of presentations to be given at the symposium on topics focused on Pueblo subject matter. Proposals will generally be of papers but may include other creative expression such as poetry. Submissions are welcome from community members, students, faculty, independent researchers, and professionals working in the field. They may be single authored or collaborations. Presentations specifically highlighting community based projects or other applied research in the Pueblos are encouraged.

A selection of the papers and creative works will be considered for inclusion in a future volume on Pueblo Indian studies published by SAR Press.

Proposals and abstracts should include a title of the presentation, information on the presentation’s content, and the presenter’s contact information on one-page. The deadline for submission is April 1, 2012. Email document to iarc@sarsf.org or mail to SAR-IARC, Pueblo Studies Symposium, P.O. Box 2188, Santa Fe, NM 87504. Any questions can be directed to iarc@sarsf.org or 505-954-7205.

Further details regarding the symposium will be posted at www.indianpueblo.org in spring 2012.

CFP: Sharing Our Knowledge

Sharing Our Knowledge: A Conference of Tlingit Tribes and Clans

Sitka, Alaska • March 29 - April 1 • 2012

CALL FOR PAPERS/Presentations

Proposals due January 18 • metcom@gci.net • 907-586-4708

“Sharing Our Knowledge” is a multi-disciplinary conference that includes those interested in Native culture — artists, academics, students and other learners— meeting with Alaska Native tradition bearers, elders, and fluent speakers to discuss subjects such as linguistics, archaeology, art and music, Alaska Native history, cultural anthropology, indigenous law and protocols, fisheries, and traditional ecological knowledge.

American Anthropology: A Conference

American Anthropology
A Conference at UC Irvine
Friday, January 27, 2012, 9:00am-5:50pm
Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway (SBSG) 1517
Attendance is free, no RSVP needed

Speakers include current & former members
of the editorial board & journal staff:
Tom Boellstorff (UC Irvine)
Yoon Choi (Para los Niños)
Alessandro Duranti (UCLA)
Allison Fish (Ohio State)
Agustín Fuentes (Notre Dame)
Lilith Mahmud (UC Irvine)
Erin Moran (UC Irvine)
Barbara Rose Johnston (Ctr for Political Ecology)
Michael Silverstein (U. of Chicago)
Neha Vora (Texas A&M)

• Rethinking the “editor” subject position
• New configurations for the un-disciplining of
anthropology
• The article genre in anthropological
knowledge production
• Critically engaging with the political economy
and epistemology of journal publishing

Critical Heritage Studies Conference 2012

Critical Heritage Studies Conference 2012

The International Journal of Heritage Studies is delighted to support the Inaugural Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies which will be held at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in June 2012.


The Association of Critical Heritage Studies, to be launched at this conference, will establish in association with the International Journal of Heritage Studies, an extensive network of heritage scholars across the globe in order to debate and discuss cutting-edge research in the field of heritage studies. We see heritage studies as a synthesis emerging from diverse disciplinary fields, in particular public history, memory studies, museology, cultural heritage, tourism studies, architecture and planning, conservation, as well as cultural geography, sociology, cultural studies and policy, anthropology, archaeology and ethnomusicology, and encourage people working in those areas to submit papers or propose sessions/workshops that address the inter-disciplinary nature of heritage studies.

Preliminary key note speakers at the conference include Sharon MacDonald, University of Manchester (tbc), Tom Selwyn, University of London and Laurajane Smith, Australian National University and Editor of the International Journal of Heritage Studies.

This conference will develop current theoretical debates to make sense of the nature and meaning of heritage. As such, we invite submissions from people working within the ‘broad church’ of the current flowering of contemporary heritage studies.

Papers should encourage cross cutting thinking and should not be afraid to try to theorise what heritage studies is and where it should go. They should be underpinned by an active move away from site- and artefact-based definitions of heritage in a traditional sense and should pursue instead a range of methodologies and questions aiming at interdisciplinarity stemming from social science, scholarly traditions, natural science, and also areas such as art and the performing arts.


Examples of Conference Subthemes:

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Critical heritage theory;
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Issues of representation;
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Heritage and non-representational theory;
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The politics of affect and a
consideration of emotion and the senses;
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Memory and identity work of
communities, nations and other interests
in relation to heritage;
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The utilisation of heritage discourses
in debates over multiculturalism/
nationalism/globalisation;
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Heritage, power and recognition;
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Heritage and human rights;
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The exploration of methodologies for mapping and exploring the social and cultural consequences of heritagel
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Intangible heritage and its implications for re-theorising heritage.

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Non-Western challenges to dominant Western heritage concepts and characterisation of non-Western appreciations of heritage;
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Work on digital heritage that goes beyond technical treatments of archiving and embraces a range of social media and other forms of interactivity.
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The performative nature of heritage-theorising craft, art and creativity as dimensions in heritage;
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Theorising and redefining heritage practices - the merging of discourses;
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Re-thinking conservation science - the blending of creative discourse into social and natural sciences
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The performative nature of heritage - artistic practices, artistic research and theorizing perspective in dialogue.

Abstract Submission

Submissions are encouraged for sessions and individual papers (20 minute duration). Submissions are also encouraged for workshops, panel discussions and performances.

Deadline for abstracts on sessions, workshops and panel discussions: November 30, 2011. Deadline for individual papers or performances: December 31 2011.

Selected papers and/or sessions will be published in International Journal of Heritage Studies.

Abstracts should be sent to:

Bosse Lagerqvist (Organisation Committee)

Email: bosse.lagerqvist@conservation.gu.se
Fax: +46 31 786 4703
Mail: University of Gothenburg, Conservation
P.O. Box 130
SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden

Conference Information

Organisation Committee and Contact Details:

Bosse Lagerqvist, Department of Conservation, bosse.lagerqvist@conservation.gu.se
Christer Ahlberger, Department of Historical studies, christer.ahlberger@history.gu.se
Johan Öberg, Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, johan.oberg@konst.gu.se
Mikela Lundahl, Department of Global studies, mikela.lundahl@globalstudies.gu.se

Fees

Registration fee 300 USD / 210 Euro per person.
Students and participants from non-OECD countries, 120 Euro per person.
Fees include lunches, coffee breaks and conference documentation.

Conference dinner 30 Euro (Preliminary)
Post-conference excursions (under development)

Venue Information

Conference centre Wallenberg, University of Gothenburg
http://www.konfoservice.adm.gu.se/english/conferencevenues/confwall

For further information please visit the conference web page here.

CFP: Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies

International Conference on Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies

Kennesaw State University Kennesaw (Atlanta suburb), Georgia April 20 - 21, 2012

Indigenous conflict management and resolution strategies—utilizing local actors and traditional community-based judicial and legal decision-making mechanisms to manage and resolve conflicts within or between communities—have not been given sufficient attention. Instead, much of the scholarship has been focused on conventional Western approaches. However, a critical assessment of global conflict trends indicates that since World War II there have been more local (intra-state) conflicts than interstate or global conflicts. This phenomenon supports the view that current conflicts are local rather than global. Indeed, even when considered global, every conflict is local inasmuch as local people suffer the ramifications. Examples of such conflicts abound in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Latin America, etc. Solutions to conflicts must therefore be local for application, relevance and sustainability, and replicated globally in similar situations.

Call for Proposals Deadline: November 11, 2011

Paper Proposals: Paper proposals are invited on any of the conference’s sub-themes. Please submit the abstracts of your papers, not exceeding 300 words. Abstracts should contain the following information: name(s) of author(s), affiliation/address, phone numbers, e-mail, title of paper, central argument and the methodology employed, the applicable sub-theme of the conference, keywords.

Panel Proposals: Panel proposals are invited on any of the conference’s sub-themes. Please submit a description of the panel (not exceeding 300 words); the applicable sub-theme of the conference; names, affiliation, and addresses of panelists; titles of presentation by each panelist; and name, affiliation and address of discussant.

Submission Instructions: Format your paper or panel proposals in Word document or RTF and submit as an e-mail attachment to Ms. Stella Williamson (swill344@kennesaw.edu) not later than November 11, 2011. Submissions will be acknowledged and authors of accepted abstracts/panels will notified no later than two weeks after their receipt. International presenters should submit their abstracts early for review and, if accepted, to receive letters of invitation and any other documents needed for U.S. visa purposes. Authors and presenters whose paper abstracts/panel descriptions have been accepted must submit their full papers by March 2, 2012.

Archaeology Events at the 2011 AAA Meetings, Montréal

WEDNESDAY (November 16)
Legacies of the Past in the Present
2:00-3:45 PM

Inuit Memories and Archaeological Reconstructions: Contemporary Reifications of the Inuit Past
6:00-9:45 PM Organized by Sarah Merina Hazell and Marie-Pierre Gadoua

The Materiality of Traces and Legacies: Papers Celebrating the Work of H. Martin Wobst
6:00-9:45 PM Organized by Kimberly C. Kasper and Robert Paynter

Archaeology in and of the Modern World
8:00-9:45 PM

THURSDAY (November 17)
Gitxaała Laxyuup (Kitkatla Nation): Tracing Gitxaała History and Culture through Archaeology and Anthropology
8:00-9:45AM Organized by Charles R Menzies and Caroline F Butler

Canadian Perspectives on the Paleolithic and Old World Prehistory (Part I)
8:00-11:45 AM Organized by Danielle Aviva Macdonald and Katie Margaret Bittner

The Resilience and Vulnerability of Ancient Landscapes: Transforming Maya Archaeology through IHOPE
8:00-11:45 AM Organized by Arlen F. Chase and Vernon Scarborough

Ephemerality and Permanence: Tracing the Likeness, Confounding the Difference
10:15-12 Noon Organized by: Jason David Ramsey and Rebecca S. Graff

Examining Traces of Human Mobility across Spatiotemporal Scales
10:15-12 Noon Organized by Julia I. Giblin

Canadian Perspectives on the Paleolithic and Old World Prehistory (Part II)
1:45-3:30 PM Organized by Jayne Wilkins and Danielle Aviva Macdonald

Tracing Cultures and Creating Memory in Africa and the African Diaspora
1:45-3:30 PM Organized by Bennetta Jules-Rosette and Erica L. Fontana.

Co-Sponsored with the Association for Africanist Anthropology
Legacies, Shifting Realities, and (Re)Inventing Roles for Women in Archaeology
1:45-5:30 PM Organized by Sarah L. Surface-Evans

Traces of the Human Presence: Antecedents and Precedents
4:00-5:45PM An Executive Session organized by Rosemary A. Joyce

Archaeological Societies in West Mexico, Photography in Archaeology, and the Archaeology of Colonialism
4:00-5:45 PM Poster Session

FRIDAY (November 18)
The Rhetoric of Heritage
8:00-11:45 AM Organized by: Kathryn Lafrenz Samuels and Trinidad Rico

Material Culture in Moments of Transition
1:45-3:30 PM

Studying History Backwards: Toward an Archaeology of the Future
1:45-3:30 PM Organized by LouAnn Wurst and Stephen Albert Mrozowski

On Northern Algonquin Material Culture
1:45-5:30 PM Organized by Donald H. Holly, Jr. and Moira McCaffrey

Archaeological Study of Burials
4:00-5:45 PM Poster Session

Archaeologies of the Personal and the Political
4:00-5:45 PM Poster Session

Reaping the Tides: The Archaeology of Ancient Maya Salt Works
4:00-5:45 PM Poster Session

Business Meeting of the Archaeological Division of the AAA
7:45-8:45 PM Includes a plated reception

The Archaeology Division’s Patty Jo Watson Distinguished Lecture, Dr. Barbara J. Mills
8:45-10:00 PM “More than Metaphor: Social Networks in Archaeology”

SATURDAY (November 19)
Preserving Traces, Revealing Tidemarks, Exploring Legacies: The Persistent Difference(s) of Shell Midden Archaeology
10:15 AM-12:00 PM Organized by: Michelle A. Lelievre

Material Traces and Social Relationships
1:45-3:00 PM

Ceramic Ecology 25: Current Research on Ceramics 2011
1:45-3:30 PM Organized by Charles C. Kolb

Tracing Resource Use through Archaeology
4:00-5:45 PM

SUNDAY (November 20)
New Approaches in Archaeological Anthropology
12:15-2:00 PM

2012 Southwest Symposium

Call for Posters – 2012 Southwest Symposium

During the Symposium there will be two poster sessions, one each day of the meetings. Posters sessions will be tied to the conference themes. We anticipate space for 40 posters, 20 each day. Poster size must not exceed 4 x 6 feet. Those interested in presenting a poster should submit by email title and abstract of 100 words to the Southwest symposium website ( swsympos@unm.edu) by Oct. 17.

Indicate in your application the size of the poster. Symposium organizers will review and contact applicants regarding the status of their submissions by November 14. The symposium will be held Saturday and Sunday January 14 and 15 at the University of New Mexico, with a reception at the Maxwell Museum. The website is up and registration is open!

http://www.unm.edu/~swsympos/posters.html

Ethics and Aesthetics in Indigenous Arts and Research

October 15, 2011, 1pm-3pm
Free Public Roundtable
Newberry Library, Ruggles Hall

This event will consist of short presentations by each participating speaker followed by a roundtable discussion. Our main topic will focus on those moments that required us to consider the place of cultural ethics in our creative work or scholarship-be they about family traditions, cultural sensitivities, or traditional religious taboos.

Participants:
Mique'l Dangeli, Tsimshian scholar of traditional dance, PhD candidiate at the University of British Columbia

Castle McLaughlin, Associate Curator of North American Ethnography, Peabody Museum, Harvard University

Victor Masayesva, Hopi photographer and filmmaker

Jolene Rickard, Tuscarora artist and Associate Professor, Department of History of Art and Visual Studies, Cornell University

Scott Manning Stevens, Mohawk scholar and Director, McNickle Center, Newberry Library

RSVP by Oct. 7, 2011 via email: mcnickle@newberry.org.

A Century of Ishi

WHAT: “A Century of Ishi: A One-Day Conference Celebrating 100 years of Ishi,” organized by the University of California, Berkeley’s Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology and the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center.

Ishi is believed to have been the last surviving member of his Yahi tribe when he was encountered in the Sierra foothills near Oroville by UC Berkeley anthropologist Alfred Kroeber in 1911. Kroeber brought Ishi with him to the (now) Hearst Museum, where Ishi shared his language and culture with others until he died in 1916.

WHEN:

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7

WHERE:

UC Berkeley’s Clark Kerr Campus, in the Krutch Theater, 2601 Warring Ave. A map is online.

WHO:

After a traditional Native American blessing, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau will deliver opening remarks.

The keynote address will be by Karen Biestman, a lecturer in ethnic studies at UC Berkeley who specializes in federal Indian law and who is co-chair of UC Berkeley’s Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues, as well as vice president of the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center in Santa Rosa.

Participants in the roundtable and plenary sessions will include:

•Hearst Museum Director Mari Lynn Salvador
•Joseph A. Myers, a founder and board member of the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center
•Representatives of Native American cultural and educational organizations
•UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz anthropologists, linguists and oral historians
DETAILS: The conference will honor Ishi’s contributions as an educator and cultural ambassador, while considering new, contemporary interpretations of his legacy and the Native American experience within museums, and updating the general understanding about Ishi.

The program will take place 100 years to the day after Ishi recorded the story of the wood duck, a figure from Yahi folklore.

The event also will screen a portion of an Ishi documentary created and produced by the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center.

NOTE: The conference is free and open to the public, but seating is limited, and registration is required. Registration will close on Aug. 31. To see if space is still available, check the conference website

CFP: Textiles and Politics

THE TEXTILE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES: CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstracts Due: October 1, 2011

The Textile Society of America invites paper proposals for its upcoming symposium, Textiles & Politics, to be held in Washington, D.C. September 19-22, 2012. We seek presentations from all textile-related disciplines and interdisciplinary areas, including but not limited to anthropology, art, art history, conservation, cultural geography, design, economics, ethnic studies, history, linguistics, marketing, mathematics, political science, and theater. TSA encourages both organized sessions and individual papers from scholars, researchers, artists, gallery and museum professionals, and others from around the world. Symposium proceedings will be published early in 2013. The theme of Textiles & Politics befits the symposium venue in the U.S. capital and will generate a lively discussion about the ways politics influence the aesthetics, production, materials, uses, and myriad other aspects of textiles.

For further information about the 2012 symposium, TSA membership, and to submit a proposal, please visit: http://www.textilesociety.org/symposia_2012.htm.

Michele Hardy, mhardy@ucalgary.ca
TSA Director of External Relations

Association of Critical Heritage Studies Inaugural Conference

Gothenburg, Sweden, June 5-8, 2012

The inaugural conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies will be held at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in June 2012. The Association of Critical Heritage Studies, to be launched at this conference, will establish in association with IJHS an extensive network of heritage scholars across the globe in order to debate and discuss cutting-edge research in the field of heritage studies. We see Heritage Studies as a synthesis emerging from diverse disciplinary fields, in particular public history, memory studies, museology, cultural heritage, tourism studies, architecture and planning, conservation, as well as cultural geography, sociology, cultural studies and policy, anthropology, archaeology and ethnomusicology, and encourage people working in those areas to submit papers or propose sessions/workshops that address the inter-disciplinary nature of Heritage Studies.

The theme of the conference is ‘The Re/theorisation of Heritage Studies’. This conference will develop current theoretical debates to make sense of the nature and meaning of heritage. As such, we invite submissions from people working within the ‘broad church’ of the current flowering of contemporary heritage studies.

Papers should encourage cross cutting thinking and should not be afraid to try to theorise what heritage studies is and where it should go. They should be underpinned by an active move away from site- and artefact-based definitions of heritage in a traditional sense and should pursue instead a range of methodologies and questions aiming at interdisciplinarity stemming from social science, scholarly traditions, natural science, and also creative sciences such as art and the performing arts.

Preliminary key note speakers are (to be expanded):
• Sharon MacDonald, University of Manchester (tbc)
• Laurajane Smith, Australian National University

Examples on conference subthemes are:

• Critical heritage theory;
• Issues of representation;
• Heritage and non-representational theory;
• The politics of affect and a consideration of emotion and the senses;
• Memory and identity work of communities, nations and other interests in relation to heritage;
• The utilisation of heritage discourses in debates over multiculturalism/nationalism/globalisation;
• Heritage, power and recognition;
• Heritage and human rights;
• The exploration of methodologies for mapping and exploring the social and cultural consequences of heritage;
• Intangible heritage and its implications for re-theorising heritage;
• Non-Western challenges to dominant Western heritage concepts and characterisation of non-Western appreciations of heritage;
• Work on digital heritage that goes beyond technical treatments of archiving and embraces a range of social media and other forms of interactivity.
• The performative nature of heritage – theorising craft, art, and creativity as discourses in heritage;
• Theorising and redefining heritage practices – the merging of discourses;
• Re-thinking conservation science – the blending of creative discourse into social and natural sciences
• The performative nature of heritage – artistic practices, artistic research and theorizing perspectives in dialogue.

Submissions are encouraged for sessions and individual papers (20 minute duration). Submissions are also encouraged for workshops, panel discussions and performances.
The deadline for abstracts on sessions, workshops and panel discussions is November 30 2011.
The deadline for individual papers or performances is December 31 2011.

Selected papers and/or sessions will be published in IJHS

Abstracts should be sent to:
Bosse Lagerqvist (Organisation committee)
Email: bosse.lagerqvist@conservation.gu.se
Fax: +46 31 786 4703
Mail: University of Gothenburg, Conservation
P.O. Box 130
SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden

Organisation committee
Bosse Lagerqvist, Department of Conservation, bosse.lagerqvist@conservation.gu.se
Christer Ahlberger, Department of Historical studies, christer.ahlberger@history.gu.se
Johan Öberg, Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, johan.oberg@konst.gu.se
Mikela Lundahl, Department of Global studies, mikela.lundahl@globalstudies.gu.se

Scientific committee (to be expanded)
Annie Clarke (Australia), Rodney Harrison (UK), David Harvey (UK), Emma Waterton, (Australia), Steve Watson (UK), Ola Wetterberg (Sweden), Rohit Jigyasu (Tokyo).

Fees
Registration fee 315 USD / 220 Euro per person. Students and participants from non-OECD countries 150 Euro per person, including lunch, coffee breaks and conference documentation.

Conference dinner 30 Euro (Preliminary)
Post-conference excursions – to be announced

Venue
Info Gothenburg. (To be completed)