tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:53:13 +0000JobsIn the NewsRepatriationNorth AmericaGrants and FellowshipsCalls for PapersExhibition NewsNews from the FieldCMA BusinessThe JournalMeetingsOther JournalsDigitizationConferencesInternshipsCollectionsBlogsPolicyNew MediaAfricaAsiaBook ReviewsNAGPRAEuropeOceaniaOpen AccessMaterial Culture StudiesInterviewAwards and PrizesBooksMethod and TheoryExhibition ReviewsMuseum WebsitesObituariesAustraliaDigital ReviewsSouth AmericaCentral AmericaNew ResearchPedagogyCoursesMuseum Anthro FuturesObject SpotlightRelevant SessionsOnline Supplement to Museum Anthropology, the Journal of the Council for Museum Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Associationhttp://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)Blogger1348125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-8269188377251226802Sun, 22 Oct 2017 17:31:00 +00002017-10-22T11:31:56.390-06:00RepatriationNPR, October 21, 2017 "Anthropologists once excavated the graves of thousands of Native Americans. Now museums in the U.S. are slowly working to return those remains and funerary objects to tribes. A village in southwest Alaska recently reburied 24 of their ancestors who had been excavated by a Smithsonian anthropologist in 1931. About half of the village of Igiugig crowded into the Russian http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/10/after-87-years-at-smithsonian-bones-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-2193157672261916309Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:12:00 +00002017-10-19T10:12:30.864-06:00Grants and FellowshipsThe Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) offers three artist in residence fellowships annually to advance the work of mature and emerging Native artists. Each fellowship includes a monthly stipend, housing, studio space, a supplies allowance, and travel reimbursement to and from SAR. These fellowships provide time for artists to explore new avenues of http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/10/artist-in-residence-fellowships-indian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-2469870604337950369Wed, 18 Oct 2017 23:29:00 +00002017-10-18T18:12:55.893-06:00New ResearchThe following Guidelines were developed over a three-year period of collaboration between Native and non-Native museum professionals, cultural leaders, and artists. The Guidelines are intended as a resource for community members who are working in collaboration with museums. This is not a set of rules; instead, this document offers principles and considerations for building successful http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/10/sar-community-museums-guidelines-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-8731113651693071233Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:21:00 +00002017-10-17T10:22:08.281-06:00 The Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) is hosting a symposium at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History on November 27-28, 2017 to mark the 10 year anniversary of the initial planning for the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology. Since its inception, SIMA has trained 108 graduate students in methods for the use of museum collections to advance the http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/10/summer-institute-in-museum-anthropology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-5325890664425271873Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:16:00 +00002017-10-17T10:16:44.779-06:00Calls for PapersConvenors: Alison Brown (University of Aberdeen) and Maria-Katharina Lang (Austrian Academy of Sciences)   Art, Materiality and Representation conference organised by the RAI and the British Museum’s Department for Africa, Oceania and the Americas. Clore Centre of the British Museum and Department of Anthropology at SOAS, London, 1-3 June 2018     In Biographical Objects: http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/10/call-for-papers-breaking-silence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-8910354216922608371Mon, 09 Oct 2017 14:07:00 +00002017-10-09T08:07:09.554-06:00Grants and Fellowships The Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program is now accepting applications. Since 2000, the AJC Fellows Program has provided a unique educational opportunity for graduate students and seniors to learn about the Holocaust in situ in the context of Poland’s history and Jewish heritage. Through travel in Poland for three weeks, during which time Fellows visit Krakow, Warsaw, Lódź, http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/10/fellowship-opportunity-auschwitz-jewish.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-9202393757065042146Sat, 07 Oct 2017 13:39:00 +00002017-10-07T07:39:05.823-06:00Calls for Papers We are pleased to announce the 17th annual Context & Meaning Graduate Student Conference, taking place at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, from Friday, February 2nd to Saturday, February 3rd 2018. We are seeking papers that address this year’s theme, “Complete Imperfection.” The conference will provide an inclusive and broadly defined forum that facilitates http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/10/call-for-papers-context-and-meaning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-5200902250268705691Thu, 05 Oct 2017 13:26:00 +00002017-10-05T07:26:11.007-06:00Jobs The UNM College of Arts and Sciences invites applications for a faculty position in the Department of Anthropology at the level of Full Professor with tenure, Associate Professor with tenure, or probationary tenure track Associate Professor (as applicable) to begin August, 2018. The successful candidate will serve as the Director of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology on a 5-year term basis (may http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/10/position-announcement-director-director.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-3277343505576658421Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:30:00 +00002017-10-03T09:30:20.145-06:00Exhibition NewsYayoi Kusama, The New York TimesSeptember 26, 2017 "Even the restrooms are covered in polka dots.Yayoi Kusama, the celebrated Japanese artist whose compulsively repetitive images have drawn huge crowds and critical acclaim around the world, is opening a museum in Tokyo that could only be hers. The unmistakable touches include large red polka dots and mirrors in the elevators and a bulbous http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/10/yayoi-kusama-queen-of-polka-dots-opens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-6484891995667062205Sun, 01 Oct 2017 18:52:00 +00002017-10-01T12:52:02.811-06:00Calls for PapersArt, Materiality and Representation conference organised by the RAI and the British Museum’s Department for Africa, Oceania and theAmericas. Clore Centre of the British Museum and Department of Anthropology atSOAS, London, 1-3 June 2018 Panel 064: Redefining the curator, curatorial practice, and curated spaces in anthropologyConvenors: Jaanika Vider (University of Oxford) and Katherine Clough (Vhttp://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/10/call-for-papers-redefining-curator.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-5884767248302781344Sat, 30 Sep 2017 17:05:00 +00002017-09-30T11:05:09.704-06:00In the NewsWindsor Johnston, NPR September 24, 2017"It's been one year since bells tolled along the East Coast, welcoming the newest Smithsonian to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Since then, the museum has attracted more than 3 million people of all races, colors and creed from across the nation and around the world — averaging about 8,000 visitors daily."This has become more than a museum. This has http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/national-museum-of-african-american.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-3240900195754131315Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:46:00 +00002017-09-28T12:46:02.301-06:00Exhibition NewsIn the NewsMarsha Lederman, The Globe and Mail September 25, 2017"The Hall of Northwest Coast Indians is the American Museum of Natural History's oldest hall. A centrepiece on the New York museum's main floor, it is a treasure trove of totem poles, masks, rattles and other objects – most of them from Indigenous peoples in Canada.On Monday, the museum announced a multiyear, multimillion-dollar project to http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/multimillion-dollar-project-to-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-8520109610841146304Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:04:00 +00002017-09-27T11:04:08.389-06:00In the NewsFredrick Ngugi, Face to Face Africa September 24, 2017 "For a long time, contemporary African artists have struggled to find the right platform to showcase their work. They have always relied on foreign museums to exhibit their talent and make revenue.But this is set to change with the launch of the first African contemporary art museum in Cape Town, South Africa. The Zeitz Museum of Contemporaryhttp://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/first-african-contemporary-art-museum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-124125902463859575Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:48:00 +00002017-09-26T15:48:13.442-06:00RepatriationAvery Lill, Klog, Public Radio for Alaska's Bristol Bay September 19, 2017"About half of Igiugig’s 69 citizens crowded into Saint Nicholas Orthodox church last week. The nave was hazy with incense as the priest conducted the funeral service in a mix of English and Yup’ik. In the center of the room sat three handmade, wooden coffins. Inside were the bones of 24 men, women and children from the nowhttp://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/after-87-years-in-smithsonian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-3351158471867115358Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:27:00 +00002017-09-25T18:27:10.970-06:00JobsThe Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago invites applications for a faculty position in Native American/Indigenous Studies. Areas of specialization might include, but are not limited to environmental and resource management studies, finance, gender and sexuality studies, globalization and indigenous-settler colonial relations, law and politics, and museum and visual studies. A http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/position-announcement-instructor-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-7939314996387233368Sun, 24 Sep 2017 21:41:00 +00002017-09-24T15:41:07.259-06:00JobsApplication deadline: November 27, 2017. Notification: February 2018 The American Philosophical Society (APS), the nation’s first learned society, invites applications for its two-year Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship. The APS seeks applications from recent PhDs in the fields of 18th- or 19th-century American history, history of science, art history, museology, or http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/position-announcement-andrew-w-mellon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-8043933882298653902Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:09:00 +00002017-09-22T10:09:04.753-06:00Jobs The Muslims in Brooklyn Project Coordinator will work closely with the Oral Historian at Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) to coordinate the implementation of a dynamic multi-faceted public history project designed to amplify the stories of Brooklyn’s Muslim communities, and contextualize those stories in the broader history of Brooklyn. Using oral histories, the project will provide http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/position-announcement-muslims-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-1600318077814557854Thu, 21 Sep 2017 00:26:00 +00002017-09-20T18:26:05.151-06:00JobsThe Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) seeks a motivated individual with a background and passion for natural history and the management of collections to fill a new and exciting position, Director of Integrative Collections. The Museum’s research, education, archives, and library collections have been consolidated under one functional area, and we are in search of a leader to guide http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/position-announcement-integrative.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-6029963355360679690Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:55:00 +00002017-09-18T12:55:01.769-06:00Calls for PapersWe are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the Eleventh International Conference on the Inclusive Museum, held 6–8 September 2018 at the University of Granada in Granada, Spain.Founded in 2008, the International Conference on the Inclusive Museum brings together a community of museum practitioners, researchers, and thinkers. The key question addressed by the conference: How can the http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/call-for-papers-eleventh-international.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-8653920720344480532Sun, 17 Sep 2017 20:23:00 +00002017-09-17T14:23:06.361-06:00 The Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) is hosting a symposium at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History on November 27-28, 2017 to mark the 10 year anniversary of the initial planning for the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology. Since its inception, SIMA has trained 108 graduate students in methods http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/summer-institute-in-museum-anthropology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-5842018023699114698Sat, 16 Sep 2017 17:02:00 +00002017-09-16T11:02:06.479-06:00 Hyperallergic, Elena GoukassianSeptember 11, 2017"On Thursday, Rotterdam’s Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art announced that it has decided to change its name to dissociate itself from its namesake, the Dutch naval officer Witte Corneliszoon de With. As an agent of both the Dutch West India and the Dutch East India companies in the 17th century, de With led many colonial expeditions. The http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/dutch-art-museum-chooses-to-change-its.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-2270047664092151732Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:13:00 +00002017-09-13T10:13:11.811-06:00CBS News, September 2, 2017 "While Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong's stoner comedy was decidedly silly, their financial success allowed Marin to pursue a serious passion of collecting Chicano art. Now, some 30 years after he bought his first painting, Marin is about to have his own museum - the first in the country to focus solely on Mexican-American art and culture." More here. http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/cheech-marins-art-collection-to-become.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-4281798907353069883Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:10:00 +00002017-09-13T10:10:55.429-06:00 Mother Tongue Film Festival 2018 – Submissions Deadline EXTENDED to Friday September 15, 2017 We are still accepting film submissions for the 2018 Mother Tongue Film Festival! Complete the online submission form before Sept 15, 2017. More information about the film festival including dates, venues, and more, will be available soon on the Recovering Voices website. --http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/recovering-voices-and-mother-tongue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-4684819056453937156Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:15:00 +00002017-09-12T10:15:30.786-06:00September 18-19th, 2017The “Histories of Anthropology: Transforming Knowledge and Power (1870-1970)” conference will be held on the 18th and 19th of September 2017 at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge.The conference will examine the history of anthropology in terms of two broadly conceived themes. The first concerns the history of anthropology’s relationship with cognate http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/conference-opportunity-histories-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30872287.post-2682708827936566507Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:56:00 +00002017-09-11T10:56:11.447-06:00Calls for PapersNAISA TENTH ANNUAL MEETINGLos Angeles, CAMay 17-19, 2018The NAISA Council invites scholars working in Native American and Indigenous Studies to submit proposals for:Individual papers, panel sessions, roundtables, or film screenings.All persons working in Native American and Indigenous Studies are invited and encouraged to apply. We welcome proposals from faculty and students in colleges, http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2017/09/call-for-papers-native-american-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Museum Anthropology Editors)0