As a Simmons Intern at The Henry Ford this summer, Ayana Curran-Howes (MSP20) was dedicated to researching, designing, and making community connections for a new educational market experience. Featuring goods provided by local growers, the market initiative will be hosted in Detroit’s Central Market...
Chuyi Zhu (MSP21 and PhD candidate in Ethnomusicology) has just compled researching and curating an exhibit in partnership with the University’s Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments and CultureVerse. Comprised of more than 2,500 pieces of historical and contemporary musical instruments from all over the...
This meeting will run from October 27 to 29, 2021, between 10:00am and 3:00pm (SAST). The program themes are: Knowledge sharing; The impact of Covid-19 and current initiatives in Africa; and, Repatriation, access and co-curation. The programme consists of presentations, round table discussions, and...
Kudos to… Caitlin Clerkin (MSP14) recently began a curatorial fellowship position at the Harvard Art Museums.
Help measure the social impact of museums! The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History is seeking volunteers to help better understand what the museum means to you. The UMMNH is one of 38 museums selected to participate in the Measurement of Museum Social Impact...
Kudos to… Helen Dixon (MSP07), along with ECU Department of Anthropology colleagues Ryan Schacht, Cindy Grace-McCaskey, Eric Bailey, and Charlie Ewen, have been awarded an NSF in Cultural Anthropology for the project “Gone and Nearly Forgotten: Reclaiming African American Heritage in Rural Southern Cemeteries.”...
