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SUMMARY:The Museum Further Afield: Conservation\, Art\, and Archaeology
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Suzanne Davis\, Associate Curator\, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. \nFriday\, October 20 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm\, UM Museum of Art auditorium \n  \nThe Museum Further Afield: Conservation\, Art\, and Archaeology \nWhen we think and talk about museums\, we are often focused on what is happening within the gallery. But certain museums support projects around the world. In this talk\, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology conservator Suzanne Davis will provide a brief introduction to the field of conservation: what conservators do and where they work\, how to become a conservator\, and some of the big-picture issues conservators are concerned about today. As a specialist in archaeological conservation\, she will then describe how her work supports the mission of the Kelsey Museum\, both in Ann Arbor but also further afield\, specifically at the Kelsey Museum/University of Michigan archaeological excavations at El Kurru\, Sudan. Conservators working at archaeological sites like El Kurru conduct the same kinds of activities as conservators in museums — condition surveys and documentation\, conservation treatment\, and collections management — but in a different setting\, with different resources\, and a different kind of collection. \n  \nMuseums at Noon_Davis
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museums-at-noon-october-20/
LOCATION:U-M Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium\, 525 S. State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170929T120000
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SUMMARY:Growing Protocols: Documenting the Collaborative Process within the Heritage Seeds for Sustainable Lifeways Project
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Elspeth Geiger\, PhD candidate\, Anthropology \nFriday\, September 29 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm\, UM Museum of Art auditorium \n  \nGrowing Protocols: Documenting the Collaborative Process within the Heritage Seeds for Sustainable Lifeways Project \nCollaboration between museums and Native American communities has overwhelmingly centered on either museum exhibitions or legally-mandated processes such as those based on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The Heritage Seeds for Sustainable Lifeways project departs from these types of collaborative efforts by focusing on creating protocols and relationships surrounding University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA) plant collections. The project works to bring a broad range of individuals from university settings and Tribal communities into conversation over their shared interest in the collections. \nThis presentation will explore my experience with the Heritage Seeds Project through my practicum at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens. As a result of my documentation of the information sharing and planning sessions\, we can examine the processes behind the creation of collaborative frameworks. This experience provided me great insight on the kinds of reciprocal relationships that surround museum collections. \n  \nThis presentation is co-sponsored by the UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. \n  \nMuseumsNoon_Geiger
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museums-at-noon-sept-29/
LOCATION:U-M Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium\, 525 S. State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170331T120000
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SUMMARY:Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward – Community Engagement at the Detroit Historical Society
DESCRIPTION:  \nIn 2015\, Detroit Historical Society began a multi-year community engagement project to commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the civil unrest of July 1967. Called Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward\, the project’s purpose is to bring together diverse voices and communities around the effects of a historic crisis. Its goal is to help our community members find our place in the present and to inspire the future. Those who engage in Detroit 67 will be able to better understand the events leading up to July 1967\, where we are today\, and connect to efforts that are moving Detroit forward. \n  \nIn this presentation\, Tobi Voigt\, Senior Director of Education and Outreach at the Society\, will talk about the origins of the project and its five key components: a comprehensive oral history project; a comprehensive\, balanced and experiential museum exhibition; an academic book publication with Wayne State University Press; a network of engaged community partners working in the region to promote understanding of the past and action toward a better future; and\, ultimately\, a model that other historical and community organizations can use to unite the community around the effects of a historic crisis. \n  \nPresented by Tobi Voigt\, Senior Director of Education and Outreach\, Detroit Historical Society \nFriday\, March 31 at 12:00 pm in the UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125) \n  \nBrownBag_Voigt \n  \n 
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/detroit-67-looking-back-to-move-forward-community-engagement-at-the-detroit-historical-society/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170324T120000
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SUMMARY:The Smithsonian Institution and the Making of the American Nonprofit Sector
DESCRIPTION:When Englishman James Smithson left $500\,000 to the United States of America to establish the Smithsonian Institution in 1829\, he improbably forced the United States Congress to design America’s first national benevolent institution. This talk will address how Congress came to a decision about whether the Smithsonian should be a government agency\, a quasi-governmental institution\, or a private corporation in the mid-nineteenth century. Their decision has had a lasting impact on the formation of the American nonprofit sector\, I will argue\, as future philanthropic foundations used the Smithsonian Institution’s articles of incorporation as a model into the twentieth century. \nPresented by Elizabeth Harmon – PhD candidate\, American Culture \nFriday\, March 24 at 12:00 pm in the UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125) \nBrownBag_Harmon \n 
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/the-smithsonian-institution-and-the-making-of-the-american-nonprofit-sector/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170210T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170210T130000
DTSTAMP:20170116T170535Z
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SUMMARY:Visual Culture in India and the Museum
DESCRIPTION:Alison Byrnes\, a member of the 2006 MSP cohort\, recently returned from seven years teaching in India\, where she initiated a new Museum Studies Program. She will discuss museums in India through the lens of visuality. There is a mismatch between the cultural signals regarding value and significance\, determined by colonial Western influences\, in the Museum\, and those that exist elsewhere in India\, such as the Temple. In her talk\, Byrnes will re-examine Martin Jay’s theory of “scopic regimes” in terms of Indian visual culture\, and discuss the role of museums in a place where rapid urban growth and globalizing influences are causing tension with the values of “tradition.” \nPresented by Alison Byrnes\, MFA\, Art & Design \n  \nFriday\, February 10 at 12:00 pm in the UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125) \n  \nBrownBag_Byrnes \n 
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/visual-culture-in-india-and-the-museum/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170113T130000
DTSTAMP:20170109T170106Z
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SUMMARY:“History Compels Us to be Daring": Sites of Conscience in Action Around the World
DESCRIPTION:The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience was founded in 1999 with the radical idea that historic sites had an obligation to draw a connection between the history of their sites and their contemporary implications. Today\, we are more than 200 museums\, historic sites\, parks\, memory projects\, archives\, documentation centers\, and memorials around the world.  Whether remembering an era centuries or decades ago\, Sites of Conscience begin by facing all aspects of our history: stories of great cruelty\, great courage\, or everyday life. But we go a step further\, activating the historical perspective with public dialogue on related issues we face today and what we can do about them. I will explore what it means to be a Site of Conscience in practice today\, sharing a few of the ways that Sites of Conscience pick up the unfinished work of societies\, serve as safe spaces to tell multiple stories in contentious environments\, and provide a platform for individuals to share their stories. \nPresented by Julieta Cuellar\, Global Networks Program Manager at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience where she supports global exchange and learning as well as the development and implementation of global programs for the Coalition’s members around the world.  Julieta is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin\, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and Eastern European studies.  She also attended the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and the School of International Training.  Julieta’s studies and research have focused on the politics of memory in Serbia and the Balkans. \n  \nFriday\, January 13 at 12:00 pm in the UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125) \n  \nPlease note: Ms. Cuéllar’s public lecture will be followed by a special opportunity for students to meet to discuss summer internship possibilities at one of the Coalition’s sites. This meeting will take place from 1-2 pm in UMMA’s Multi-Purpose Room \nBrown Bag Flyer Jan 13
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/history-compels-us-to-be-daring-sites-of-conscience-in-action-around-the-world-2/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161209T120000
DTSTAMP:20161004T131908Z
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SUMMARY:Specimen Backlogs in the Age of Digitization: Strategies for Shedding Light on "Dark Data" before They Become Black Holes
DESCRIPTION:Millions of specimens and their associated data are housed in museum collections\, but only a small fraction of these are readily accessible through electronic means. These are now being referred to as “dark data” after a  term coined in the business/IT community  for the information assets that organizations collect\, process and store during regular business activities\, but generally fail to use for other purposes. Although dark data may represent significant costs\, they remain largely underutilized or unleveraged. In the context of museum collections\, these dark data are enormously valuable but untapped resources for the institution as well as the wider research and educational communities.  This has prompted many museums to step up efforts to digitize their collections so that they can be shared with a larger audience. \nSpecimen backlogs\, which may be comprised of partly cataloged or uncataloged material\, represent a substantial hindrance to the digitization of museum collections.  Backlogs may include data that are unstructured (and therefore difficult to organize) or\, in many cases\, simply unknown. Backlogs are particularly challenging when resources are limited and significant effort is required to make the data useful or accessible. In this talk I will provide an overview of digitization and organizational initiatives underway in the UM Museum of Paleontology Invertebrate Collections that are designed to deal with backlogs and “dark data” so that the value of the collections to the University and broader research/educational community is more fully realized. \nPresented by Daniel Miller – Collections Manager\, UM Paleontology Museum \nDecember 9 at 12:00 in UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125)
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/specimen-backlogs-in-the-age-of-digitization-strategies-for-shedding-light-on-dark-data-before-they-become-black-holes/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161118T120000
DTSTAMP:20161115T150504Z
CREATED:20160826T131322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161115T150504Z
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SUMMARY:Access and the Archive: The Role of Documents Projects in a Digital Age
DESCRIPTION:This brown bag will examine my practicum experience working with the Documents Project at the International Center for Art of the Americas (ICAA) at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston. The ICAA is the research institute arm of the Latin American Art Curatorial Department\, headed by the renowned Latin American Art curator\, Marí Carmen Ramírez\, and assisted in direction by María C Gaztambide\, who directs the DocsProject. Its mission is to promote research of the diverse artistic production of Latin American and Latino artists from Mexico\, Central and South America\, the Caribbean\, and the United States\, in order to educate audiences about the field of Latin American art and to open new avenues of intercultural exchange and dialogue\, inside and outside the museum. This presentation will discuss the work of researchers within the documents project\, from the day-to-day minutiae to the steps in long-term strategic planning. Ultimately\, this presentation seeks to encourage dialogue on the future and importance of digital documents projects as critical co-curricular spaces within research museums. \n  \nPresented by Catalina Esguerra – MA\, PhD Candidate\, Romance Languages & Literatures \nNovember 18 at 12:00 pm in UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125) \nBrownBag_Esguerra
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/access-and-the-archive-the-role-of-documents-projects-in-a-digital-age/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161021T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161021T120000
DTSTAMP:20161018T143025Z
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SUMMARY:Supporting Youth through Environmental Education: Teaching\, Learning\, and Design at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Efforts to enhance the scientific capacity of youth often target schools and focus on reforming the existing science curriculum. An often overlooked and underestimated venue for science teaching\, learning\, and design are out-of-school settings. Everyday experiences in these settings can support science learning for a wide range of youth and help develop positive associations with science and influence people’s identities as science learners. Learning experiences in these settings have the potential to reflect a view of science as influenced by individual youth experience as well as social and historical contexts. This presentation will explore the challenges and potential for the development of a non-residential nature experience at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens. It will cover the theoretical underpinning that guides its design and the tension inherent in institutions that tend to represent or reflect the dominant culture\, which can present a conflict for those from non-dominant groups. \nPresented by Benjamin Tupper – PhD Candiate\, Educational Studies/Science Education \nOctober 21 at 12:00 pm in UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125) \nBrownBag_Tupper
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/supporting-youth-through-environmental-education-teaching-learning-and-design-at-the-matthaei-botanical-gardens/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
ORGANIZER;CN="UMMSP":MAILTO:ummsp@umich.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160923T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160923T120000
DTSTAMP:20160919T143927Z
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SUMMARY:Negotiating Slavery? The Politics of Memory and the Transformations of a State Museum in Colombia
DESCRIPTION:In a context of controversy surrounding the peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla movement\, the country’s museums are currently experiencing deep transformations. State museums in particular face the challenge of becoming more democratic and inclusive institutions even as they remain subject to the policies and programs of the government in power. This presentation discusses the challenges of curating an exhibition about slavery in New Granada at the Museo Colonial\, a state museum in Bogotá\, Colombia. It explores ongoing questions about the role of the curator in negotiating different approaches to the question of how a state museum should interpret the history of slavery in a context of institutional transformation and debates about memory and national reconciliation. The presentation also addresses the challenges and opportunities for incorporating Afro-Colombian communities into the process of representing their own history given the structures of the museum and the Colombian state. \n  \nPresented by Ana Silva – PhD candidate\, History \nSeptember 23 at 12:00 in UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125)
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/negotiating-slavery-the-politics-of-memory-and-the-transformations-of-a-state-museum-in-colombia/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
ORGANIZER;CN="UMMSP":MAILTO:ummsp@umich.edu
GEO:42.276802;-83.738289
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160317T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160317T120000
DTSTAMP:20160815T040343Z
CREATED:20160815T035347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160815T040343Z
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SUMMARY:Building Collections\, Building Knowledge\, Building Publics: Diversity at the Huntington
DESCRIPTION:Founded in 1919\, the Huntington Library\, Art Collections\, and Botanical Gardens originated with the collections of Henry and Arabella Huntington. As of 2014\, nearly three-quarters of a million people visit the grounds and buildings annually. In recent years\, the Huntington has become more intentional about reaching a broader audience and expanding its collections in directions that reflect the diversity of southern California. But what does it mean for an institution originally formed to preserve the home and possessions of a wealthy\, Europhilic white couple–an institution that is\, in fact\, still located in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in California–to embrace diversity\, inclusion\, and relevance? This presentation will discuss the Huntington’s past initiatives\, potential approaches\, and continued challenges in pursuing these goals. \nBrownBag_Tsay
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/building-collections-building-knowledge-building-publics-diversity-at-the-huntington/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160311T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160311T120000
DTSTAMP:20160815T040343Z
CREATED:20160815T034929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160815T040343Z
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SUMMARY:"History Compels Us to be Daring": Sites of Conscience in Action Around the World
DESCRIPTION:The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience was founded in 1999 with the radical idea that historic sites had an obligation to draw a connection between the history of their sites and their contemporary implications. Today\, we are more than 200 museums\, historic sites\, parks\, memory projects\, archives\, documentation centers\, and memorials around the world.  Whether remembering an era centuries or decades ago\, Sites of Conscience begin by facing all aspects of our history: stories of great cruelty\, great courage\, or everyday life. But we go a step further\, activating the historical perspective with public dialogue on related issues we face today and what we can do about them. I will explore what it means to be a Site of Conscience in practice today\, sharing a few of the ways that Sites of Conscience pick up the unfinished work of societies\, serve as safe spaces to tell multiple stories in contentious environments\, and provide a platform for individuals to share their stories. \nJulieta Cuéllar is the Global Networks Program Manager at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience where she supports global exchange and learning as well as the development and implementation of global programs for the Coalition’s members around the world.  Julieta is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin\, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and Eastern European studies.  She also attended the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and the School of International Training.  Julieta’s studies and research have focused on the politics of memory in Serbia and the Balkans.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/history-compels-us-to-be-daring-sites-of-conscience-in-action-around-the-world/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160219T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160219T120000
DTSTAMP:20160815T040343Z
CREATED:20160815T034821Z
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SUMMARY:“But Is That Even a ‘Real’ Museum”?  Exhibits and Their Objects at the Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum
DESCRIPTION:In my brown bag presentation\, I will discuss my experience completing an exhibits (and sometimes curatorial and sometimes collections) practicum at the Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum (HHOF)\, a non-traditional museum located downtown Toronto.  With an entrance located off a mall food court\, HHOF is considered by hockey fans to be their mecca\, housing their holy grail\, the Stanley Cup.  HHOF is a place to view NHL trophies (including the Cup)\, to honor hockey’s legends\, to learn about the history of hockey and the National Hockey League\, and to play hockey-related games.  As a historical museum\, tourist attraction\, and Hall of Fame it serves as an intriguing non-traditional museum.  To observe and classify HHOF through the lense of Duncan F. Cameron’s “The Museum\, a Temple or the Forum?” the visitor would have to pick both.  Working on exhibits done within a museum that acts as both Temple and Forum (and a little bit playhouse) gave me a greater appreciation for the constant role that visitors\, in addition to the museum’s mission statement\, must play in the development and creation of exhibits. \nBrownBag_Juillet
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/but-is-that-even-a-real-museum-exhibits-and-their-objects-at-the-hockey-hall-of-fame-and-museum/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160127T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160127T120000
DTSTAMP:20160815T040343Z
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SUMMARY:Where the Sacred and the Secular Meet:  The Politics of Display at a Monastery Museum in Ladakh\, India
DESCRIPTION:Removed from the sanctified spaces of temples and shrines\, and relocated to the secular sphere of museum galleries\, Buddhist objects are transformed from icons to artifacts\, from images to artworks. Within their new exhibition context\, new meanings and values are imposed on these objects based on the authority of the museum and the principles of research and education that it embodies.  But what if the museum is located within the sanctified space of a Buddhist monastery? How are the boundaries between art and relic\, aesthetic work and empowered icon\, scholarly authority and religious belief negotiated in these hybrid spaces? Who is the intended audience and what is the intended mission of a monastic museum? \nIn this presentation\, I will share my recent fieldwork at a museum project at Chemrey Monastery in Ladakh\, a Tibetan Buddhist region located in the western Himalayas of India. The proposed reconceptualization of an existing museum at this monastery has revealed the potential implications of wielding cultural preservation to respond to the growth of tourism and the expansion of modernization. Chemrey’s monastic museum offers a compelling case study for illuminating the widespread forces of change at play in the western Himalayas regarding the treatment and understanding of sacred art and local heritage\, and understanding the powerful resolution offered by the museum medium. \nBrownBag_Bloom
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/where-the-sacred-and-the-secular-meet-the-politics-of-display-at-a-monastery-museum-in-ladakh-india/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:The God behind the Marble: Transcending the Object in the German Museum of Art
DESCRIPTION:Alice Goff (PhD post-doc\, Michigan Society of Fellows) \nThis presentation explores the relationship between aesthetic philosophy and art objects in public museums of art in German states in the first half of the nineteenth century. It argues that during this revolutionary period a conflict emerged between the ideal and the material registers of the museum’s public mission. As German museums sought to create spaces where visitors could leave behind the constraints of the material world and experience an ideal realm of beauty\, they also confronted works of art that resisted transcendence: objects whose material condition\, provenance\, and art historical interpretation defied attempts to enlist them into a realm of pure ideas and meanings. By looking at the conflicts that emerged in early public museums’ efforts to create physical environments that conformed to theoretical principles\, this presentation also reflects on the resonance of this history within contemporary museum practice.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/title-tbd-2/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20151120T120000
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SUMMARY:Translating the Museum: Multicultural Accessibility at the National Museum of Japanese History
DESCRIPTION:Esther Ladkau (PhD\, History) \nThe National Museum of Japanese History (known as Rekihaku)\, founded in 1983\, is the only national history museum in Japan with government sponsorship.  Its purpose is to represent the whole of the Japanese archipelago’s history and folk cultures.  Since its reconception in 2002\, Rekihaku has aimed to improve accessibility for minority and international visitors through a variety of means.  This presentation discusses some of the methods in use by Rekihaku that open the galleries up to minority and non-Japanese language speakers along with some of the barriers that remain.  Ultimately\, translating museum exhibits for multicultural audiences requires much more than translating words on paper.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/translating-the-museum-multicultural-accessibility-at-the-national-museum-of-japanese-history/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20151023T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20151023T120000
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SUMMARY:Spending Some Time on the Inside: Jackson's Cell Block Seven Prison Museum
DESCRIPTION:Amy Reimann (Executive Director\, Ella Sharp Museum) \nIn 2013\, the Ella Sharp Museum of Jackson\, Michigan\, was approached about developing a plan for a museum at an operating penitentiary dedicated to telling the story of the Michigan Department of Corrections.  The Cell Block Seven Prison Museum opened for operation in June 2014 and continues to develop with support and direction from the MDOC.  We will discuss the initial goals for the museum\, what’s been learned over the past year\, and where it is headed over the next four.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/title-tbd/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20151009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20151009T120000
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SUMMARY:Gentrifiers or community anchors: are art museums good for urban neighborhood residents?
DESCRIPTION:Justin Meyer (PhD candidate\, Urban Planning) \nMy dissertation research examines how urban art museums impact their adjacent neighborhoods to understand when they contribute to gentrification (and the subsequent isolation or displacement of ethnic minorities and poorer households) and when they might help ‘anchor’ or even build diverse communities. Methodologically\, I use qualitative methods (interviews and participant observation) in a critical case study of the Portland Art Museum in Oregon to identify how and why the museum has benefitted its diverse surrounding neighborhood\, as well as how and why the museum has been complicit in gentrifying the neighborhood and creating exclusive space. I also employ a broader\, longitudinal analysis of socio-economic change between 1970 and 2010 in 158 neighborhoods adjacent to 60 art museums located across the country. This analysis gives me a more generalized view on whether art museums have anchored neighborhood diversity and population over the past several decades or whether their presence has corresponded with neighborhoods becoming more expensive and less diverse. \n  \nThe results of my qualitative research suggest that the health of the regional economy\, thephilosophical dispositions of a museum’s staff linked with an autonomy to pursue their own projects\, and the availability of funding dedicated to specific museum operations are the most important factors in whether or not an art museum benefits its diverse surrounding neighborhood. Results from my longitudinal\, socio-economic analysis of selected art museum neighborhoods suggest that art museum neighborhoods have been less likely than similarly located neighborhoods to experience the displacement of nonwhite populations\, more likely to experience a large increase in wealth\, and recently\, more likely to experience an increase in population\, especially in regions where population is in general decline. These results together suggest that art museums are valuable components to stabilizing neighborhood diversity and population\, attracting human capital\, and under the right conditions\, providing accessible\, valuable amenities for diverse neighborhood residents.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/gentrifiers-or-community-anchors-are-art-museums-good-for-urban-neighborhood-residents/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150925T120000
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SUMMARY:The Emperor’s New Ethnography:  Debates at the Musée africain de Lyon
DESCRIPTION:Abigail Celis (PhD candidate\, French Language and Literature) \nHow do you do new ethnography with old tools? \nEthnographic museums\, in the past two decades\, have been dancing a funny limbo. The academic fields that shaped them have abandoned many of the methods and primary assumptions that were once the raison d’être for these museums. The regimes of imperial power that founded them have been\, perhaps not fully dismantled\, but heavily deconstructed. And the communities they once spoke for are increasingly able to make demands on the institutions that purport to represent them. \nThough many museums recognize these changes\, unless they are able to immediately undertake massive renovation and acquisition projects\, they are nonetheless saddled with collections and displays that served previous regimes of knowledge and power. In my MSP internship at the Musée africain de Lyon\, I was able to observe first-hand a museum that was grappling with how to convert its collections and displays into something that could meet contemporary demands and interests in an ethically and academically sound manner. This talk outlines how these debates took shape in this particular museum context\, and traces how they are tied to larger questions about why and if museums need objects.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/the-emperors-new-ethnography-debates-at-the-musee-africain-de-lyon/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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