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SUMMARY:William R. Farrand Memorial Lecture: Preserving the PostNatural
DESCRIPTION:William R. Farrand Memorial Lecture: Preserving the PostNatural \nDate:  October 25 \nTime: 6:30 pm \nLocation: Central Campus Classroom Building\, Room 1425 (1225 Geddes Ave\, adjacent to Museum of Natural History) \nPresenter:  Rich Pell \nFake banana flavoring\, anthrax scares\, and bulldog underbites—how did an art professor become the purveyor and advocate for all things “postnatural”? \nMeet Rich Pell\, founder and executive director of the Center for PostNatural History in Pittsburgh\, PA\, and Associate Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon University\, to discover what gets left out of “natural” history. \nRegister for the lecture here. \nCo-sponsored by the Museum Studies Program \nEvent flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/william-r-farrand-memorial-lecture-preserving-the-postnatural/
LOCATION:Central Campus Classroom\, 1225 Geddes Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:A Museum Fit for a President
DESCRIPTION:A Museum Fit for a President \nAlbert Cavallaro\, PhD Candidate\, History \nOctober 25 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm \n1014 Tisch Hall \nThis talk reflects on the State Museum of the History of Uzbekistan’s response to a planned presidential visit by Shavkat Mirziyoyev\, the current president of Uzbekistan. Had it not been cancelled just two days before it was scheduled to occur on June 25th\, 2024\, it would have been the first visit to the museum by Mirziyoyev since he assumed the presidency in 2016. Rushed preparations initiated a host of changes inside the museum pertaining to its exhibitions. Most critically\, one month prior to the anticipated visit\, the museum closed to the public and all of its displays from the Stone Age to the 16th century were changed. \n\nI will touch on issues ranging from leaking ceilings to breaking objects\, as well as to the broader discussions and arguments that occurred in the museum over what a “modern” museum is supposed to be and what elements of the old exhibitions still fit the demands of current national narratives. In doing so\, I will show the museum’s close relationship to the state\, not only as the provider of financial funds\, but also\, in many ways\, as the museum’s main anticipated audience. With my dissertation focusing on the history of this museum from 1876 until the collapse of the Russian empire in 1917\, in this talk I will present a brief historical overview that will allow me to chart the museum’s navigation from the Tsarist period to the Soviet period\, and to the current moment. \nAlbert Cavallaro is a historian of the Russian empire and Central Asia with a focus on the nineteenth century. His dissertation\, “Things Disappear: The Turkestan Public Museum and Imperial Love\, 1876-1917\,” examines the rapid growth of museums across Central Asia in the tsarist period. Via an intensive focus on the Turkestan Public Museum\, located in modern-day Tashkent\, Uzbekistan\, he shows a variety of actors embracing museums\, libraries\, and collections of old materials as sites of intensive emotional identification\, or “love\,” for a variety of purposes. Accordingly\, his work investigates entanglements of museums\, colonialism\, religion\, science\, and love in nineteenth-century Tashkent. \nPresentation flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museumsnoon-presentation-by-albert-cavallaro/
LOCATION:Tisch Hall\, 435 State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:This is Rome\, Too: Decolonial Practices in the Eternal City
DESCRIPTION:This is Rome\, Too: Decolonial Practices in the Eternal City \nGala Patenkovic\, PhD Candidate\, Romance Languages and Literatures \nSeptember 27 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm \nEldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall \nHow can we reimagine the future of museums? How do we make museums decolonial? How does this decolonial practice change our perception of what a museum can be\, and how do we present it to the public? In this talk I will share my experience interning at the Organization QuestaèRoma in Rome\, Italy\, and present their approach in engaging the public with decolonial practices through varied events\, and specifically through their decolonial tours of the capital. These tours highlight what is “hidden in plain sight” : the distant and not-so-distant architectural remnants of colonial history that is often unobserved\, taken for granted and/or unquestioned by the locals and tourists alike. \nGala Patenkovic is a PhD Candidate in the French Program of Romance Languages and Literatures. Her dissertation addresses representations of immigration and belonging in contemporary French comic books. She holds an active interest in visual and museum studies. \nPresentation flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/this-is-rome-too-decolonial-practices-in-the-eternal-city/
LOCATION:Haven Hall\, Eldersveld Room\, 505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:MSP23 Capstone Presentations
DESCRIPTION:Presentations for the evening are as follows: \n5:00 pm “Community Neighborhood Preservation in Detroit: Tools and Strategies for Engagement in Walking Tours” \nPresented by Irma Guzman\, Briana Kemmerling\, Skyler Leslie\, Leopoldo Martinez \nChallenge statement: To identify best practices for the management of a digital community archive\, oral histories\, and community-donated materials\, for future development into a walking tour of Detroit’s historic Woodbridge Neighborhood. \nHost institution: Detroit Historical Museum and Woodbridge Neighborhood Development \n  \n6:00 pm “Art for All: Reimagining Access at UMMA” \nPresented by Fatimah Alhawary\, Samantha Farmer\, Jack Schmitt \nChallenge statement: To enhance UMMA’s Rights and Reproductions policy by identifying best practices and investigating models of open access. \nHost institution: UM Museum of Art \n  \n7:00 pm “Shifting the Focus: Centering Indigenous and DEI Practices in UMMAA’s Collection Management Policy” \nPresented by Lauren Alberti\, Caroline Everts\, Erin Leary\, Hadeel Saad \nChallenge statement: To evaluate and integrate Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion (DEI) and Community-Centered framework within UMMAA’s collections management policy. \nHost institution: UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology \n  \nMSP23 Capstone Presentations flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/msp23-capstone-presentations/
LOCATION:Haven Hall\, Eldersveld Room\, 505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Student Presentation
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SUMMARY:We Need to HEAR Them Out: Addressing the Issue of Nazi Expropriated Art Through the Lens of Recent Policies and Practices
DESCRIPTION:We Need to HEAR Them Out: Addressing the Issue of Nazi Expropriated Art Through the Lens of Recent Policies and Practices \nEmily Finch (MSP18) \nApril 12 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm \nWhile the Washington Principles\, which turned twenty-five in 2023\, are admired for chaperoning the revitalized effort towards just and fair solutions for those dispossessed of their cultural property (for example\, the art\, books\, and Judaica plundered by the Nazis during World War II)\, they are also admonished for their inconsistent and weak enforcement. Addressing this issue more recently and aimed at filling in the gaps that stemmed from both inconsistent adherence to the Washington Principles and the limited scope of the 2016 HEAR (Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery) Act\, in 2022 the New York State Legislature passed a legislative package related to Holocaust education which included a provision requiring museums to acknowledge Nazi expropriated art. Anna Kaplan\, the former New York State Senator who introduced the law\, acknowledged scholars’ concerns with the legislation and the law’s limitations. Kaplan concedes it is largely up to museums to implement and police the law themselves. “We are hoping that museums will do the right thing.” Will they?  \nConsidering the recent revisions to the Native American Graves Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and\, in the case of Nazi expropriated art\, the wave of museums seeking declaratory judgments to quiet title on World War II era cultural heritage property\, perhaps the answer is not on their own. As the restitution debate continues\, policy goals are articulated in pursuit of more ethical heritage practices and loopholes in law and policy continue to be exploited. Related decisions and enactments should be analyzed in the broader context of cultural heritage practices in order to encourage better intersectional methods in museums\, and the art and antiquities market by extension\, to create more effective legislation moving forward. \n  \nEmily G. Finch is an honors JD/ Entertainment\, Arts\, and Sports Law LLM Candidate on the art law track at the University of Miami School of Law. She graduated with her Master of Science in Information (Libraries\, Archives\, and Digital Curation) from the University of Michigan in 2019\, and was a member of the Museum Studies Program’s 2018-19 cohort. Emily received her BA from Kalamazoo College in 2017 (majors in English: Literature and Cultural Studies and History\, Minor: Political Science\, and Concentration: American Studies).  Prior to law school she served as Assistant Professor and Scholarly Communication and Copyright Librarian at Kansas State University and as Library Futures’ Community Fellow. Emily is building an interdisciplinary career at the intersection of law\, ethics\, and policy in cultural heritage spaces with a focus on ethical stewardship practices and access to information. Emily is a lifelong learner and in her free time enjoys community service\, reading\, baking\, and traveling (scheduling as many museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site visits as her companions allow her).  \n  \nClick here to attend via Zoom. \nPresentation flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/we-need-to-hear-them-out-addressing-the-issue-of-nazi-expropriated-art-through-the-lens-of-recent-policies-and-practices/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:The Museum as Kaleidoscope: On Plantations Past and Present in Louisiana
DESCRIPTION:3:00 – 4:15 pm \nEhrlicher Room (3100 North Quad) and online. \nWhat do we see when we look at a museum? Jarrett Martin Drake will attempt a response to this question by carefully considering the Angola Museum outside of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. His talk will discuss how museums are rarely windows into the past but more often kaleidoscopes into power. \nJarrett Martin Drake is an educator\, ethnographer and organizer who is currently a PhD candidate in anthropology at Harvard University. Prior to pursuing a doctoral degree\, Drake obtained a BA in history and an MS in information science with a concentration in archives\, during and after which he worked as an archivist and librarian in multiple institutional and non-institutional contexts\, most meaningfully with A People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland. Drake was born and raised in Gary\, Indiana\, where he graduated from The Benjamin Banneker Achievement Center. \nPlease register here to attend online. \nAdditional information can be found here. \nCo-sponsored by the Museum Studies Program.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/the-museum-as-kaleidoscope-on-plantations-past-and-present-in-louisiana/
LOCATION:School of Information\, 105 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:The Legacy of Art and the Nazis Before and After the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:Please join SHARE for its final evening of the 2024 Conference\, for which we are excited to present University of Michigan History of Art Professor Shelley Perlove. Professor Perlove specializes in Italian and Dutch art of the seventeenth century. Her scholarly interests include art and religious culture in early modern Europe\, the Hebrew Bible\, material culture\, and the visual arts\, and visual typology in sixteenth-century art. \nProfessor Perlove will be speaking on the legacy of art during the Holocaust\, how it was weaponized by the Nazis both metaphorically and literally\, looking at cases of Nazi-looted art and efforts to retrieve them. Time for Q&A and a reception will follow her presentation. \nShelley Perlove is the author of two award-winning books published by Penn State University Press: Bernini and the Idealization of Death\, and more recently with Larry Silver\, Rembrandt’s Faith: Church and Temple in the Dutch Golden Age. She has written more than thirty articles\, essays and reviews appearing in such journals as Burlington Magazine\, Gazette des Beaux Arts\, and Artibus et Historiae and has curated five exhibitions devoted to early modern prints. Most recently she served as consultant to the exhibition\, “Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus\,” which opened at the Louvre. Her current book project investigates the religious works of Rembrandt’s Dutch followers. \nLocation: University of Michigan Hillel (1429 Hill Street) \nRegistration and additional information can be found here.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/the-legacy-of-art-and-the-nazis-before-and-after-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:Exhibit tour at UMMA - "A Gathering"
DESCRIPTION:Join MSP for a guided tour of “A Gathering\,” currently on display at UMMA. The works on view in this exhibition\, all brought into the Museum between 2019 and the present\, shows how institutions like UMMA are becoming more permeable to societal challenges\, and more nimble in responding to them in service to all in their communities. In this exhibition you will find works that reflect on how global migrations\, race\, gender\, and ecological change shape the way we engage with the world and inform our visions for the future. \nThe tour will be led by the curator of the exhibit\, our own Félix Zamora Gómez (MSP16)\, Irving Stenn\, Jr. Fellow in Public Humanities & Museum Pedagogy. \nRegister in advance for the tour (space is limited). \nTour flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/exhibit-tour-at-umma-a-gathering/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:"Too Jewish or not Jewish Enough" book launch with author Jeffrey Abt
DESCRIPTION:This is a celebration of Jeff Abt’s newly published book “Too Jewish or not Jewish Enough: Ritual Objects and Avant-Garde Art at the Jewish Museum of New York” (2024).  Join the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies for a panel discussion of the new book with Frankel Institute Co-Head Fellows Deborah Dash Moore and Richard Cohen. \nClick here to attend virtually. \nAdditional information can be found here. \nCo-sponsored by the Museum Studies Program.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/too-jewish-or-not-jewish-enough-book-launch-with-author-jeffrey-abt/
LOCATION:Frankel Center for Judaic Studies\, 202 S. Thayer Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:Unseen Connections: A Natural History of the Cellphone
DESCRIPTION:Space 2435\, UM North Quad (105 S. State Street) \nPresentation by Josh Bell\, Curator of Globalization at the National Museum of Natural History\, Smithsonian and Museum Studies Program 2024 Visiting Scholar \nWhat is the role of anthropology in a natural history museum in the 21st century? Thinking through the issues bundled up in this question\, within this talk I will discuss a new exhibit Cellphone: Unseen Connections that I curated at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Cellphone examines cellular technology and its cultural\, ecological and social intersections around the world\, and is informed by a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative research on cellular telephony in Washington D.C.. The exhibit consists of 750 objects\, a comic book mural\, interactive displays and 33 personal profiles of people along the cellphone’s global supply chain from 35 countries. Drawing inspiration from the relational perspectives of Indigenous world-making in Oceania\, as well as the moral and ethical obligations of political ecology\, this exhibit demonstrates how natural history is about\, and for\, everyone. \nDr. Joshua A. Bell is Curator of Globalization at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Combining ethnographic fieldwork with research in museums and archives\, Bell examines the shifting local and global network of relationships between persons\, artefacts and the environment. To date he has carried out research with communities in the Purari Delta of Papua New Guinea\, with historic Oceanic collections\, and on cellular telephony in Washington\, D.C.. He is currently the chair of NMNH’s anthropology department\, and is the steward of NMNH’s Oceania\, African and South American collections as well as the collections of the National Anthropological Archive. He is a founding member of Recovering Voices\, and co-directs the annual Mother Tongue Film Festival. He also directs the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology\, a summer course funded by the National Science Foundation that teaches graduate students how to effectively and ethically engage with museum and archival collections. \nPresentation flyer \n 
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/unseen-connections-a-natural-history-of-the-cellphone/
LOCATION:Space 2435\, School of Information\, 105 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Application deadline
DESCRIPTION:Applications for the Fall 2024 cohort are due by February 23\, 2024.  Application information can be found here.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/application-deadline/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:Know Thyself: The Importance of Vision in Museum Leadership
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Neil Barclay\, President and CEO\, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History \nFebruary 20\, at 5:30 pm\, UM Museum of Art \nAs museums grapple with the complexity of a social\, political and economic change in the communities they serve\, visionary leadership of these institutions becomes critically important.  While there are many approaches to how such leadership is defined and achieved\, in its most fundamental terms\, it begins with a keen understanding of why an individual has chosen the museum field as their life’s work in the first place. In this talk\, Barclay explores the relationship between personal vision and institutional vision and how the two define the most successful leaders working today. \nIn January of 2019 Neil Barclay was selected to lead the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History as its president and CEO. Prior to that\, he served as President and CEO of the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in New Orleans for five years.  Barclay also served for seven years as associate director of the Performing Arts Center for the University of Texas at Austin and is the founding president and CEO of Pittsburgh’s August Wilson Center. Additionally\, he was instrumental in the historic capital renovation planning for Los Angeles’ Vision Theater\, originally built by Howard Hughes and currently in the final stages of development for the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs. \nPresentation flyer \nCo-sponsored by the University of Michigan Museum of Art
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/the-critical-role-of-cultural-institutions-in-contemporary-society/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Hopi R2-D2 and the Return of the Force: Star Wars and indigenous art
DESCRIPTION:Hopi R2-D2 and the Return of the Force: Star Wars & indigenous art \nSpeakers: Duane Koyawena (Artist\, Curator) & Samantha Honanie (Visitor Experience Manager\, Museum of Northern Arizona) \nFriday\, February 16 at 12:00 pm \nEldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall \nJoin the Museum Studies Program in welcoming Samantha Honanie and Duane Koyawena as they discuss the Museum of Northern Arizona’s award-winning exhibition\, “The Force Is With Our People” (2019-2020). Learn about the creation of Hopi-R2\, the resonance of Star Wars themes with the Southwest’s indigenous art communities\, and the ongoing cultural influence of the project. \nClick here for event flyer.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/hopi-r2d2-and-the-return-of-the-force-star-wars-indigenous-art/
LOCATION:Haven Hall\, Eldersveld Room\, 505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109
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SUMMARY:Virtual Open House for prospective students
DESCRIPTION:February 2\, 2024 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nThe Museum Studies Program invites students enrolled in any graduate program at the University of Michigan to apply for the Fall 2024 cohort.  This multidisciplinary graduate certificate program draws on ideas from the arts\, humanities\, natural and social sciences\, and technology and provides countless opportunities to apply theories in a vast array of museums and cultural institutions on campus\, in the region\, nationally and around the world. \nThe MSP curriculum examines the role of museums in society as sites of memory\, learning\, research\, cultural production\, public scholarship\, civic engagement\, and entertainment. The 12-credit certificate program consists of the Museum Studies Seminar (Fall and Winter terms\, 6 credits)\, approved electives (6 credits)\, and a funded internship.  It prepares students for academic and professional careers in museums\, heritage sites\, arboretums\, botanical gardens\, zoos and other living collections\, and universities. \nApplication Deadline: February 23\, 2024 \nApplication information can be found here. \nLearn more at our upcoming virtual open house! \nZoom meeting ID 915 1170 6281
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/virtual-open-house-for-prospective-students/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231130T120000
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SUMMARY:Competing Interests: Examining Identity Politics in the Display of Ancient Egypt
DESCRIPTION:Competing Interests: Examining Identity Politics in the Display of Ancient Egypt \nHeidi Hilliker\, PhD student in Middle Eastern Studies \nNovember 30 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm \nEldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall \nIn recent years\, there has been a movement to decolonize Western museums\, calling for a practice of self-reflection and transparency paired with a recognition of their Western-centric and criminal foundations. This has led institutions with collections of ancient Egyptian art and artifacts to revisit the ways in which they classify\, interpret\, and display their collections. These shifts in museum practice have revealed many competing interests\, exposing the complex ways in which inclusion\, identity\, and ownership are deeply intertwined. I witnessed these competing interests first-hand this summer during my MSP internship when a new exhibition highlighting the influence of ancient Egypt and Nubia in contemporary black music debuted at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquity in Leiden\, the Netherlands. \nIn this talk\, I will discuss this and other curatorial and institutional case studies that reflect current trends and the complicated discourses developing from them. Additionally\, I will consider the future of these movements and how they may affect museum practices. \nFlyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/competing-interests-examining-identity-politics-in-the-display-of-ancient-egypt/
LOCATION:Haven Hall\, Eldersveld Room\, 505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231115T120000
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SUMMARY:Museums in Practice series - Access and Museums: Making Meaning through Online and Digital Connections
DESCRIPTION:Join us via Zoom for the Museum Studies Program’s third annual Virtual Panel Discussion considering access and accessibility concerns in museum practice. With museum\, library\, and cultural heritage panelists from the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)\, Delft University of Technology\, and the Smithsonian Institution\, this session will explore the challenges and opportunities of “Open Access” initiatives and “Access to Heritage” programs. Topics to be presented and discussed include the task of upgrading Nomenclature for Museum Cataloguing to provide access to terminology from multiple languages and regions; the creation of new\, community-engaged research and educational opportunities using online collections; and the championing of digitized public domain heritage as a key tool for museums aiming to fulfill their societal missions. \nPanelists: \n\nLiz Harmon\, PhD\, Virtual Museum Program Manager\, American Women’s History Museum\, Smithsonian Institution\, USA\nDouglas McCarthy\, Head of Library Learning Centre\, Delft University of Technology\, Netherlands\nHeather Dunn\, Heritage Information Analyst\, Canadian Heritage Information Network\, Government of Canada\n\nThis panel discussion will be presented online via Zoom and will feature real time captioning. \nPlease register in advance for this online Zoom webinar. \nFlyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museums-in-practice-series-access-and-museums-making-meaning-through-online-and-digital-connections/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231109T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231109T210000
DTSTAMP:20260603T183829
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SUMMARY:From the Ballroom to the Museum: Celebrating Black Resistance in the Graystone Collection
DESCRIPTION:Location: The Jam Handy (2900 E Grand Blvd\, Detroit\, MI 48202) \nDate/time: November 9th from 5pm to 9pm \nFor nearly fifty years\, the Graystone Ballroom was the beating heart of Detroit’s vibrant music scene. In 1974\, the Graystone International Jazz Museum opened its doors – its collection including records\, posters\, and materials from the former Graystone Ballroom. Though the Graystone Ballroom and Museum are both closed today\, the collection – stewarded by DSC – remains a testament to the power of Detroit sound. \nPlease join Detroit Sound Conservancy at the historic Jam Handy for an evening of celebration and reflection on the legacy of the Graystone Collection. Renowned musician and composer Ali Jackson will give a lecture on Black sonic resistance in the Graystone Collection. After some light refreshments\, Jackson and his band will perform a curated rearrangement of tunes celebrating the Graystone legacy. \nThis program was facilitated by Ekaterina Olson-Shipyatsky (MSP23) for the Arts & Resistance Theme Semester. \nEvent flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/from-the-ballroom-to-the-museum-celebrating-black-resistance-in-the-graystone-collection/
LOCATION:The Jam Handy\, 2900 E. Grand Blvd\, Detroit\, MI\, 48202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231009T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231009T140000
DTSTAMP:20260603T183829
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SUMMARY:Tour of "Narrating Nubia: the Social Lives of Heritage"
DESCRIPTION:North Campus Duderstadt Gallery (2281 Bonisteel) \nJoin Bailey Franzoi (MSP21)\, Shannon Ness (MSP15 )\, and Geoff Emberling (Research Scientist\, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology) for a tour of “Narrating Nubia: the Social Lives of Heritage.”  “Narrating Nubia” is a project funded by the UM Humanities Collaboratory that focuses on developing ways to move beyond the colonial past of archaeology and cultural anthropology.  The meanings of Nubia in ancient and modern Egypt and Sudan are explored.  The exhibit includes four main sections:  a presentation on the ongoing archaeology in Sudan\, an animated film about Egyptian Nubia\, a podcast\, and an online classroom program. \nRegister in advance for the tour (space is limited). \nNarrating Nubia tour flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/tour-of-narrating-nubia-the-social-lives-of-heritage/
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center (2281 Bonisteel)
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231007T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231007T170000
DTSTAMP:20260603T183829
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SUMMARY:Dis/continuities: Unsettling Memory and Time – Charles F. Fraker Graduate Conference
DESCRIPTION:October 6 & 7 from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (see links below for locations) \nThe Museum Studies Program is proud to co-sponsor the biannual Charles F. Fraker Graduate Conference organized by Doctoral students in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. \nThe biannual Charles F. Fraker Graduate Conference is organized by doctoral students in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor in honor of Professor Emeritus of Spanish Charles F. Fraker. Originally a venue for graduate students of Hispanic Studies to meet and discuss the subjects of their research\, the conference has grown to include the work of students of many other fields and disciplines. In previous years\, the Charles F. Fraker Conference has featured as its keynote speakers intellectuals such as Jacques Lezra\, Alberto Moreiras\, Jacques Rancière\, Bill Brown\, Michael Taussig\, WJT Mitchell\, and Robert T. Tally Jr. This year\, we will enjoy the presence of professor Eduardo Cadava for our keynote presentation. Past conferences have attracted graduate student panelists from such universities as Yale\, Tulane\, Cleveland State\, Western Michigan\, Brigham Young\, and Western Ontario. \nThe conference will take place on the 6-7th October 2023 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. \nProgram \nFlyer 1 (overview) \nFlyer 2 (keynote)
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/dis-continuities-unsettling-memory-and-time-charles-f-fraker-graduate-conference-2/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231006T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231006T170000
DTSTAMP:20260603T183829
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SUMMARY:Dis/continuities: Unsettling Memory and Time - Charles F. Fraker Graduate Conference
DESCRIPTION:October 6 & 7 from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (see links below for location details) \nThe Museum Studies Program is proud to co-sponsor the biannual Charles F. Fraker Graduate Conference organized by Doctoral students in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. \nThe biannual Charles F. Fraker Graduate Conference is organized by doctoral students in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor in honor of Professor Emeritus of Spanish Charles F. Fraker. Originally a venue for graduate students of Hispanic Studies to meet and discuss the subjects of their research\, the conference has grown to include the work of students of many other fields and disciplines. In previous years\, the Charles F. Fraker Conference has featured as its keynote speakers intellectuals such as Jacques Lezra\, Alberto Moreiras\, Jacques Rancière\, Bill Brown\, Michael Taussig\, WJT Mitchell\, and Robert T. Tally Jr. This year\, we will enjoy the presence of professor Eduardo Cadava for our keynote presentation. Past conferences have attracted graduate student panelists from such universities as Yale\, Tulane\, Cleveland State\, Western Michigan\, Brigham Young\, and Western Ontario. \nProgram \nFlyer 1 (overview) \nFlyer 2 (keynote)
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/dis-continuities-unsettling-memory-and-time-charles-f-fraker-graduate-conference/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230930T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230930T160000
DTSTAMP:20260603T183829
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SUMMARY:Afterthought - Remembering a Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Five events comprise a special program spotlighting COVID commemoration as a form of political resistance. This program offers interactions with commemorative art\, invites students and visitors to think about art as a form of political and social action\, and includes multiple opportunities to interact with artists on campus. Additionally\, art is proposed as a pathway for resisting the dominance of text in academic expression. \nSept 28: 1:00 – 3:00 pm\, GalleryDAAS – Exhibition reception:  “Half Built House” a COVID memorial by Laura Taylor (exhibition runs from Sept 28 – Oct 27) \nSept 29:  6:00 pm\, UM Museum of Art auditorium – Screening: A work-in-progress screening of “Afterthought” \nSept 30:  11:00 am\, Rackham East Conference Room – Workshop: A graduate student workshop on film & academic expression \nSept 30:  1:00 pm\, Rackham East Conference Room – Career Talk: Featuring the Editor & Producer for “Afterthought” \nSept 30:  3:00 pm\, Rackham East Conference Room – Panel Talk: A discussion of the role of art in COVID commemoration \n  \nAfterthought flyer \nFor additional details\, click here. \n  \nSponsored by Arts Initiative\, UMMA\, American Culture\, Latina/o Studies\, and the Museum Studies Program
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/afterthought-remembering-a-pandemic/
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School\, 915 E. Washington Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230929T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230929T130000
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SUMMARY:Global Interns: museum practice in Israel & Uganda
DESCRIPTION:Global Interns: museum practice in Israel & Uganda \nSeptember 29 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm \nEldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall \n  \nAlexandra Norwood\,  PhD candidate\, Anthropology \nThe Apes of Uganda: An Exhibit and Outreach Program at the Uganda Museum \nUganda is often called the Pearl of Africa\, a phrase invoked by Winston Churchill describing the country: “for magnificence\, for variety of form and color\, for profusion of brilliant life – bird\, insect\, reptile\, beast” (W. S. Churchill\, 1909). Uganda’s remarkable biodiversity includes the presence of two species of living apes and a rich hominoid fossil record. Uganda’s importance to the evolution and conservation of great apes makes it essential to promote awareness and generate interest in protecting both fossil sites and the living apes. \nThe “Apes of Uganda” Exhibition and Outreach Project is the result of a collaboration between staff at the Uganda National Museum and biological anthropologists at the University of Michigan. The goal of this project was to share information about ape evolution in Uganda\, the lives of chimpanzees and gorillas in Uganda’s National Park\, and the importance of conserving both fossil sites and the National Parks where living apes are found. The exhibition at the Uganda National Museum opened in February 2023 and has been visited by ~ 100\,000 visitors. A complementary schools outreach program carried out in July reached 18 Ugandan public primary and secondary schools in western Uganda\, near National Parks where great apes live. The measured impact of these efforts teaches us valuable lessons about how to make this type of educational programming as effective as possible and demonstrates the importance of meaningful\, outward-facing partnerships between researchers and museums. \nDenisa Glacova\,  PhD student\, Middle East Studies \nIs ANU – Museum of the Jewish People Telling the Whole Story? \nWhen asked about the ten-year-long renovation of ANU – Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv\, Dan Tadmor\, the museum’s CEO explained that the conceptual\, technological\, artistic\, and architectural overhaul was necessary to turn the institution into “the most comprehensive Jewish museum in the world.” Even its name was changed then – the former Beit Hatfutsot\, or the Diaspora Museum\, became ANU\, i.e. we in Hebrew\, reflecting its ambitious attempt to represent “all parts of the Jewish people.” Or\, as Tadmor puts it\, to “tell the whole story.” \nIn my short talk\, I will reflect on my three-month internship at The Koret International School for Jewish Peoplehood in ANU. I will focus on ANU’s “vision of radical [Jewish] togetherness” and address its methodology and tools used to create an overarching exhibition narrative connecting Jewish histories and cultures throughout more than 4\,000 years. Additionally\, I will present a few possibilities to include stories pushed to the margins in the new three-store exhibition and to diversify the narrative of the current exhibition through educational programming in order to get closer to the – in my opinion – unattainable ideal of “telling the whole story.” \nMuseums@Noon flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museumsnoon-presentations/
LOCATION:Haven Hall\, Eldersveld Room\, 505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230922T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230922T130000
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SUMMARY:Tour of “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” exhibition at Weiser Hall gallery
DESCRIPTION:Weiser Hall – II Gallery\, Room 555 (5th Floor) (500 Church St.) \nJoin Eimeel Castillo (MSP18 alumna\, curatorial assistant\, and PhD candidate in History and Women’s & Gender Studies) for a tour of “Secrets of State:  The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” exhibition. The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness\, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998\, their efforts\, among others\, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24\,000 formerly top secret documents. \nCurated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive\, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency)\, this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History). \nRegister in advance for the tour (space is limited). \nCosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice \n“Secrets of State” related events flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/tour-of-the-secrets-of-state-the-declassified-history-of-the-chilean-dictatorship-exhibition-at-weiser-hall-gallery/
LOCATION:Weiser Hall\, 500 Church Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230920T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230920T133000
DTSTAMP:20260603T183829
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SUMMARY:Lecture - Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship
DESCRIPTION:The Museum Studies Program is proud to co-sponsor this lecture associated with the “Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile” series of events: \n“Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” \nSpeaker:  Peter Kornbluh\, Director of the Chile Declassification Project\, National Security Archive \nDate/time:  September 20 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm \nLocation:  1010 Weiser Hall \nPeter Kornbluh will present a lecture on the “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” exhibit.  The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness\, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998\, their efforts\, among others\, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24\,000 formerly top secret documents. \nCurated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive\, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency). \nCosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice \n“Secrets of State” related events flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/secrets-of-state-the-declassified-history-of-the-chilean-dictatorship/
LOCATION:Weiser Hall\, 500 Church Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230624T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230624T103000
DTSTAMP:20260603T183829
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SUMMARY:I See What You're Saying: A WICAD Symposium at UMMA
DESCRIPTION:University of Michigan Museum of Art A Symposium on WICAD (the Workshop on Inclusive Co-Creation of Audio Descriptions) With Museum Visitors Who Are Blind\, Partially-blind\, And Sighted at UMMA\n8 – 10:30 AM – Public Panel Discussion\, Moderated by Audrey Bennett \nLocation:  University of Michigan Museum of Art \nFor generations\, large swaths of the population have been excluded from experiencing exhibitions at art museums. Those who are sighted have the privilege of visiting museums and engaging with the art within its spaces\, including reading contextual information about each piece on the placards positioned nearby. Museums have assumed that it is acceptable to make sight compulsory to engage with art and that sight alone is sufficient. However\, those who are blind and partially blind\, for instance\, are marginalized from these cultural experiences though they have a legal right to access and experience them. While the conversation around the uses of audio description started decades ago (Synder 2005)\, in recent years\, it has emerged as a viable way to facilitate blind and partially blind museum visitors experiencing museum artwork through oral descriptions of them facilitated via virtual and in-person experiences (Eardley et al. 2017; Anagnostakis et al. 2016)\, particularly during the Covid age of social distancing. However\, in those conversations\, audio descriptions are typically created solely by museum professionals\, without input from visitors who are blind and partially blind. Join us for a symposium at the University of Michigan Museum of Art to launch a generative co-creation of audio description educational program that brings together museum professionals with community members to co-create audio descriptions of select artwork from UMMA’s collection. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/i-see-what-youre-saying-a-wicad-symposium-at-umma/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230412T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230412T200000
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SUMMARY:MSP22 Capstone Presentations
DESCRIPTION:Presentations for this evening are as follows: \n6:00 pm “Marking the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum’s 25th Anniversary” \nPresented by Hannah Edwards\, Charlotte Juergens\, Shiyuan Wang \nChallenge statement: To identify and propose programming to boost both local engagement with the museum and international recognition of the museum and Marshall Fredericks’ legacy. \nHost institution: Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum \n  \n7:00 pm “A Small Place with a Deep History: Exhibition Strategies for the Rehabilitated Blue Bird Inn” \nPresented by Denisa Glacova\, Mia Glionna\, Ekaterina Shipyatsky \nChallenge statement: \nTo develop an exhibition strategy for the Blue Bird Inn – a small place with a deep history – that meets its needs as Detroit’s only music archive\, event venue\, and reclaimed public hearth. \nHost institution: Detroit Sound Conservancy \n  \nJoin via Zoom:  https://umich.zoom.us/j/97795227624 \nMeeting ID: 977 9522 7624 \n  \nA full schedule of all Capstone presentations can be found here.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/msp22-capstone-presentations/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Student Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230410T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230410T200000
DTSTAMP:20260603T183829
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SUMMARY:MSP 22 Capstone Presentations
DESCRIPTION:Presentations for this evening are as follows: \n6:00 pm “Expanding Narrating Nubia’s Network:”  Best Practices for Online Exhibition and Access” \nPresented by Tori Herzig-Deribin\, Tessa Oliveira\, Abigail Staub \nChallenge statement:  To develop robust resources and best practice recommendations for the development of an online component of the Narrating Nubia exhibition\, to be held in UM’s Duderstadt Center in Fall 2023. \nHost institution: Narrating Nubia Humanities Collaboratory \n  \n7:00 pm “Managing the Marionettes: The Bixby Trust Collection” \nPresented by Basmah Arshad\, Hayley Crowell\, Katie Kasperian \nChallenge statement:  To develop a long-term collections management plan for the Bixby Trust Collection and to refine the museum’s narrative and overall mission for future grant acquisition. \nHost institution: Saline Arts & Culture Committee \n  \nJoin via Zoom:  https://umich.zoom.us/j/97795227624 \nMeeting ID: 977 9522 7624 \n  \nA full schedule of all Capstone presentations can be found here.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/msp-22-capstone-presentations/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Student Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T183829
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SUMMARY:Exploring the past and shaping the future in archives and collections (Museums@Noon)
DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Ransom\, PhD\, MSP18\, Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Education \nChicago’s Rebuild Foundation’s Stony Island Arts Bank \nWhile interning at Rebuild Foundation’s Stony Island Arts Bank (SAB) in Chicago\, Kimberly Ransom has reviewed the objects and documents in the Ed Williams Black Memorabilia Collection to help Rebuild Artist-Fellows learn how to engage and use the archive as data to inspire and create new art. As an interdisciplinary historian\, Kimberly has also leveraged the collection to further her research and public-facing scholarship. Specifically\, she has examined a collection of early 20 th century postcards with malicious depictions of Black children. Kimberly aims to use the collection to create a counter-narrative of historical photographs that benevolently depict Black children in and around schools on Chicago’s Southside\, visually positioning them as possessors of childhood in the public imagination. In her presentation\, Kimberly will discuss her experience and how community museums and archives can expand historical scholarship toward community art and action. \n  \nPelle Tracey\, MSP21\, PhD candidate at the UM School of Information \nThe Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art \nIn the summer of 2022\, Pelle Tracey interned at the Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art under the supervision of Assistant Curator Alex Klein. In this presentation\, Pelle will describe two of the main projects he pursued: archiving a recent long-term collaboration between the ICA and the Dakar\, Senegal-based art institution RAW Material Company\, and conducting oral history interviews with Los Angeles artist Carl Cheng. Through these projects Pelle learned a great deal about how a contemporary art museum functions\, and how a museum focused on the future of art engages with the past. \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting: \nhttps://umich.zoom.us/j/99128919196 \nMeeting ID: 991 2891 9196 \n  \nApril 7 Museums@Noon flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/exploring-the-past-and-shaping-the-future-in-archives-and-collections/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:The Seduction\, Refusal\, and Retention of Universality in Collections Care
DESCRIPTION:Rackham Graduate School Assembly Hall (4th floor)\nPlease join the Museum Studies Program for its 20th anniversary keynote address by Cara Krmpotich\, Director of Museum Studies at the University of Toronto. \nUniversality as an intellectual and ethical imperative has substantially shaped museum work\, including the management and care of collections. Critiques of the universal—including universal museums—contribute to current and necessary conversations encouraging the decolonization of cultural institutions. At the same time\, the ethical impetus of universal design offers a new set of values with which to imagine the universal in museums. In this talk\, I consider moves from universalism to relativism\, and from singularity to plurality. In seeking to understand why universalism\, its refusal\, and its retention within museum spaces matters\, I propose that museums’ evolving interpretations of universality directly shape how they care—for their collections\, their publics\, and their environments. \nCara Krmpotich is Associate Professor and Director of the Museum Studies Program at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information. She is Past-President of the Council for Museum Anthropology\, an Ontario Museums Association Councillor\, and Co-Director of the Great Lakes Research Alliance (GRASAC)\, an Indigenous-Settler network committed to reuniting Great Lakes cultural belongings with Great Lakes places\, knowledge systems and peoples. \nPlease join us online via Zoom if you are unable to attend in person:   https://umich.zoom.us/j/92878966443 \nKrmpotich flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/the-seduction-refusal-and-retention-of-universality-in-collections-care/
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School\, 915 E. Washington Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:A Storm was Coming:  Workshop
DESCRIPTION:A Storm was Coming:  Workshop \nThe Museum Studies Program is proud to co-sponsor a film screening and workshop with Director Javier Fernández Vázquez. \nA Storm was Coming:\nFilm Screening and Q&A with Director Javier Fernández Vázquez\nMonday\, March 13\, 2023 | 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm\nat Palmer Commons Forum Hall \nWorkshop with Director Javier Fernández Vázquez\nTuesday\, March 14\, 2023 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm\nMLB Commons\, 4th Floor \nLearn more about the film here. \nA Storm Was Coming flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/a-storm-was-coming-workshop/
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building\, 812 Washington St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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