Lecture: "Our way of making an exhibit"

[Elise]

Here are details on an upcoming talk at Brown that relates to museum
studies, heritage industries, anthropology and probably some other
things too:

Monday April 12th 2010
5:30-7pm
Barus & Holley, Room 166
182 Hope Street

"Our Way of Making an Exhibit"

Ann Fienup-Riordan of the Calista Elders Council, the primary heritage
organization in southwest Alaska, will discuss the exhibition she
curated with the Calista Elders Council and the Anchorage Museum
entitled Yuungnaqpiallerput/The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of
Yup'ik Science and Survival. The exhibition, soon to travel to the
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, explores the
scientific principles and processes practiced by the Yup'ik that
enabled them to survive the conditions of the sub-arctic tundra.
Yuungnaqpiallerput is described by Dr. Fienup-Riordan as being much
more than a science exhibit. Combining art, science and culture in new
and exciting ways, it is as much about the present as the past, and
recognizes that the Yup'ik way of life is grounded in deep spiritual
values and scientific principles. In this presentation, Dr. Fienup-
Riordan will share the process of creating an exhibit collaboratively
with the Yup'ik people. Reception to follow. Sponsored by donors to
the Barbara A. and Edward G. Hail Lecture Fund and the FHMA.

FREE!

http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Haffenreffer/

Hope some of you can make it!