You are invited to participate in a WAC Inter-Congress to be held in late June 2011 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
On behalf of several museums and organizations, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art invite your participation in an Inter-Congress of the World Archaeological Congress on the topic Indigenous Peoples and Museums: Unraveling the Tensions.
Date:
The Inter-Congress will be from 22-25 June, 2011 in conjunction with the Eiteljorg Museum's 17th Annual Indian Market and Festival, to be held 25-26 June.
The Inter-Congress Theme:
Indigenous Peoples and Museums: Unraveling the Tensions covers a wide range of possible topics including:
• Issues of representation
• Museums operated by Indigenous peoples
• Indigenous voice and Indigenous advisory boards
• Treatment of sacred and other items
• Conservation concerns, from dangerous chemicals in older objects to allowing for Indigenous views of conservation itself.
• Repatriation of museum collections
• Connecting Indigenous pasts and presents in museums
• Proper treatment of Indigenous cultural and historical memory
• Contested pasts
• Museums and sites of conscience
• Intellectual and spiritual concerns about Indigenous arts
• Museum training for Indigenous people
• New media/new technologies
• Collaboration
IPinCH will be organizing a theme on Intellectual Property, with two to three sessions on specific aspects of IP related to the conference theme, which will be determined as members of the IPinCH collective express their interests to Project Director George Nicholas.
Marina La Salle, Student Representative on the IPinCH Steering Committee and WAC's Jr. Representative for Northern America, is also organizing a student session exploring the roles of students in archaeology, anthropology, museum studies and related fields. Showcasing the innovative and exciting student research underway around the globe, the session is intended to bring students and professionals together to share ideas and insights into the future of heritage studies.
Other topics will be considered as suggested or offered.
For more details, please visit the Inter-Congress web site at http://wacmuseums.info .
Contact:
organizers@wacmuseums.info
Larry J. Zimmerman, PhD, RPA
Professor of Anthropology & Museum Studies
Public Scholar of Native American Representation
433 Cavanaugh Hall, Dept of Anthropology
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
425 University Blvd
Indianapolis IN 46202-5140, USA
Tel: 317-274-2383
Please note: IPinCH Project Director George Nicholas encourages team members to develop sessions for this WAC-Intercongress.
