Professional Service & Public Outreach
Board member:
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GRASAC (Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Culture), 2019-
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Journal of Museum Ethnography (contributing editor), 2017--.
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AAA Council for Museum Anthropology, Board Member 2020-2023.
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Museum Anthropology (AAA Council for Museum Anthropology journal), 2012-2021.
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Museum Worlds (Routledge journal), editorial advisory board, 2012--.
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Pro-bono consultancy:​​
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Volunteer research on Indigenous items and community contact prior to repatriation, Peterborough Museum and Archives, 2019
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Member, Human Remains Working Group, UK Department of Media, Culture and Sport, 2001-2004. (National parliamentary working group resulting in changes to the British Museum Act to permit UK national museums to repatriate human remains, and a national guidance document.)
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Member, Human Remains Advisory Group, UK Department of Media, Culture and Sport, 2006-8.
Curatorial advice and training to UK museums sector, including:
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2017, consultation with Ashmolean Museum on North American items from Tradescant collection
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2015-17, National Maritime Museum, re: Indigenous component of Tudor World gallery
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Royal Academy, November 2013, advisory committee for future exhibition
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2009, 2011, Curatorial conferences for Haida Project and Blackfoot Shirts Project: both brought substantial First Nations delegations together with curators and conservators from c.20 UK museums holding collections from those nations
Public History Consulting: Historic sites I have worked with include:
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Parks Canada
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s American Indian Initiative
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Minnesota Historical Society
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Old Fort William
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Sainte Marie among the Hurons
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Public communication:
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2019 “Boxes of possibility—and frustration.” Activehistory.ca blog post, 6 March.
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2018 Interview, American Anthropological Association podcast in association with Museum Ethnographers’ Group conference at Pitt Rivers Museum, 2018.
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2016 Object Lives project methodology and case study.
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2016, ‘The colonial encounter,’ history of anthropology series on BBC radio 4.
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2015 Website including artist videos, about the Great Box project
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2013 Blackfoot Shirts Project website, including shirt photos, historical information, and lesson plans.