museums
The Repetto Family Builds Peace
Ian Brown, a native of Tristan da Cunha but now a resident of the UK, paid a visit last month with his wife to the Italian town of Camogli, the birthplace of Andrea Repetto, his great grandfather. Unlike a lot of news reports from Tristan da Cunha that are only of local interest, this seemingly […]
Nubian Progress Inspired by Young Demonstrators
Older Nubians are upset about the way young people are demonstrating to dramatize their rights—such approaches are contrary to the Nubian tradition of peacefulness, according to an interesting news feature published last week. Hannah Allam, writing for the McClatchy Newsfeatures, covered a number of angles about Nubian claims and grievances that supplement earlier reports. She […]
Kadar Included in New Mapping Project
Three years ago, the Kerala state government agency for tribal affair, KIRTADS, opened a renovated ethnological museum, which features displays that include various Kadar artifacts—some ornaments, household objects, photographs and one of their huts. The museum is located about 7 km from Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, a city of one million people. The museum […]
Gjoa Haven Visitors’ Center
Jean Briggs’ epochal book Never in Anger focused on a small band of Inuit living on the land just south of the village of Gjoa Haven, in Arctic Canada, and their complete intolerance for any expressions of anger. One day, when some outsiders acted in a disrespectful fashion toward their hosts, the Utkuhikhalik Inuit—Briggs’ friends—she […]
Mbuti Exhibit Celebrates Presidential Inauguration
As part of its celebration this month of the installation of a new president, Dr. Nancy Leffert, Antioch University Santa Barbara is hosting an exhibit that focuses on the Mbuti people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The exhibit, sponsored by the Tribal Trust Foundation (TTF), opened with a reception on Tuesday, March 1, at […]
Celebration of Orang Asli Culture this Weekend
A museum exhibition in Malaysia celebrates some of the major issues facing the Orang Asli societies: managing their interactions with nature, maintaining sustainable lifestyles, and adapting to the challenges of modernity. The exhibit features the photographs of Mahat China, a prominent Semai poet, novelist, and radio announcer. Entitled “Orang Asli and their Traditional Knowledge,” the […]
New Inuit Exhibit Opens in San Francisco
The de Young museum in San Francisco has announced that a new Inuit exhibition opened on August 28th. Called “Yua, Spirit of the Arctic: Eskimo and Inuit Art from the Collection of Thomas G. Fowler,” the exhibit displays artifacts and art objects dating from 2,500 years ago to the present. The objects are from a […]
Photos of Flooded Hutterite Colony on View at Calgary Museum
An exhibition of George Webber’s striking photos of the Little Bow Hutterite Colony is now on view at the Glenbow Museum, located in the heart of downtown Calgary. Titled “Hutterite Traditions: Photographs by George Webber,” the exhibit went on display February 14 and will remain open until April 13. It includes Hutterite items such as […]
Birhor Life Depicted in Major Calcutta Newspaper
Last week, the Telegraph in Calcutta carried two different articles that featured the Birhor society of Jharkhand state. It appears as if the tragic deaths of numerous Birhor villagers early in October prompted the news organization to focus on a previously obscure group of peaceful people. According to a news story in the paper on […]
The Nubia Museum Has Connections with Boston
The Nubian Museum near Aswan, in southern Egypt, the world’s primary reservoir for Nubian history, art, and culture, has been forging ties with important American museums. These connections were developed by Ossama Abdel Meguid, the director of the Nubian Museum since its founding in 1997, when he secured a Fulbright scholarship to visit two Boston […]
