[Anthropgrad] Work-in-Progress Seminar - 24 July -Conal McCarthy

[Sharon Komidar]

The Research School of Humanities presents,
 Work-in-Progress Seminar Series 

1- 2.30 pm, Friday 24 July, Theatrette, Old Canberra House

Exhibition studies after the historical turn: a case study of the Mâori
village at the 1906-7 New Zealand International Exhibition in
Christchurch 

Dr Conal McC
<http://rsh.anu.edu.au/fellowships/2009fellows.php#McCARTHY> arthy,
School of Art History, Classics & Religious Studies, Victoria University

 

In 1906-7, an international exhibition was held at Christchurch in New
Zealand’s South Island which featured a model Mâori village. The
orthodox view of the village with its exhibits and performers was that
it offered a picturesque spectacle which justified the European
colonisation of the indigenous Mâori. However, the detailed historical
research presented here challenges this interpretation and reveals the
extraordinary Mâori agency at work behind the scenes by organisers,
artists, performers and visitors. This seminar puts forward a revised
framework for critical histories of exhibitions through a detailed case
study of the Christchurch exhibition examined from the point of view of
both the exhibitors and those who were on show. 

 

Dr Conal McCarthy is Director of the Museum & Heritage Studies programme
at Victoria University of Wellington. Conal has worked as a teacher,
museum educator and interpretater, curator and lecturer. His research
interests include museum history and theory, visitor research, Mâori
art, and contemporary heritage issues. His first book, a study of
colonial architecture in North Otago, was published in 2002, and his
second book Exhibiting Mâori was published in 2007. Conal is currently
conducting research for his next book which will deal with museums and
biculturalism. 

 

Please note that entry to OCH is via the fenced walkway starting from
Lennox Crossing (the Stanner Bld entrance), across the lawn in front of
the tennis court and through the terrace

Convenors: Ken Taylor and Stephen Foster
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Phone: 6125 2434
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