[NHCOLL-L:5382] UVic Course offering: Curatorship, June 13-18

[Cultural Resource Management]

Curatorship: Topics in Critical Curatorship 
Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria 
June 13-18, 2011; On campus 
HA488J (1.5 units)
Instructor: Carol Mayer, PhD 
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/aspnet/Course/Detail/?code=HA488J002
 
This course examines the curatorial scholarship and practices that underpin collections development, research and analysis, the exhibition process, and relates them to the evolving roles of museums in society. Topics include collections and acquisition policies, object oriented research methods, curatorial approaches to tangible and intangible heritage, issues relating to access, ethics, copyright, curatorial collaborations, and the communication of research through exhibitions, public programming, and print and electronic media.
 
Registration Deadline: May 16, 2011.  Late registrations accepted if space permits.
Fee: CAD $681 (Canadian funds, credit and non-credit participation options) including a CAD$75 materials fee and a CAD$100 tuition/registration deposit is required with each registration form. The tuition balance of CAD$506 is due on or before the first day of the course.  

Instructor
Carol E. Mayer is head of the curatorial department  at the UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA) and an associate to the Department of Anthropology.  She holds degrees from UBC, Cambridge University, and the University of Leicester,  and has taught museum-related courses at UBC, University of Victoria, and Emily Carr University of Art and Design. She has been awarded Fellowships at the Smithsonian Institute and the Sainsbury Research Centre where she studied early Pacific collections.  She has received awards from the BC Museums Association and the Canadian Museums Association (where she is also an elected Fellow).  In 2009 she received the ICOM (Canada) International Award of Excellence and in 2010 she received the Thirtieth Anniversary of Independence Medal for her cultural contributions to the Republic of Vanuatu.