"Exhibiting Cultures, Performing Cultures"
1998-1999 Calendar of Speakers and Events

Ricardo Trimillios, Rockefeller Fellow, "Constructing Culture from the Pasig to the Potomac: Post-Colonial Filipinos at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival"
September 22, 1998

Jane Taylor, Rockefeller Fellow, "The Arts of Memory"
September 29, 1998

"Who's Out There: Communities and Constituencies for Cultural Exhibitions" Conference
November 4, 1998

PANEL ONE: COMPARATIVE CASE STUDIES

  • Diana Baird N'Diaye, Director, African Immigrant Folklife Project, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, Smithsonian Institution, "A Tale of Three Sabars: Recontextualizing Senegalese Social Dance in Silver Spring and at the Smithsonian"
  • Doran Ross, Director, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, "'Wrapped in Pride' and Community Involvement"
  • Ricardo Trimillos, Rockefeller Fellow, "Present but Unpresented: the Filipinos in Atlanta"
  • Discussants: Fath Ruffins, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; Richard Beard, Director, Atlanta History Center


PANEL TWO: CASE STUDIES OF ATLANTA CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
  • Anthony Hirschel, Director, Michael C. Carlos Museum, "Reflections on a Reinstallation: the `New' Galleries of the Art of Sub-Saharan Africa at the Carlos Museum"
  • Sarah Hill, Curator, Atlanta History Center Exhibition `Native Lands: Indians and Georgia,' "Whose Agenda is Out There?"
  • Michael Shapiro, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, High Museum of Art, "Comments on the Reinstallation of the Permanent Collection at the High Museum of Art"
  • Discussants: Jane Taylor, Rockefeller Fellow, CSPS, Emory; Milton Clipper, Director and CEO, Public Broadcasting, Atlanta



"Ubu and the Truth Commission" by Jane Taylor, Rockefeller Fellow, play reading and discussion with Archbishop Desmond Tutu & Wole Soyinke
November 10, 1998

Stuart Patterson & Miriam Petty, ILA Graduate students, "Public Culture at the Smithsonian Institution"
November 17, 1998

Bob White, Rockefeller Fellow, "Performance and Pain: Popular Culture and Narratives of Violence in the Congo-Zairean Diaspora"
January 26, 1999

Carol Colatrella, Rockefeller Fellow, "Popular Representations and Female-Friendly Science"
February 16, 1999


"Critical Conjunctions: Institutional Critique, Cultural Brokerage, & Cultural Display" Conference
March 15-16, 1999

SECTION ONE: CURATORS & SCHOLARS

  • Tony Bennett, The Open University, Great Britain, Keynote: "Intellectuals, Culture, Policy: The Technical, the Practical and the Critical." Panelists: Olivia Cadaval, Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies, Smithsonian Institution; Danielle Rice, Senior Curator of Education, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Andy Ambrose, Atlanta History Center; Ivan Karp, ILA, Emory University.


SECTION TWO: ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS
  • Andrea Fraser, Artist and Writer, Keynote: "Where Have We Gotten With Institutional Critique? The Baby and/or the Bath Water (Revisited)." Panelists: Chris Scoates, Director, Atlanta College of Art Gallery; Helena Reckitt, Education Director, Nexus Contemporary Art Center; James Meyer, Art History Dept. Emory University.


SECTION THREE: CULTURAL BROKERS & POLICY MAKERS
  • Kresentia Duer, Leader, Culture and Sustainable Development Program, Special Programs, The World Bank, Washington D.C., Keynote: "Culture and Sustainable Development: Its Interaction With, and Effect Upon, Development." Panelists: Richard Kurin, Director, Center for Folklife and Cultural Studies, Smithsonian Institution; Bob White, Rockefeller Fellow, CSPS, Emory University; Edward Spriggs, Executive Director, Hammonds House Galleries and Resource Center of African-American Art.


The Rumba Workshop: An Interactive Presentation on Popular Music, Politics and Memory
April 10, 1999

The three facilitators covered the following topics during the afternoon workshop:
  • Dieudonné Mbala Nkanga, Institut National des Arts-Kinshasa & University of Michigan, "Generations and the Rumba Family Tree," "Dancing and Shouting," "Popular Music and Power"
  • Kazadi wa Mukuna, Kent State University, "Schools and Genres of Popular Music," "Stylistic Aspects of the Music," "Not Just Love: Themes in Popular Music"
  • Bob White, Rockefeller Fellow, "Zaire's Hidden Innovation: Cel "Animation," "The Anatomy of a Song," "Individual Memory and Popular Music"
  • Rumba Dance Party - featuring J.P. Busé and Dominic Kanza's African Rhythm Machine



Forum on Women, Science and Technology
April 24, 1999

PANEL ONE: EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES & CAREER PATHS FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE
  • Pat Marsteller, Senior Lecturer in Biology and Director of the Hughes Science Initiative, Emory University, "Curricular Programs for Women in Science"
  • Linda Hodges, Kenan Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Science Center for Women, Agnes Scott College, "Science Centers and Undergraduates"
  • Mary Frank Fox, Professor of Sociology, Georgia Tech, "Graduate Education in Science for Women"
  • Kavita Philip, Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies, Georgia Tech, "My Science Education and My Career"


PANEL TWO: PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
  • Lily Kim, Science Reporter, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Reporting Science"
  • Deborah Grayson, Assistant Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies, Georgia Tech, "Women, Quiltmaking, and Technology"
  • Kim Loudermilk, Visiting Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts, Emory University, "Feminized Images of Technology in Advertising"
  • Judy Henson, Fernbank Museum, "Organizing Science Exhibits for the Public"


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