A number of our professors will be in attendance at the American Anthropological Association meetings in Philadelphia this December. If you are in the area, we invite you to learn about our research and consider opportunities for your own studies in our graduate program. Dr. Lisa Philips, Chair, and Dr. Andie Palmer, Associate Chair (Graduate Programs) will be recruiting students. Stop by our booth on Student Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009.
Please visit the debut of "Ethnographic Terminalia" at the IceBox Gallery, Exhibitors include Dr Christopher Fletcher, "Listening to Le Corbusier's Paris" and Dr Marko Zivkovic, "Loveable Edmonton". This exhibit is curated by our former student, now Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Craig Campbell, UT Austin, and U of A MA Art History alumna Fiona McDonald, now studying Anthropology at University College London. Please see below or visit http://www.metafactory.ca/terminalia/ for more information.
EXHIBITS
Loveable Edmonton by Marko Zivkovic
In this project, titled "Lovable Edmonton," Marko Zivkovic will produce photographic studies of empty bus stops on the route of the Edmonton Bus No. 6 using a large format camera, B&W film, and enlarging to vintage graded paper in the darkroom. His wife, Gordana Zivkovic will then color the photos in the old hand-coloring technique. This kind of prolonged, sustained, loving attention to detail sharpens perception and makes "infra-ordinary" places (often too commonplace to be noticed) glowing, alive, and even beautiful.
Listening to Le Corbusier's Paris by Christopher Fletcher
This sound installation is an outcome of Christopher Fletcher's anthropological research on the imbrications of space, the senses and the built environment. The ambient sounds of several Parisian buildings designed by renowned modernist architect Le Corbusier are presented through specially designed speakers. Exteriors and, where possible, interior sounds were collected for all of Le Corbusier's Paris oeuvre. An experiment in acousmatic ethnography, it is hoped that experiencing the sonic environment of these places will encourage consideration the auditory in relation to the other senses when encountering places generally. The project is part of a longstanding interest in space as a personal, social and cultural project. Who we are is where we are would be one way to situate this dynamic. Visit http://www.ualberta.ca/~cf6/citesample.html for a sample.
PAPERS
by Dr Andie Palmer, Thus. 12/3 5:15 PM
"An Important Expression of New Zealand Identity": Performing Intellectual Property in Aotearoa
by Dr. Marko Zivkovic, Fri., 12/4 9:45 AM
Little Cars that Make us Cry: Yugoslav Fica as a Vehicle for Social Commentary and Ritual Restoration of Innocence
by Dr Lisa Philips Sat., 12/5 2:45 PM
Unexpected Languages in the Mouths of Others: Multilingualism as an Indicator of Contact in 18th-19th Century North America
See details of the AAA annual meeting program at http://www.aaanet.org/mtgs/search/index.cfm