Object Lives and Global Histories in Northern North America:

Networks, Localities, and Material Culture c. 1700s-2000s

Object Lives and Global Histories in Northern North America is a collaborative research project with Edmonton and Montreal as the geographic hubs for its enquiry. This project will explore the histories of material culture within these regions, linked to wider global flows of influence that arise from trade, colonialism and migration. The object histories will be developed through our project’s multi-disciplinary partnership, generating essential new knowledge about people and object interactions. The stories of the selected objects will be presented on the ‘Object Lives’ website, detailing the biographies of goods that acted as surrogates of early globalization and cross-cultural exchange.

  • Co-Applicants

    • Beverly Lemire University of Alberta
    • Laura Peers Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford
    • Anne Whitelaw Concordia Univeristy

  • Collaborators

    • Susan Berry Royal Alberta Museum
    • Laurie Bertram University of Toronto
    • Sarah Carter University of Alberta
    • Cynthia Cooper McCord Museum
    • Annette de Stecher Independent Scholar
    • Judy Half Royal Alberta Museum
    • Jonathan Lainey Library and Archives Canada
    • Teharihulen Michel Savard Huron Wendat Museum

  • Assistants

    • Julie-Ann Mercer Administrative Assistant
    • Sarah Nesbitt Research Assistant
    • Katie Pollock Research Assistant
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