Carol Mayer
Associate member, Department of Anthropology
Curator Africa/Pacific of Ethnology/Ceramics, Museum Of Anthropology
mayer(at)interchange.ubc.ca
604 822-8224 (Museum of Anthropology)
PhD. University of Leicester, 1996
https://my.cv.ubc.ca/seaside/public/cwl/10004772:
Museum Anthropology: history of museum theory and practice, public representation, theories of collecting, copyright, community collaboration, property rights, critical curatorship. Pacific Islands and African Studies: legacy of early collecting practices, 19th century photography, material culture with an emphasis on pottery, contemporary performing and visual arts. Ceramics: Ceramics: technology, agency, collecting.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
2005 The traveller and the Island Belle: Frank Burnett?s photography in the Pacific: special edition of Journal of Pacific History (accepted for publication).
2005 Gladsome Moments: From the Museum to the Academy ?and Back? (submitted to Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship (accepted for publication)
2005 Review of Liberating Culture?Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Museums, Curation and Heritage Preservation 2003, by Christina F. Kreps, Routledge. In Museum Management and Curatorship 20 (1):85- 87.
2005 Review of Samoan Art & Artists: O Measina a Samoa, 2002, by Sean Mallon. In The Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Island Affairs 17 (1): 255-257.
2004 Review of "Handle with Care: Ownership and Control of Ethnographic Materials" by Sjoerd R. Jaarsma (ed.) Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania): University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002. In Pacific Affairs pp. 551-552
2004 "Take out those nasty red labels: Interventions as Agents of Change in a Teaching Museum." Museum Anthropology (26) 2: 43-53.
2004 "Measure and Metaphor in Vessel-based Sculpture." In Hot Clay, Liane Davidson ed. Surrey Art Gallery: pp. 9-16.
2003 Review of "Collectors: Individuals and Exhibitions, 2001" by Anthony Shelton (ed), London: The Horniman Museum and Gardens. In Museum Anthropology 26 (2): 86-88.
2002 "In the spirit of a different time: The legacy of early collecting practices in the Pacific". In A. Herle, N. Stanley, K. Stevenson, R.L. Welsch (Eds.) Pacific Art - Persistence, Change and Meaning, Crawford House Publishing, Adelaide, pp. 219-230.
2002 "Shared Territory, Contested Spaces: Ethnicity, Nationalism, Internationalism in the formation of Crafts: an anthropological perspective" in The Persistence of Craft (Paul Greenhalgh, ed.). London: A&C Black.
2001 "Changing Permanent Exhibitions: An Exercise in Hindsight, Foresight, and Insight," in Curator, Vol. 44, No. 4 (October 2001): 378-400.
2000 Naming Objects, Creating Meanings. In Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection. Mary Douglas ed. Pp. 11-25. Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art and Design.
2000 Review of The Ceramics of R?ira, Colombia ? Gender, Work, and Economic Change. In Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 25(49):105-107.
2000 Review of An American Anthropologist in Melanesia: A. B. Lewis and the Joseph N. Field South Pacific Expedition 1909-1913, Vols. 1 and 2. In Pacific Affairs 73(1):160-162.
Recent Exhibitions
2005 TransFormations: Burnaby Art Gallery (Curator)
2004 Site to Sight: Imaging the Sacred: MOA (Supervising curator)
2003 Pasifika: Island Journeys. The Frank Burnett Collection of Pacific arts: Museum of Anthropology: MOA (Curator)
2003 Celadon: Beyond the Glaze: MOA (Researcher and supervising curator)
2002 Viewpoints: Interventions in Visible Storage: MOA (Supervising curator)
2002 The Spirit of Islam ? Understanding Islam through Calligraphy: MOA (Curator)
2000 Other Spaces ? Ceramics in Time and Space: MOA (Supervising curator)
2001 Who is this Benetton anyway? Arresting Images: MOA (Supervising curator)
2000 Conversations: The Michael and Julia Tecson Collection of Ceramics: MOA (Researcher and supervising curator)
2000 Pacific Connections: City Museum, Noumea, New Caledonia (Supervising curator)
2000 Echoes 2000: Contemporary Ceramics: MOA (Supervising curator)
1999 A Break in the Ice ? Inuit Prints and Drawings from the Linda J. Lemmens collection: MOA (Supervising curator)
1999 Exhibit ?A?- Objects of Intrigue: MOA (Curator)
1998 Museums ?98?: Off site installation on Pacific Boulevard, Vancouver (Supervising curator)
1998 A Gathering ? Figurative Sculptures of British Columbia: Community Arts Council Gallery, Vancouver (Curator)
1997 Who Has the Right? Copyright and the Visual Artist: Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (Supervising curator).
Recent Conference Papers
2004 Noise from Empty Vessels: Pottery in the Pacific and Resonance and Wonder: Ceramics in BC Collections. Two papers presented at Ceramics International Symposium, Burnaby, B.C., March 20.
2004 Abandoned Property: Development of a Policy. (panel member) at the British Columbia Museums Association (BCMA) Conference, Nanaimo, B.C.
2003 The New Voyagers: Pacific Artists in the Global Art. Discussion paper presented at the Association of Social Anthropology in Oceania Conference, Vancouver, B.C., February.
2002 Museums as Community Centres ? Part 1: Rethinking the Museum (co-presenter), Part 2: Collaboration (co-chair). Definitely not the Real Thing ? Museum Education Online (panel member) at the British Columbia Museums Association (BCMA) Conference: Negotiating the Changing Landscape Vancouver, B.C., October.
2002 University Museums: Distinct Sites Of Intersection For Diverse Communities. Paper presented at the University Museums and Collections Committee of International Council of Museums (ICOM) Conference, Sydney, Australia, October.
2002 Collecting contemporary art for ethnographic collections. Paper presented at the Canadian Museums Association (CMA) Conference, Calgary, Alberta, May.
2002 Unity, Diversity and Knowledge: The Spirit of Islam at the Museum of Anthropology. Paper presented at CMA Conference, Calgary, Alberta, May.
2002 International Collaboration: Addressing the legacy of Early Collecting Practices. Paper presented at Ways of Sharing Knowledge Symposium. Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC. December 4.
2002 Traditional and Contemporary Crafts in Western Canada. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for Decorative Arts Conference, Victoria/Vancouver, B.C., October.
2002 Curating for the Community: New Initiatives in Curatorial Training and Professional Development. Paper presented at the American Association of Museums Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 12-16.
2002 Museums from the Inside Out: Alternative Curatorial Strategies. Paper presented at the Canadian Museums Association Conference, Calgary, Alberta, May.
2001 The Past as Past ? the Past as Prologue. Paper presented at the BCMA Conference: Best Practices, Quesnel, B.C., September 20-22.
2001 Seduction and Abandonment ? Collaboration with Communities. Paper read (in absentia) at University Museums and Collections Committee of ICOM Conference, Barcelona, Spain, July 3-8.
2000 Experimental Exhibitions: Applied Anthropology in a Teaching Museum. Paper presented at the International Committee for Training of Professionals of ICOM Conference, Victoria, B.C., October 2000.
2000 What?s in a Name? Some thoughts on the changing meaning of ?Museum.? Paper presented at Conference 2000 (Western Museums Association and the BCMA), Victoria, B.C., October 11-14.
1999 In the Spirit of a Different Time: The Legacy of Early Collecting Practices in the Pacific. Paper presented at the special session of the Pacific Arts Association: Festschrift to Honor Dr. Philip J.C. Dark, Chicago, Illinois, October 20-24.
1999 Building Bridges: Curatorship and Community. Paper presented at the BCMA Conference, Revelstoke, B.C., October 14-17.
1999 Nasty Red Labels: Learning from teaching Museum Anthropology. Paper presented at the American Anthropology Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November.
1999 After Oceania: Teaching and Exhibiting Pacific Indigenous and Migrant Cultures in the University of California System in the 21st Century ? Pacific Bridges Project. Paper presented at the University of California, Davis, California, March 12.
1998 Visible Storage: Changes in Theory and Practice at Communication and Museography for the Twenty First Century. Paper presented at a symposium organized by the Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura, Direccion General de Bellas Artes y Bienes Culturales, Madrid, Spain, May 4-7.
1998 Social History of Ceramics ? Teaching in a contemporary context. Paper presented at The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, March.