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August 6, 2007

Museum of Anthropology

Special Events, Programs, and Exhibits

Fall 2007

SPECIAL EVENTS

Opening of New Museum Shop

Saturday, September 15 & Sunday, September 16, 2007, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

After months of hammering, sawing, cabling, and carpet-laying (as well as
learning a whole new language - can you guess what "shoots and hexes" are?),
our new Museum Shop officially opens with two days of public celebration on
September 15 and 16. Join us for refreshments, artist demos, prize draws,
and performances by local Latin jazz favorites Locura (Saturday at 3:00 pm)
and Battery Opera (on Sunday at 3:00 pm) - and shop 'til you drop in our
beautiful new store. 

Launch of New Guided Tour

"A Matter of Taste: Ceramics and Culinary Connections"

Thursday, September 20, 2007, 7:00 pm 

Join us on September 20 to celebrate the launch of A Matter of Taste:
Ceramics and Culinary Connections, a new guided tour linking the amazing
variety of food- and drink-related ceramics in the Koerner Ceramics Gallery
with the unique history of the cuisine they once contained. The launch
includes introductory remarks by ceramics curator Dr. Carol Mayer, a talk by
celebrated food historian and author Dr. Ken Albala, period music by Lark in
the Evening, and samples of early modern European cuisine. Note: this is a
public event, but pre-registration is required. To register, please call
Reception at 604.822.5087.

Dr. Albala is a Professor of History at the University of the Pacific,
Stockton, California. He has authored seven books, including Food in Early
Modern Europe, Eating Right in the Renaissance and The Banquet: Dining in
the Great Courts of Late Renaissance Europe. He is also the book review
editor for the journal Food, Culture and Society. 

After the September 20 launch, we welcome group bookings for this program.
Please contact 604.822.4643 or <blocked::mailto:bookings@moa.ubc.ca>
bookings@moa.ubc.ca.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Stimulating the Senses: Music and Movement at MOA

Three Sundays of dance, music, and creative expression by some of
Vancouver's most provocative artists

Battery Opera: "Bob's Lounge - under the oppressive weight of history in the
Great Hall at MOA" 

Sunday, September 16, 2007, 3:00 pm (same day as new Museum Shop launch)

The past sure is tense, so lounge a bit with Bob beneath the totems in the
concrete Erickson box on the cliffs above the Salish Sea. It's beautiful all
right, but how did we get here? Is culture the oppressor of the artist? Is
anthropology the tool of imperialism? Is fantasy the beginning of fascism?
All good food for thought, but at Bob's Lounge we serve only love songs. Led
by choreographer-dancer Lee Su-Feh and writer-singer David McIntosh, Battery
Opera has produced an award-winning repertoire of challenging dance and
theatre works since 1995. With Max Murphy (baritone saxophone), Finn
Manniche (cello), and Paul Ternes (as the Austrian).

Kokoro Dance: "Heart, Mind, Spirit, & Soul"

Sunday, October 28, 2007, 3:00 pm

Critically acclaimed Kokoro Dance combines kinetic and visual elements from
Japan and the West to create a uniquely Canadian butoh aesthetic. When
Kokoro Dance began in 1986, Barbara Bourget brought to it her years dancing
with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Grands Ballets Canadiens, and Jay
Hirabayashi drew upon his experiences dancing with the Paula Ross Dance
Company, competitive alpine skiing, and studying Buddhism. The company has
produced over 900 performances and created more than 150 dance works that
have been performed across Canada, in the United States, and in Europe. With
Carolyn Chan and Holly Holt.

"Move It!" - Joe Ink  

Sunday, November 18, 2007, 3:00 pm

Think dance isn't part of your everyday life? Think again. Joe Ink's "Move
It!" will pursuade you to find the joy of movement in every moment. Formed
in 1995 by Joe Laughlin, Joe Ink is a professional dance company known for
creating lyrical, witty, and provocative works that emphasize physical
literacy, creativity, confidence, and overall well-being. Inspired by
Laughlin's involvement with the South African company, Moving into Dance
Mophatong, "Move It!" introduces audiences to the pleasure of shared
physical expression. With facilitators Jacci Collins and Tara Cheyenne
Friedenberg.

Back to the Future:  Archaeology in the 21st century

Three Tuesday evening talks on diverse topics related to current archaeology

Maize: The Plant that Colonized the World

Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 7:00 pm

Speaker: Dr. Michael Blake

Teams of scientists using a wide array of new techniques for detecting and
studying ancient maize (corn) throughout the Americas are making surprising
new discoveries about where, when, and how the plant was first domesticated.
They are also tracing its journey from 10,000 years ago in south-western
Mexico, to the far reaches of South America and the borderlands of Canada
and the U.S. By examining some of these new discoveries, ways that maize and
humans forged a kind of mutual dependency in the millennia following its
domestication will be explored. The ancient adaptability of Maize is
reflected in its present-day roles as one of the world's top three food
crops and as a potential source of the biofuel ethanol for the 21st century.

Dr. Michael Blake is Associate Professor, UBC Department of Anthropology.

Nazi Archaeologists:  Rewriting the History of the World and Planning the
Future of the Third Reich

Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 7:00 pm

Speaker: Heather Pringle  

In the summer of 1935, Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS in Nazi Germany,
founded a research institute to manufacture evidence of the glory of
Germany's ancestors.  Known as the Ahnenerbe, the institute recruited both
respected German archaeologists and a bizarre band of mystics and crackpots.
Over the next decade, these researchers attempted to revise human history to
conform to Adolf Hitler's racial theories and draw up blueprints for a new
Nazi-dominated Europe. As part of UBC Holocaust Awareness Week, Heather
Pringle explores this little-known story in an illustrated slide talk, with
donations going to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.   

Heather Pringle is a well-known Vancouver journalist and author who
specializes in archaeological and historical subjects. A National Magazine
Award winner, her latest book, The Master Plan, is currently being
translated into nine languages. Ms. Pringle is a contributing editor at
Discover Magazine.

Ancient Spaces in Virtual Reality: Archaeology, Video Games, and Reliving
the Past

Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 7:00 pm

Speaker: Michael J. Griffin

Three-dimensional, virtual worlds are typically associated with Hollywood
and interactive entertainment. But the technology behind video games and 3D
cartoons is increasingly used to carry the past into the future - from TV
specials to semi-fictional cinema to sprawling online realms that simulate
historical environments. This talk surveys some of the most exciting related
initiatives in education and cultural outreach, including the Ancient Spaces
project based in the Faculty of Arts at UBC, focusing on ancient cultures of
Europe and the Americas.

Michael Griffin is a graduate of the Dept. of Classical, Near Eastern, and
Religious Studies at UBC, holds a Master of Philosophy from the University
of Oxford, and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of
Oxford.  

Asian Illuminations Outstanding Scholars Series: Imagining the Sacred in
Asian Art

Three Tuesday talks co-sponsored by MOA and the Canadian Society for Asian
Arts

Title TBA

Tuesday, November 20, 2007, 7:00 pm

Speaker: Dr. Youngsook Pak

An authority on Korean art, Dr. Pak is currently a visiting Professor in
History of Art and East Asian Studies at Yale University. Dr. Pak holds an
appointment in the Department of Art & Archaeology, School of Oriental and
African Studies at the University of London.

Kashmir: Art from a "Troubled" Paradise

Tuesday, December 4, 2007, 7:00 pm

Speaker: Dr. Pratapaditya Pal 

Pashmina shawls may be the best-known products of Kashmir, but for more than
2000 years, generations of Kashmiris have created other forms of art as
well. This lecture provides an overview of the interaction of the Hindus,
Buddhists, and Muslims as reflected in the arts and architecture of this now
"troubled" paradise.

Dr. Pratapaditya Pal is an authority on the arts of the Indian subcontinent
and the Himalayas. He has authored over fifty books and numerous catalogues,
and earned doctorates from the University of Calcutta and Cambridge
University. Recently, he organized the first exhibition devoted to the arts
of Kashmir, which is now being shown at the Asia Society, New York.

Artist's Talk: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 7:00 pm

Join us for an evening of lively conversation with Michael Nicoll
Yagulanaas, the creator of Meddling in the Museum, and explore the shifting
boundaries of Haida art in a contemporary world.

EXHIBITIONS

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas - Meddling in the Museum

July 10 - December 31, 2007

Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas mixes it up at MOA with three
site-specific installations inspired by the Museum's current Renewal
Project.  Michael's new works incorporate media as diverse as a
stolen-but-recovered car hoods and copper leaf (Coppers from the Hood), an
entire canoe-bearing Pontiac Firefly (Pedal to the Meddle), and an
interactive Haida manga mural using abandoned archaeology storage trays
(Bone Box). In the process, he brings his own brand of humour, narrative,
and social commentary to jumpstart new debates in the Museum's changing
spaces. Installations curated by Karen Duffek, Curator, Contemporary Visual
Arts. Thanks to Canada Council for the Arts for their support of this
project.

Robert Davidson - "Raven Calling"

Haida artist Robert Davidson has generously donated a new sculpture to MOA.
Titled yaahl kingnganggang (Raven Calling), the five-foot-high artwork is
made of epoxy-powder-coated aluminum, and has recently returned to Vancouver
after being shown in the Museum of Anthropology's touring exhibition, Robert
Davidson: The Abstract Edge, at the National Gallery of Canada. Look for it
on the ramp leading into the Great Hall. 

The History of Walas Gwaxwiwe-The Great Raven Hamsiwe'

Ongoing; Corridor Case opposite Bill Reid's Raven Sculpture

This small exhibit showcases the magnificent Great Raven Hamiswe' mask that
MOA purchased from a Vancouver shop in 1962, and for which William Wasden
Jr. has been able to reconstruct a detailed history by working with
knowledgeable Kwakwaka'wakw elders from his home community of Alert Bay,
B.C. Through accompanying labels, photographs, and video, William tells the
story of how this mask and the privilege it represents first came to the
Scow family, the potlatches at which this privilege was shown, and how Beau
Dick carved a new version of this mask in 1993 so that it could continue to
be danced. He also explores the question of who carved the original mask. 

"A Partnership of Peoples" Exhibit

The Museum has embarked upon a major Renewal Project known as "A Partnership
of Peoples" (for details, see <blocked::file:///C:/Documents and
Settings/jwebb/Local Settings/Temporary Internet
Files/OLK790/www.moa.ubc.ca/renewal> www.moa.ubc.ca/renewal). In this
exhibit, MOA displays its plans for expansion and renovation, a scale model,
and samples of architectural details, finishings, and furnishings. We also
open a window onto our Digitization Studio, in which a team of professional
photographers use state-of-the-art digital cameras and high-speed computers
to capture high resolution images of the collections throughout the day.

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Contact

Jennifer Webb, Communications Manager 604.822.5950 or
jenwebb@interchange.ubc.ca

6393 N.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2
<blocked::file:///C:/Documents and Settings/jwebb/Local Settings/Temporary
Internet Files/OLK790/www.moa.ubc.ca> www.moa.ubc.ca

Museum and Shop Hours

Thru October 8, 2007: Daily 10 am to 5 pm; Tuesdays 10 am to 9 pm. Winter
(October 9, 2007 - May 15, 2008): Closed Mondays. Open Tuesdays 11 am to 9
pm and Wed - Sun 11 am to 5 pm. Summer (May 16 - October 7, 2008): Daily 10
to 5 pm; Tuesdays open late til 9 pm.

Admission

$9 Adults; $7 Students & Seniors 65+ (UBC staff, students, and faculty free
with ID). Tuesdays 5 pm to 9 pm pay as you can (suggested $5 per person,
including groups). Family $25; children under 6 free. VUEguide rental: $5
per unit. Group rates & guided tours available by booking in advance (call
604.822.4643). MOA is wheelchair accessible. 

Parking and Transit

Parking available at the Rose Garden Parkade opposite the Museum. Buses: #4,
9, 17, 25, 41, 43, 44, 49, 84, 258, 480, or contact Translink at
604.953.3333 or translink.bc.ca.

Jennifer Webb
Communications Manager
UBC Museum of Anthropology
6393 N.W. Marine Drive
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2
(t) 604.822.5950
(f) 604.822.2974
 <mailto:jenwebb@interchange.ubc.ca> jenwebb@interchange.ubc.ca
www.moa.ubc.ca

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Renaissance Europe. He is also the book review editor for the =
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we get here? Is culture the oppressor of the artist? Is anthropology the =
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imperialism? Is fantasy the beginning of fascism?&nbsp; All good food =
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choreographer-dancer Lee Su-Feh and writer-singer David McIntosh, <I=20
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award-winning repertoire of challenging dance and theatre works since =
1995. With=20
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Austrian).<o:p></o:p>
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12.0pt"><o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Sunday, October =
28, 2007,=20
3:00 pm<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Critically =
acclaimed Kokoro=20
Dance combines kinetic and visual elements from <st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Japan</st1:country-region></st1:place>=20
and the West to create a uniquely Canadian butoh aesthetic. When Kokoro =
Dance=20
began in 1986, Barbara Bourget brought to it her years dancing with the =
Royal=20
Winnipeg Ballet and Grands Ballets Canadiens, and Jay Hirabayashi drew =
upon his=20
experiences dancing with the Paula Ross Dance Company, competitive =
alpine=20
skiing, and studying Buddhism. The company has produced over 900 =
performances=20
and created more than 150 dance works that have been performed across=20
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:country-region>, in the=20
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United States</st1:country-region>, and =
in=20
<st1:place w:st=3D"on">Europe</st1:place>. With Carolyn Chan and Holly=20
Holt.<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">&#8220;Move =
It!&#8221; &#8211; Joe Ink<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Sunday, November =
18, 2007,=20
3:00 pm<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Think dance isn't =
part of=20
your everyday life? Think again. Joe Ink's "Move It!" will pursuade you =
to find=20
the joy of movement in every moment. Formed in 1995 by Joe Laughlin, Joe =
Ink is=20
a professional dance company known for creating lyrical, witty, and =
provocative=20
works that emphasize physical literacy, creativity, confidence, and =
overall=20
well-being. Inspired by Laughlin's involvement with the South African =
company,=20
Moving into Dance =
Mophatong, "Move=20
It!" introduces audiences to the pleasure of shared physical expression. =
With=20
facilitators Jacci Collins and Tara Cheyenne =
Friedenberg.<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">&nbsp;
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Back to the =
Future:<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; Archaeology in the =
21st=20
century<SPAN =

style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Three Tuesday =
evening talks=20
on diverse topics related to current =
archaeology<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Maize: The Plant =
that=20
Colonized the World<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Tuesday, October =
16, 2007,=20
7:00 pm<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Speaker: Dr. =
Michael=20
Blake<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Teams of =
scientists using a=20
wide array of new techniques for detecting and studying ancient maize =
(corn)=20
throughout the Americas are making surprising new discoveries about =
where, when,=20
and how the plant was first domesticated. They are also tracing its =
journey from=20
10,000 years ago in south-western <st1:country-region=20
w:st=3D"on">Mexico</st1:country-region>, to the far reaches of South =
America and=20
the borderlands of <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:country-region> and=20
the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region=20
w:st=3D"on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> By examining some of =
these new=20
discoveries, ways that maize and humans forged a kind of mutual =
dependency in=20
the millennia following its domestication will be explored. The ancient=20
adaptability of Maize is reflected in its present-day roles as one of =
the=20
world&#8217;s top three food crops and as a potential source of the =
biofuel ethanol=20
for the 21st century.=20
<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Dr. Michael Blake =
is=20
Associate=20
Professor, UBC Department of Anthropology.<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Nazi =
Archaeologists:&nbsp;=20
Rewriting the History of the World and Planning the Future of the Third=20
Reich<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Tuesday, November =
13, 2007,=20
7:00 pm<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Speaker: Heather=20
Pringle&nbsp; =
<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">In the summer of =
1935,=20
Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS in Nazi Germany, founded a research =

institute to manufacture evidence of the glory of <st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region=20
w:st=3D"on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>&#8217;s =
ancestors.&nbsp; Known as=20
the Ahnenerbe, the =
institute=20
recruited both respected German archaeologists and a bizarre band of =
mystics and=20
crackpots.&nbsp; Over the next decade, these researchers attempted to =
revise=20
human history to conform to Adolf Hitler&#8217;s racial theories and =
draw up=20
blueprints for a new Nazi-dominated <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Europe</st1:place>. As=20
part of UBC Holocaust Awareness Week, Heather Pringle explores this =
little-known=20
story in an illustrated slide talk, with donations going to the =
Vancouver=20
Holocaust Education Centre.&nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Heather Pringle is =
a=20
well-known <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City=20
w:st=3D"on">Vancouver</st1:City></st1:place> journalist and author who =
specializes=20
in archaeological and historical subjects. A National Magazine Award =
winner, her=20
latest book, The <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Master Plan, is currently =
being=20
translated into nine languages. Ms. Pringle is a contributing editor at =
<I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Discover =
Magazine.<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<SPAN=20
lang=3DEN-CA=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">Ancient=20
Spaces in Virtual Reality: Archaeology, Video Games, and Reliving the=20
Past<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Tuesday, November =
27, 2007,=20
7:00 pm<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Speaker: Michael =
J.=20
Griffin<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Three-dimensional,=20
virtual worlds are typically associated with <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City=20
w:st=3D"on">Hollywood</st1:City></st1:place> and interactive=20
entertainment.&nbsp;But the technology behind video games and 3D =
cartoons is=20
increasingly used to carry the past into the future &#8211; from TV =
specials to=20
semi-fictional cinema to sprawling online realms that simulate =
historical=20
environments.&nbsp;<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">This=20
talk surveys some of the most exciting related initiatives in education =
and=20
cultural outreach, including the Ancient Spaces project based in the =
Faculty of=20
Arts at UBC, focusing on ancient cultures of Europe and the <st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region=20
w:st=3D"on">Americas</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p><=
/P>
<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Michael=20
Griffin is a graduate of the Dept. of Classical, Near Eastern, and =
Religious=20
Studies at UBC, holds a Master of Philosophy from the <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">Oxford</st1:PlaceName>, and is currently a doctoral =
candidate at the=20
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> of=20
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Oxford</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.&nbsp;=20
<o:p></o:p>
<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Asian =
Illuminations=20
Outstanding Scholars Series: Imagining the Sacred in Asian=20
Art<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Three Tuesday =
talks=20
co-sponsored by MOA and the Canadian Society for Asian=20
Arts<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Title=20
TBA<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">Tuesday,=20
November 20, 2007, 7:00 pm<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Speaker: Dr. =
Youngsook=20
Pak<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">An =
authority=20
on Korean art, Dr. Pak is currently a visiting Professor in History of =
Art and=20
East Asian Studies at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">Yale</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. Dr. Pak holds an =
appointment=20
in the Department of Art &amp; Archaeology, <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">Oriental</st1:PlaceName> and African Studies at the =
<st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> of =
<st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">London</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Kashmir: Art from =
a=20
&#8220;Troubled&#8221; <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Paradise</st1:place><o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Tuesday, December =
4, 2007,=20
7:00 pm<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Speaker: =
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Dr. <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Pratapaditya Pal=20
<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Pashmina shawls =
may be the=20
best-known products of <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Kashmir</st1:place>, but =
for more=20
than 2000 years, generations of Kashmiris have created other forms of =
art as=20
well. This lecture =
provides an=20
overview of the interaction of the Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims as =
reflected=20
in the arts and architecture of this now &#8220;troubled&#8221; =
paradise.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Dr. Pratapaditya =
Pal is an=20
authority on the arts of the Indian subcontinent and the <st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on">Himalayas</st1:place>. He has authored over fifty books and =
numerous=20
catalogues, and earned doctorates from the <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">Calcutta</st1:PlaceName> and <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">Cambridge</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. Recently, he =
organized the=20
first exhibition devoted to the arts of Kashmir, which is now being =
shown at the=20
Asia Society, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:State w:st=3D"on">New=20
York</st1:State></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Artist&#8217;s =
Talk: Michael=20
Nicoll Yahgulanaas<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Tuesday, September =
25, 2007,=20
7:00 pm<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Join us for an =
evening of=20
lively conversation with Michael Nicoll Yagulanaas, the creator of <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Meddling in the Museum, and =
explore the=20
shifting boundaries of Haida art in a contemporary =
world.<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p><SPAN=20
style=3D"TEXT-DECORATION: none"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000></o:p>&nbsp;
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p><SPAN=20
style=3D"TEXT-DECORATION: none"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000></o:p>&nbsp;
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p><SPAN=20
style=3D"TEXT-DECORATION: none"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000></o:p>&nbsp;
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">EXHIBITIONS<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><SPAN=20
style=3D"TEXT-DECORATION: none"></o:p>&nbsp;
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Michael Nicoll =
Yahgulanaas &#8211;=20
Meddling in the Museum<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">July 10 &#8211; =
December 31,=20
2007<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; =
mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Haida=20
artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas mixes it up at MOA with three =
site-specific=20
installations inspired by the Museum&#8217;s current Renewal =
Project.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; <SPAN=20
class=3Dapple-style-span><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Michael&#8217;s =
new works=20
incorporate media as diverse as a stolen-but-recovered car hoods and =
copper leaf=20
(Coppers from the Hood), an =
entire=20
canoe-bearing Pontiac Firefly (Pedal to=20
the Meddle), and an interactive Haida manga mural using abandoned=20
archaeology storage trays (Bone =
Box).=20
In the process, he brings his own brand of humour, narrative, and social =

commentary to jumpstart new debates in the Museum&#8217;s changing =
spaces.=20
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; =
mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Installations=20
curated by Karen Duffek, Curator, Contemporary Visual Arts. Thanks to =
Canada=20
Council for the Arts for their support of this project.<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Robert Davidson =
&#8211; &#8220;Raven=20
Calling<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">&#8221;<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Haida artist =
Robert Davidson=20
has generously donated a new sculpture to MOA. Titled yaahl =
kingnganggang=20
(Raven Calling), the five-foot-high artwork is made of =
epoxy-powder-coated=20
aluminum, and has recently returned to <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Vancouver</st1:City>=20
after being shown in the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">Anthropology</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>&#8217;s touring =
exhibition,=20
Robert Davidson: The Abstract Edge, at the National Gallery of =
Canada. Look=20
for it on the ramp leading into the Great Hall. <o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The=20
History of Walas Gwaxwiwe&#8212;The Great Raven =
Hamsiwe&#8217;<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Ongoing;=20
Corridor Case opposite Bill Reid&#8217;s Raven =
Sculpture<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">This small exhibit =
showcases=20
the magnificent Great Raven Hamiswe' mask that MOA purchased from a =
Vancouver=20
shop in 1962, and for which William Wasden Jr. has been able to =
reconstruct a=20
detailed history by working with knowledgeable Kwakwaka'wakw elders from =
his=20
home community of Alert Bay, B.C. Through accompanying labels, =
photographs, and=20
video, William tells the story of how this mask and the privilege it =
represents=20
first came to the Scow family, the potlatches at which this privilege =
was shown,=20
and how Beau Dick carved a new version of this mask in 1993 so that it =
could=20
continue to be danced. He also explores the question of who carved the =
original=20
mask. <o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">&#8220;A =
Partnership of Peoples&#8221;=20
Exhibit<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The Museum has =
embarked upon=20
a major Renewal Project known as &#8220;A Partnership of Peoples&#8221; =
(for details, see <A=20
href=3D"blocked::file:///C:/Documents and Settings/jwebb/Local =
Settings/Temporary Internet Files/OLK790/www.moa.ubc.ca/renewal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: =
none">www.moa.ubc.ca/renewal</A>).=20
In this exhibit, MOA displays its plans for expansion and renovation, a =
scale=20
model, and samples of architectural details, finishings, and =
furnishings. We=20
also open a window onto our Digitization Studio, in which a team of =
professional=20
photographers use state-of-the-art digital cameras and high-speed =
computers to=20
capture high resolution images of the collections throughout the day.=20
<o:p></o:p>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN=20
style=3D"TEXT-DECORATION: none"></o:p>&nbsp;
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
-30-<o:p></o:p>
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<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN=20
style=3D"TEXT-DECORATION: none"></o:p>&nbsp;
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Contact<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Jennifer Webb, Communications Manager =
604.822.5950 or=20
jenwebb@interchange.ubc.ca<o:p></o:p>
<st1:address=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:Street w:st=3D"on">6393 =
N.W. Marine=20
Drive</st1:Street>, <st1:City=20
w:st=3D"on">Vancouver</st1:City></st1:address><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">, B.C. V6T 1Z2 <A=20
href=3D"blocked::file:///C:/Documents and Settings/jwebb/Local =
Settings/Temporary Internet Files/OLK790/www.moa.ubc.ca"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: =
none">www.moa.ubc.ca</A><o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Museum and Shop=20
Hours<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Thru October 8, =
2007: Daily=20
10 am to 5 pm; Tuesdays 10 am to 9 pm. Winter (October 9, 2007 &#8211; =
May 15, 2008):=20
Closed Mondays. Open Tuesdays 11 am to 9 pm and Wed &#8211; Sun 11 am to =
5 pm. Summer=20
(May 16 &#8211; October 7, 2008): Daily 10 to 5 pm; Tuesdays open late =
til 9=20
pm.
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">&nbsp;
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">Admission<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">$9 Adults; $7 =
Students &amp;=20
Seniors 65+ (UBC staff, students, and faculty free with ID). Tuesdays 5 =
pm to 9=20
pm pay as you can (suggested $5 per person, including groups). Family =
$25;=20
children under 6 free. VUEguide rental: $5 per unit. Group rates &amp; =
guided=20
tours available by booking in advance (call 604.822.4643). MOA is =
wheelchair=20
accessible. <o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<H1 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Parking and =

Transit<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></H1>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Parking available =
at the=20
Rose Garden Parkade opposite the Museum. Buses: #4, 9, 17, 25, 41, 43, =
44, 49,=20
84, 258, 480, or contact Translink at 604.953.3333 or=20
translink.bc.ca.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
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<P class=3DMsoAutoSig align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2>Jennifer =
Webb<BR>Communications=20
Manager<BR>UBC Museum of Anthropology<BR>6393 N.W. Marine =
Drive<BR>Vancouver,=20
B.C. V6T 1Z2<BR>(t) 604.822.5950<BR>(f) 604.822.2974<BR></FONT><A=20
href=3D"mailto:jenwebb@interchange.ubc.ca"><FONT=20
size=3D2>jenwebb@interchange.ubc.ca</FONT></A><BR><FONT=20
size=3D2>www.moa.ubc.ca</FONT></P>
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