[Bcma-l] Michael Ames Lecture: 7:00 pm, Oct 2/08

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Hi everyone. Sorry, but I inadvertently left out the time of the Michael M.
Ames Memorial Lecture at the Robson Square Theatre on October 2, 2008. The
lecture will begin at 7:00 pm.

Mea culpa!

Jennifer Webb
Communications Manager
UBC Museum of Anthropology
(t) 604.822.5950
jenwebb@interchange.ubc.ca
www.moa.ubc.ca

Here is the info again:

"He tuporo teretere: People severed from their land have no direction -A
Maori tribute to the late Michael Ames" 

The Inaugural Michael M. Ames Memorial Lecture Presented by Maori Scholar
Dr. Paul Tapsell

Thursday, October 2, 2008, 7:00 pm, Robson Square Theatre (800 Robson
Street, Vancouver, BC)

MOA is pleased to present the first bi-annual lecture on critical museology
and visual culture in memory of former MOA director Michael Ames. The talk
will be given by Maori scholar Paul Tapsell, Senior Research Fellow, James
Henare Maori Research Centre, University of Auckland. A distinguished
academic, Dr. Tapsell is also a member of a prominent family from the Bay of
Plenty and Waikato region of North Island, New Zealand, family traces its
roots back to the main tribes of Te Arawa, one of the earliest groups of
Polynesian migrant canoes to reach New Zealand. (For a detailed profile of
Dr. Tapell, please visit www.moa.ubc.ca/programs.)

The late Michael M. Ames, in whose honor Dr. Tapsell's lecture is presented,
served as MOA Director from 1974-97 and Acting Director from 2002-04. A
highly awarded scholar, extraordinary teacher, activist, humanist, and
visionary, Michael was institutional in creating a legacy of excellence in
all aspects of the Museum. Shortly after he passed away in February 2006,
MOA announced the instigation of the Michael Ames Memorial Lecture, to be
given bi-annually by an internationally acknowledged expert in the field of
critical museology, beginning in 2008. Michael is greatly missed, but by
honoring his memory through events such as this, the values he espoused and
his commitment to critical museological scholarship remains strong at UBC.

In his lecture, using the highly personal example Pukaki, his carved
ancestor, Dr. Tapsell will illuminate Michael Ames' lasting contribution to
the understanding of the significance of cultural property to indigenous
peoples.

As Dr. Tapsell explains:

"The great carved ancestor, Pukaki, is grandfather to my tribe, Ngati
Whakaue of Rotorua. He once stood as a gateway against our enemies to the
South. In later years we gifted him to the New Zealand Government as part of
a later-formalized relationship, which carried promises of protection,
development and shared resources. 

"When Pukaki left the marae [traditional meeting house] of our community on
October 2, 1877, we did not know or understand either the government's
underlying agenda regarding the Rotorua township or the local political
manoeuvring of the Auckland Institute (museum) into which Pukaki went.
Within a decade, both tribe and carved grandfather were captured,
objectified, and appropriated by a foreign value system of "otherness." Law
superseded lore, diminishing the honour of a relationship without recourse
to the underlying treaties.

"Many years later, Pukaki and Dr. Michael Ames became acquainted during the
international Maori Art exhibition, Te Maori, which toured North America in
the 1980s. This meeting represented an intersectional moment in time. On one
level, both came from very different backgrounds, but on another level, both
were concerned with ensuring proper recognition of the value system that
objects may represent. 

"Michael Ames became recognized as a leading academic voice on a range of
subjects, including the interpretation of indigenous interests associated
with objects in museology. At a similar time in another part of the world,
in New Zealand, research into Pukaki was being undertaken. Dr Ames' writings
became an essential component to this research, helping to articulate the
issues and debates that concerned Pukaki. A short while later in 1997,
Pukaki was returned home to Rotorua to again represent the values under
which he was created. 

"This lecture describes the 'Pukaki' journey, lessons learned, and ways
forward for Maori and Crown within treaty contexts in particular."

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Sorry, but=20
I inadvertently left out the time of the Michael M. Ames Memorial =
Lecture at the=20
Robson Square Theatre on October 2, 2008. The lecture will begin at 7:00 =

pm.<o:p></o:p></DIV>
<DIV>
<SPAN=20
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culpa!
<SPAN=20
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bold">&nbsp;
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<st1:PlaceName=20
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Manager</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
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<st1:PlaceType =
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Anthropology (t)=20
604.822.5950 <A=20
href=3D"mailto:jenwebb@interchange.ubc.ca">jenwebb@interchange.ubc.ca</A>=
 www.moa.ubc.ca<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
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<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Here is the info =
again:<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
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<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&nbsp;
<SPAN=20
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<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">&#8220;He=20
tuporo teretere: People severed from their land have no direction =
&#8211;A Maori=20
tribute to the late Michael Ames&#8221; <o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The=20
Inaugural Michael M. Ames Memorial Lecture Presented by Maori Scholar =
Dr. Paul=20
Tapsell<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Thursday, October 2, 2008, 7:00 pm, =
Robson Square=20
Theatre (<st1:address w:st=3D"on"><st1:Street w:st=3D"on">800 Robson=20
Street</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Vancouver</st1:City>, =
<st1:State=20
w:st=3D"on">BC</st1:State></st1:address>)
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p>&nbsp;
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">MOA is pleased to present the first =
bi-annual=20
lecture on critical museology and visual culture in memory of former MOA =

director Michael Ames. The talk will be given by Maori scholar Paul =
Tapsell,=20
Senior Research Fellow, James Henare Maori Research Centre, <st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> of =
<st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">Auckland</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. A distinguished =
academic, Dr.=20
Tapsell is also a member of a prominent family from the <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">Bay</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Plenty</st1:PlaceName>=20
and Waikato region of <st1:City w:st=3D"on">North Island</st1:City>,=20
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">New Zealand</st1:country-region>, family =
traces=20
its roots back to the main tribes of Te Arawa, one of the earliest =
groups of=20
Polynesian migrant canoes to reach <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on">New Zealand</st1:place></st1:country-region>. (For a =
detailed profile=20
of Dr. Tapell, please visit <A=20
href=3D"http://www.moa.ubc.ca/programs">www.moa.ubc.ca/programs</A>.)</SP=
AN>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p>&nbsp;
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The late Michael M. Ames, in whose honor =
Dr.=20
Tapsell&#8217;s lecture is presented, served as MOA Director from =
1974-97 and Acting=20
Director from 2002-04. A highly awarded scholar, extraordinary teacher,=20
activist, humanist, and visionary, Michael was institutional in creating =
a=20
legacy of excellence in all aspects of the Museum. Shortly after he =
passed away=20
in February 2006, MOA announced the instigation of the Michael Ames =
Memorial=20
Lecture, to be given bi-annually by an internationally acknowledged =
expert in=20
the field of critical museology, beginning in 2008. Michael is greatly =
missed,=20
but by honoring his memory through events such as this, the values he =
espoused=20
and his commitment to critical museological scholarship remains strong =
at=20
UBC.
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p>&nbsp;
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">In his lecture, using the highly personal =
example=20
Pukaki, his carved ancestor, Dr. Tapsell will illuminate Michael =
Ames&#8217; lasting=20
contribution to the understanding of the significance of cultural =
property to=20
indigenous peoples.<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&nbsp;
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">As Dr. Tapsell =
explains:<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&#8220;The great carved ancestor, Pukaki, =
is grandfather=20
to my tribe, Ngati Whakaue of Rotorua. He once stood as a gateway =
against our=20
enemies to the South. In later years we gifted him to the New Zealand =
Government=20
as part of a later-formalized relationship, which carried promises of=20
protection, development and shared resources. 
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p>&nbsp;
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&#8220;When Pukaki left the marae =
[traditional meeting=20
house] of our community on October 2, 1877, we did not know or =
understand either=20
the government&#8217;s underlying agenda regarding the Rotorua township =
or the local=20
political manoeuvring of the Auckland Institute (museum) into which =
Pukaki went.=20
Within a decade, both tribe and carved grandfather were captured, =
objectified,=20
and appropriated by a foreign value system of &#8220;otherness.&#8221; =
Law superseded lore,=20
diminishing the honour of a relationship without recourse to the =
underlying=20
treaties.
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p>&nbsp;
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&#8220;Many years later, Pukaki and Dr. =
Michael Ames=20
became acquainted during the international Maori Art exhibition, Te =
Maori, which=20
toured <st1:place w:st=3D"on">North America</st1:place> in the 1980s. =
This meeting=20
represented an intersectional moment in time. On one level, both came =
from very=20
different backgrounds, but on another level, both were concerned with =
ensuring=20
proper recognition of the value system that objects may represent. =

<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p>&nbsp;
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&#8220;Michael Ames became recognized as =
a leading=20
academic voice on a range of subjects, including the interpretation of=20
indigenous interests associated with objects in museology. At a similar =
time in=20
another part of the world, in <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =

w:st=3D"on">New Zealand</st1:place></st1:country-region>, research into =
Pukaki was=20
being undertaken. Dr Ames&#8217; writings became an essential component =
to this=20
research, helping to articulate the issues and debates that concerned =
Pukaki. A=20
short while later in 1997, Pukaki was returned home to Rotorua to again=20
represent the values under which he was created. 
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p>&nbsp;
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&#8220;This lecture describes the =
&#8216;Pukaki&#8217; journey,=20
lessons learned, and ways forward for Maori and Crown within treaty =
contexts in=20
particular."<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: =
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