Post by Okwes on Aug 6, 2006 18:00:51 GMT -5
Greetings from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology (UPM) recently started a project Native Voices: Past
and Present. This project has as its goal to attract Native American
(incl. Native Hawaiian and Alaskan) students to study and do
research at the University of Pennsylvania for a semester. To
achieve this primary goal, the UPM has applied and received funding
from the National Science Foundation REU (Research Experiences for
Undergraduates) program to fund all tuition, housing, and other
expenses to the students including a weekly living stipend.
We would like to enlist your help and support in this project by
assisting us in finding interested Native American students who are
pursuing studies in the social sciences, law, diversity studies,
ecology and biology, as well as museum studies, anthropology and
archaeology. More information about the project can be found at our
web site: HYPERLINK " www.museum.upenn.edu/reu" ..t "_blank"
www.museum.upenn.edu/reu.
We think this might present a unique opportunity for students
interested in spending a semester outside of their primary college
of study and in partnering with equally interested Penn students.
Our primary goal is to add to the education experience of these
students by introducing them to some unique opportunities here at
the UPM. Our Museum curates over 250,000 objects of Native American
origin most of which are incompletely researched and have never (or
rarely) been studied by peoples of Native American origin. Over the
last 10 years, we engaged in some very fruitful discussion with
Native American representatives as part of the NAGPRA consultation
process. In the course of these discussions, it has become clear
that our knowledge and interpretations of these material remains
would be greatly enhanced using the expertise of Native American
peoples.
To that end, we have developed some possible research topics, which
can be found on the above mentioned website, to give you an idea of
our thoughts. We are using these as possible areas of research but
we would like to leave the door open to any research topics that
would be of interest to your students. In fact, topics that are not
as well covered by UPM collections are also acceptable. This
semester, for example, one student is focusing on contemporary
Native American art, an area within our collections which,
unfortunately, we do not cover very broadly. In addition to the
research experience the students will be able to take two classes
offered at the University to complement their education needs and
fulfill requirements at their own college/university. Again, it is
our hope to tailor these to the individual students involved.
Interested students can also intern in museum conservation,
education, exhibit design or publishing. In addition, we welcome
students that are interested in the study of the process of
repatriation (NAGPRA).
We welcome any suggestions or comments and can adjust our research
and curricular needs to the needs of the students involved. Again,
if this project is interesting to your college or any students you
know, please encourage them to apply online (visit:
HYPERLINK "http://www.museum.upenn.edu/reu)" ..t "_blank"
www.museum.upenn.edu/reu) or on paper to the Native American Voices:
Past and Present program. All college students are invited to apply
including students at community colleges. If you or the student(s)
in question have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us either
by mail at the above address or by e-mail to: HYPERLINK "
mailto:jmonge@sas.upenn.edu" jmonge@sas.upenn.edu (Dr. Janet Monge).
We look forward to a cooperative enterprise on behalf of these
gifted students. We will work with the students' home institution to
arrange transfer credit.
Best regards,
Clark
Dr. Clark L. Erickson
Department of Anthropology
University of Pennsylvania
33rd and Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6398
home page: www.sas.upenn.edu/~cerickso/
tel. 215-898-2282
fax. 215-898-7462 (include my name)
and Anthropology
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology (UPM) recently started a project Native Voices: Past
and Present. This project has as its goal to attract Native American
(incl. Native Hawaiian and Alaskan) students to study and do
research at the University of Pennsylvania for a semester. To
achieve this primary goal, the UPM has applied and received funding
from the National Science Foundation REU (Research Experiences for
Undergraduates) program to fund all tuition, housing, and other
expenses to the students including a weekly living stipend.
We would like to enlist your help and support in this project by
assisting us in finding interested Native American students who are
pursuing studies in the social sciences, law, diversity studies,
ecology and biology, as well as museum studies, anthropology and
archaeology. More information about the project can be found at our
web site: HYPERLINK " www.museum.upenn.edu/reu" ..t "_blank"
www.museum.upenn.edu/reu.
We think this might present a unique opportunity for students
interested in spending a semester outside of their primary college
of study and in partnering with equally interested Penn students.
Our primary goal is to add to the education experience of these
students by introducing them to some unique opportunities here at
the UPM. Our Museum curates over 250,000 objects of Native American
origin most of which are incompletely researched and have never (or
rarely) been studied by peoples of Native American origin. Over the
last 10 years, we engaged in some very fruitful discussion with
Native American representatives as part of the NAGPRA consultation
process. In the course of these discussions, it has become clear
that our knowledge and interpretations of these material remains
would be greatly enhanced using the expertise of Native American
peoples.
To that end, we have developed some possible research topics, which
can be found on the above mentioned website, to give you an idea of
our thoughts. We are using these as possible areas of research but
we would like to leave the door open to any research topics that
would be of interest to your students. In fact, topics that are not
as well covered by UPM collections are also acceptable. This
semester, for example, one student is focusing on contemporary
Native American art, an area within our collections which,
unfortunately, we do not cover very broadly. In addition to the
research experience the students will be able to take two classes
offered at the University to complement their education needs and
fulfill requirements at their own college/university. Again, it is
our hope to tailor these to the individual students involved.
Interested students can also intern in museum conservation,
education, exhibit design or publishing. In addition, we welcome
students that are interested in the study of the process of
repatriation (NAGPRA).
We welcome any suggestions or comments and can adjust our research
and curricular needs to the needs of the students involved. Again,
if this project is interesting to your college or any students you
know, please encourage them to apply online (visit:
HYPERLINK "http://www.museum.upenn.edu/reu)" ..t "_blank"
www.museum.upenn.edu/reu) or on paper to the Native American Voices:
Past and Present program. All college students are invited to apply
including students at community colleges. If you or the student(s)
in question have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us either
by mail at the above address or by e-mail to: HYPERLINK "
mailto:jmonge@sas.upenn.edu" jmonge@sas.upenn.edu (Dr. Janet Monge).
We look forward to a cooperative enterprise on behalf of these
gifted students. We will work with the students' home institution to
arrange transfer credit.
Best regards,
Clark
Dr. Clark L. Erickson
Department of Anthropology
University of Pennsylvania
33rd and Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6398
home page: www.sas.upenn.edu/~cerickso/
tel. 215-898-2282
fax. 215-898-7462 (include my name)