Collecting Papua New Guinea; what, where, when, why, and how
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery has an extensive collection of
material culture and archival material from Papua New Guinea collected from the
1920s until the 1980s by missionaries, colonial administrators, and aid
development workers. It includes clothing, body adornment, ritual
paraphernalia, domestic utensils, ceramics, musical instruments, and archival
records. The aim of the PhD is to enhance curatorial methodologies for
collections interrogation and to challenge the role of museums in a post-colonial
world. It will make a valuable contribution to understanding changing
collection practices; material culture evolution in practice; the relationship
between collections and archives; the role of the collector in cultural
development of the source community; the role material culture plays in
representing a society and the stories they tell about that society.
Academic Contact: Dr
Tamar Hodos, University of Bristol – t.hodos@bristol.ac.uk
Collections Contact: Lisa
Graves, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery – Lisa.Graves@bristol.gov.uk
This is in partnership with the
University of Exeter (contact: Professor Linda Hurcombe –
L.M.Hurcombe@exeter.ac.uk)
For further information and how to apply visit the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership website.
