Scholarly Communication Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Davis
Circulated on behalf of a colleague… A new UC Davis initiative on “Innovating the Communication in Scholarship” (http://icis.ucdavis.edu/) is hiring a 2 year postdoctoral fellow, starting July 1, 2014....
View ArticleOpen Access Book: Indiana Folk Arts
This year is a big year for the Mathers Museum of World Cultures in a number of respects. Two of these weave together. Its the state bicentennial for Indiana and we are engaging with it in a big way...
View ArticleImproving Access to Scholarship: Material Vernaculars as Milestone and...
First the take away, then the story. While produced in very nice and reasonably priced hardback, paperback, and ebook editions, works in the new Material Vernaculars series are also being made...
View ArticleMaterial Vernaculars: Institutional Role, Review, Authors, and Genres
The new Material Vernaculars series is co-published by the Mathers Museum of World Cultures with a huge amount of heavy lifting from our partner, the Indiana University Press. The first two volumes in...
View ArticleMaterial Vernaculars: Objects, Images, and Their Social Worlds (is out now)
I am happy to share this note to report that the edited collection Material Vernaculars: Objects, Images, and Their Social Worlds has now been published. I am the editor of this volume, which includes...
View ArticleThe Free-to-Readers Edition of Material Vernaculars: Objects, Images, and...
As I discussed in a previous post, works in the Material Vernaculars series are being made available in a free-to-readers PDF edition via IUScholarWorks. The eponymous edited collection Material...
View ArticleFraming Sukkot: Tradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture
Just in time for the holiday that is at its center, I am happy to trumpet the publication of Framing Sukkot: Tradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture by Gabrielle Berlinger....
View ArticleReviews for Material Vernaculars Titles
The Material Vernaculars book series, published by the Indiana University Press in partnership with the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, is maturing. Four titles have now appeared and one more...
View ArticleWedding Clothes and the Osage Community Recognized with Book Prizes
The annual business meeting of the Council for Museum Anthropology (CMA) was held today and one of its key moments was the bestowal of the annual CMA Book Award. I am very happy to note that Wedding...
View ArticleMuseum Anthropology Review Volume 16: Studies in Museum Ethnography in Honor...
Social media is changing again and it seems like a good time to give Shreds and Patches more love and attention. My collaborator and special issue co-editor Michael Paul Jordan and I are very pleased...
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