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Media for Change
Several weeks ago I received a call from Native American Public Telecommunications inviting me to attend the Media for Change workshop. The name alone was appealing, but then I learned it would be during Indian Market in Santa Fe. Would I want to join them? Hmmm…. Santa Fe during Indian Market, an event displaying fantastic [...]
Learning the Ollie
I’m in Los Angeles for a workshop and had a bit of free time before it began. Of course, being a desert dweller, I headed straight for the Pacific Ocean to feel sand and cold water between my toes and a cool breeze on my skin. Walking from the bus stop to the beach, a [...]
Archaeologists Help Kids Save the Future
Our guest blogger today is Dr. Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman. She shares how curious and resourceful 10-14 year olds can be when trying to save humankind and the crucial role archaeologists played. Dr. Pavao-Zuckerman is Associate Curator of Zooarchaeology at Arizona State Museum and Associate Professor in the University of Arizona’s School of Anthropology. “Finally, an archaeologist.” [...]
Many Mexicos: Exhibitions as Creative Team Products
Our guest blogger today is Whitney Klotz. I met Whitney while she was working on a BA in Anthropology at the University of Arizona. As part of my class, she led tours in the Paths of Life exhibit. Enjoying working in the museum, she went on to pursue a MA in Museum Studies from George [...]
Vanished! Help Needed! (not an April Fool’s joke!)
A mystery is brewing at the Smithsonian Institution and the scientists there need the help of youth ages 10 ½ to 14 to solve it. This challenge provides a grand opportunity to play an online science-fiction interactive mystery game, VANISHED, that leads to discovering the truth about an environmental disaster on Planet Earth. Do you [...]
Museum-Buffet: Programs du Jour
Today’s guest blogger is Kasey Harrington, a student in Cultural Resources Management at Vancouver Island University in Canada, who brought her curiosity, excitement for cultural learning, and museums to ASM’s education office for a winter internship. Her thoughts below, make me ask, “When was the last time you visited a museum? Has your child’s class [...]
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Living Document
This post is the remarks given by Dr. Michael Brescia at the opening of the exhibit of pages from the original Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, on loan from the National Archives. The pages and related materials are on display at Arizona State Museum only through the month of February. Please do not cite or quote [...]
Learning from the Public
This blog is written by Caitlin Wyler as a reflection on the internship she had in the education office at the Arizona State Museum last semester. Caitlin is a senior majoring in Anthropology with a minor in Spanish and History. Next year she plans to go to graduate school to specialize in museum education. There [...]
A cell phone in every hand; a mobile app to teach
Smart phones are becoming more and more popular and accessible. IPhones, Androids, Droids… sounds like Star Wars fighters. Cell phones, though, are not warriors, but rather communicators and equalizers, educators and learning tools. Cell phones are tools of empowerment for people all over. Internet access and mobile apps are taking the phone beyond being solely [...]
Ojibwe Potter Carrie Estey (Ortiz)
On Friday, September 24, 2010, the world lost another talented teacher and Native American artist, Carrie Estey. In 2002-2003, while pursuing a Master’s degree in American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona, Carrie worked at the Arizona State Museum.
