Tag Archives: anthropology
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 [...]
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.
High School Students Make Big Impact at ASM
This blog post was written by Rick Karl, assisted by Shannon Twilling, of Arizona State Museum’s archaeological records office. This office has a state mandate to maintain cultural resource records in perpetuity. Data from an average of 600 projects a year pour in to this office requiring very specific processing in order to be relevant and accessible [...]
Reflections on creating a school tour
This blog post was written by Morgan Abercrombie an intern in ASM’s education office. Originally from San Diego, CA, she came to the desert to attend the University of Arizona. She graduates this summer with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Anthropology. Her experience at ASM inspired her: Morgan would like to pursue a career [...]
Mexico, the Revolution and Beyond: The Casasola Archives 1900-1940
In December, Arizona State Museum collaborated with the Consulate of Mexico in Tucson to host the exhibition Mexico, the Revolution and Beyond: The Casasola Archives 1900-1940. The exhibition has traveled on to other venues, but we recorded the panel presentations related to it and have made them into podcasts. These, along with transcripts, are now [...]
A Controversial Revolution
Today’s guest blogger is Dr. Beth Grindell, director of Arizona State Museum. She has worked at ASM for more than 17 years and served as director for 1.5 years. “What if I throw a party and no one comes?” It’s every hostess’s worst nightmare. Then her very next thought is “Have I got enough food?” [...]
Beyond the Crown
Today’s blog is written by Candace Begody, who wears many hats, or shall I say, crowns. She is a member of the Navajo Nation from Cross Canyon, Arizona; a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in Native American studies at the University of Arizona; a fieldtrip guide at the Arizona State Museum; founder/president of the [...]
Ancient Calendar
Today’s blog is written by ASM archaeologist Dr. E. Charles Adams. Dr. Adams runs the Homol’ovi Research Program. My favorite object story begins on a typical summer day in northeastern Arizona at the ancient Hopi village of Homol’ovi II, just outside Winslow. Homol’ovi is the Hopi word used to describe the Winslow area and means [...]
