Category: Webinars

Botanical Illustration at the Singapore Botanic Gardens: Curation and Display of a Scientific Collection – Michele Rodda

by Nursyafiqah | Apr 21, 2021 | Botanical Art, Botanical Collections, Collection Histories, Museums in Asia, Southeast Asia, Tropical Plants, Webinars | 0

At the Singapore Botanic Gardens, the first artist was hired in 1890 by Henry Nicholas Ridley, the...

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Cultures On/Of Display – Noorashikin binte Zulkifli

by Nursyafiqah | Apr 7, 2021 | Communities Engagement, Community Sustainability, Curation, Ethical Museums Practices, Ethnographic collections, Ethnographic Photography, Malay Heritage, Material Culture, Museology, Museums in Asia, Southeast Asia, Webinars | 0

Alternatively titled A Curator Rambles On, this presentation aims to piece together musings and...

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Community Ethnography and Sustainable Engagement: Case Studies from Appalachia – Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth

by Nursyafiqah | Mar 17, 2021 | Appalachia, Communities Engagement, Community Sustainability, Digital Exhibition, Ethical Museums Practices, Ethnographic collections, Ethnographic Photography, Material Culture, Webinars | 0

What possibilities for collaborative work exist in studying craft? What lessons can be applied...

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Money as Material Culture: Curation and Collections at America’s Money Museum – Douglas A Mudd

by Nursyafiqah | Feb 24, 2021 | Collection Histories, Curation, Material Culture, Money, Museology, Webinars | 0

Money has existed for thousands of years, in many forms. Shells, feathers, cattle and even certain...

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Conservation Science of Rattan: Perspective from Singapore and America – Hanna Szczepanowska

by Nursyafiqah | Feb 10, 2021 | Basketry, Conservation, Malay Heritage, Material Culture, Rattan, Southeast Asia, Tropical Plants, Webinars | 0

Rattan, a climbing palm of the tropical region of Southeast Asia, supplied material for objects of...

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Gutta Percha in Museums and History: The Role of Singapore – Hanna Szczepanowska

by Nursyafiqah | Feb 3, 2021 | Botanical Collections, Conservation, Gutta Percha, Material Culture, Southeast Asia, Tropical Plants, Webinars | 0

Abstract Gutta percha, a natural latex from Southeast Asian trees was a ‘miracle material’ of...

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The Smithsonian and Southeast Asia: Past, Present, and Futures – Paul Michael Taylor

by Nursyafiqah | Nov 18, 2020 | Collection Histories, Conservation, Ethnographic collections, Ethnographic Photography, Museology, Southeast Asia, Webinars | 0

This talk will introduce a new series of webinars co-organized by the Smithsonian’s Asian Cultural...

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