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November 2009 Events

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November 17, 2009
07:00PM - 05:30PM, Helmut Stern Auditorium, Lower Level, UM Museum of Art

Challenging Museum Sustainability

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Global Perspectives on Museum and Community

 The U-M Museum Studies Program is pleased to present a year-long colloquium that explores strategies for engaging communities in the complex processes of interpreting and presenting their histories and cultures in the museum.

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Governance, Community Participation and the Fickle Political Climate in Southern Luzon (Philippines) Towns Ana Maria Theresa P. Labrador Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)

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November 19, 2009
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM, Room 2009 Museums Building

Expressions of Status in the prehispanic Philippines

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Status is frequently linked with the possession of foreign objects to endow the owner with power. Prestige should not be restricted to the possession of exotics but must be understood why some exotics were preferred over others. The talk will demonstrate that perhaps the indigenous belief system influenced the types of foreign items included in burials to indicate status in prehispanic Philippines.

Funded by the American Council of Learned Societies/Luce Foundation Initiative for Ancient East and Southeast Asia

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Dr. Grace Barretto-Tesoro University of the Philippines

Contact Information: cseas@umich.edu

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