Amazonia [exhibit planning binder]
- 119-6-D-81
- File
- March 10, 2017 - January 28, 2018
Part of Director's fonds
13499 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects
Amazonia [exhibit planning binder]
Part of Director's fonds
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
Part of Exhibit Comment Books and Guest Registers/Guest Books collection
File contains 3 comment books from the Amazonia: The Rights of Nature exhibit, March 10, 2017 - January 18, 2018
Dates of comment books:
March 9, 2017 - July 5, 2017
July 6, 2017 - November 16, 2017
November 17, 2017 - February 16, 2018
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
Part of Nuno Porto fonds
Sub-series consists of records related to the exhibition "Amazonia: The Rights of Nature," which was on display at the Museum of Anthropology from March 10, 2017 - January 28, 2018. Porto was the curator for this exhibition.
The exhibition was described on the Museum of Anthropology's website as follows:
"Amazonia: The Rights of Nature explores the creative ideas that inspire Indigenous resistance to threats facing the world’s largest rainforest.
The exhibition features Amazonian basketry, textiles, carvings, feather works and ceramics both of everyday and of ceremonial use, representing Indigenous, Maroon and white settler communities. Today, these groups confront threats caused by political violence, mining, oil and gas exploration, industrial agriculture, forest fires and hydroelectric plants. Challenging visitors to examine their own notions towards holistic well-being, the exhibition covers more than 100 years of unsuspected relationships between Vancouver and Amazonian peoples, ideas and their struggles.
Amazonia departs from a social philosophy, known in Spanish as “buen vivir,” in which the concept of a good life proposes a holistic approach to development that intertwines notions of unity, equality, dignity, reciprocity, social and gender equality. The concept aligns directly with value systems intrinsic to Indigenous South American cultures, and serves as a rallying cry to move beyond Western ideals and practices of development and progress largely measured by profit.
The objects displayed in Amazonia have been exclusively assembled from MOA’s collection of acquisitions and donations. Included amongst the exhibition are items from Frank Burnett’s founding collection, donated to the University of British Columbia in 1927, ensuring the exhibition spans more than 100 years of exchange between Vancouver and Amazonian peoples.
Taking over MOA’s O’Brian Gallery, the exhibit’s items are primarily composed of simple, identifiable elements: vegetal fibers, wood, animal parts, clay or feathers. These uncomplicated components are transformed into extremely sophisticated and intricate textiles, basketry, ceramics, feather works and jewelry, displaying the knowledge and craftsmanship of some of the groups who reside in the region. Taken in its entirety, the exhibition promises to offer a revealing window into one of the world’s more culturally, socially and linguistically diverse regions, as well as a new framework for addressing some of the globe’s most pressing environmental challenges."
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature Media Coverage
File consists of news and media clippings from the exhibition entitled Amazonia: The Rights of Nature, which ran from March 10, 2017 to January 28, 2018. The material was compiled by Murray Paterson Marketing Group.
Part of Nuno Porto fonds
Item is an atlas which includes data and analysis on roads, oil and gas, mining, hydroelectric plants, fires, and deforestation in the Amazon. Item cover indicates "GALLERY COPY" in black lettering. First page of item is stamped with Amazonia: The Rights of Nature exhibition logo.
Ambulance at Muoyo Village, Zambia.
Part of Marie-Claire Delahaye fonds
American Anthropological Association
American Association of Museums [restricted]
Part of Director's fonds
American Association of Museums: surveys
American Indian Films, University of California Berkeley
American Landmarks Celebration
American Museum of Natural History
Part of Madeline Bronsdon Rowan fonds
American Museum of Natural History - Dr. Aldona Jonaitis
File contains correspondence, copies of photo permission forms, and notes on the collection of objects at the American Museum of Natural History.
American Museum of Natural History - spoons and bracelets
File mainly contains images of silver bracelets and other silver metal works on display in an unnamed exhibit. The textual records includes print outs of catalogue records for spoons and bracelets held at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). There is also a copies of correspondence between McLennan and the AMNH regarding a loan made to MOA from AMNH.
American Museum of Natural History [1 of 3]
File contains images of bentwood boxes and cedar hats housed at the American Museum of Natural History. The textual records contained in this file are copies of catalogue records.
American Natural History Museum
Part of Wilson Duff fonds