Fonds 78 - Sharon Fortney fonds

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Sharon Fortney fonds

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12 audio cassettes; 1 CD-R (textual records); 6 cm of textual records

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([19-?] -)

Biographical history

Sharon M. Fortney is an independent curator, researcher, and writer specializing in Coast Salish community projects. Fortney completed her BA in Archaeology at the University of Calgary. She has an MA in Anthropology (2001) and a PhD in Anthropology (2009), both from the University of British Columbia. Her doctoral research examined the status of First Nations community and museum relationships in Canada and the United States. Fortney’s other areas of interest and expertise include ethnography, material culture, memory, and identity. She has published papers and reports on various aspects of First Nations culture, including Pacific Coast Salish Art, Musqueam traditional land use, and Sto:lo basketry. She has worked as a guest curator and researcher for a variety of institutions, including the Museum of Anthropology, the North Vancouver Museum and Archives, the Museum of Vancouver, and the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art.

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The fonds consists of one file titled Interview Transcripts, which contains recorded interviews, transcripts, and printed copies of transcribed interviews of research done by Sharon Fortney towards her PhD thesis titled Forging New Partnerships: Coast Salish Communities and Museums. Forney's thesis explores what motivates Coast Salish communities to participate in museum representations; considers the legal implications of such representations with respect to aboriginal rights; and analyzes of the diverse experiences of Coast Salish individuals in specific museum projects and partnerships with the goal of progressing museum and community interactions along a path to equal partnership.

The audiotapes in the fonds contain interviews with Coast Salish community members and artists regarding museums. The CD-R contains transcripts of interviews and is located in the temporary CD storage box. Sharon Fortney's curriculam vitae, thesis abstract, and 10 interviewee consent forms are located in the case file.

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Records were donated by Sharon Fortney in 2009.

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Multiple Private Records, box 1 and Audiotapes Box 12.

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Fortney's dissertation is available online through UBC Library: https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0067741.

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11 audiotapes of interviews
1 CD-R of interview transcripts
printed copies of 13 interview transcripts

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Copied from MemoryBC on November 24, 2015 by Katie Ferrante.
Inventory added December 8, 2015.
Updated by Petra Warren in April 2020.

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