Emily Meikle

University of Toronto

Participates in 1 Session

Emily Meikle is a second year Master of Museum Studies candidate at the University of Toronto. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Anthropology from McGill University (2014). Her current research explores the application of First Nations radio broadcast techniques to the interpretation of indigenous archaeological collections. Emily's past experience has been focused largely on collections management and remote access to collections. Most recently, she worked with Sustainable Archaeology McMaster to create an internal artifact catalogue and an interactive website for the collections held by the organization.

Sessions in which Emily Meikle participates

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

10.00 Artifacts on Air: Cultural Coherence and Remote Access in Indigenous Collections

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Reshuffling of Knowledge and the Making of Autochthonous Cultural Heritage : Ethnographical Perspectives II | Mise en patrimoine et recomposition de régimes de savoir. Ethnographies d’expériences autochtones II

Paper

Emily Meikle, University of Toronto (Participant)

Drawing upon recent research that I conducted, this paper will explore if and how radio can be used to promote remote access to indigenous archa...

Sessions in which Emily Meikle attends

Friday 3 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

12:30

Research Development Seminar with Laurajane Smith and Gary Campbell: Heritage and Museum Studies, Sociology

3 hours, 12:30 - 15:30

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon du Faubourg (DC) - DC-2300

Workshop

The Research Development Seminars gathers young scholars who will informally present and discuss their research with one of the conference's keynot...

17:00

Opening Ceremony and Cocktail

2 hours 30 minutes, 17:00 - 19:30

Signup required

Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel

Cocktail

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Potential)

Lucie Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Potential)

Dr Clarence Epstein, Concordia University (Moderator)

Christine Zachary-Deom (Participant)

Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Participant)

Hon. Serge Joyal c.p., o.c. (Participant)

Welcome addresses and cocktail, followed by the Concordia Signature Event "The Garden of the Grey Nuns". As the opening ceremony and cocktail...

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

7:30

Discovering katajjaniq – Nunavik’s Inuit throat singing | À la découverte du katajjaniq – le chant de gorge inuit du Nunavik

1 hour, 7:30 - 8:30

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle des boiseries (J-2805)

Event

In English and French The two Inuit artists Nina Segalowitz and Taqralik Partridge are offering us an initiation to katajjaniq, this thousand...

14:00

Keynote: Renaming, Removal, Recontextualization of Heritage: Purging History, Claiming the Present, Imagining the Future? (What Change-Role for Heritage Professionals?) (James Count Early)

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:00 - 15:30

Signup required

Musée des Beaux-Ars de Montréal - Cummings Auditorium

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. James Count Early, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, United States (Participant)

Prof. Michelle L. Stefano, University of Maryland, American Studies, United States (Moderator)

"What does heritage change?" is a multifaceted question to which the answer(s) are in primary respects related to real-life negotiations among dif...