Museum News & Updates
Faculty Fellowships:
Call for Applications
The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology is pleased to invite proposals from tenure-track faculty at Brown University for our Faculty Fellows Program for the 2018-2019 academic year. This program supports the development of courses and course components using the Museum’s archaeological and ethnographic collections. Applications are due by April 1st, and more details are available on our website .
Haffenreffer Museum Satellite Exhibit: Rockefeller Library
We have recently updated our satellite exhibit located at Brown University's Rockefeller Library (10 Prospect St, Providence RI). This case highlights new acquisitions to the collection.

Sonriente figures originate mostly from the ceramic producing center of Remojadas on the Gulf Coast of Veracruz. Archaeologists have long debated on their original purpose. Characteristically, Sonriente are animated and appear to represent dancing and singing individuals. These depictions are notable for the detail of their costume, jewelry, and physical features.

Upcoming Events
The Khipu Model: An Indigenous Political Theory Research Methods
March 15 | 5 - 6 PM
Alumnae Hall, Crystal Room (194 Meeting Street, Providence RI)

Join interdisciplinary scholar Mariaelena Huambachano (Brown University) as she shares her research framework, the Khipu Model. Learn how this model gives voice to and represents Indigenous ways of knowing and being, and articulates an Indigenous Political Theory of self-determination, decolonization of methodologies, and social justice.

Escape the Haffenreffer
March 16 & 17 | Manning Hall

For one weekend only, "Escape the Haffenreffer" will bring a hands-on, escape room-style experience to the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.

This event is for Brown University and RISD students, supported by generous donors to the Barbara Greenwald Memorial Arts Program and by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage.

Tickets are free.
Spots are limited.

Fort Apache: Conflict, Conservation, and (Re)Conciliation(?) in Indian Country
April 5 | 5 - 6 PM
Smith Buonanno Hall, Room 106
(95 Cushing Street, Providence RI)
Funded by the Shepard Krech III Fund

Join archaeologist-preservationist John R. Welch (Simon Fraser University) in examining if and how the colonial outpost most responsible for Apache subjugation, Fort Apache, and Theodore Roosevelt School National Historic Landmark, can be returned to active duty in support of White Mountain Apache Tribe sovereignty, community, and prosperity.

Ancestors, Animacy, and Archives: Social Cohesion and Solidarity in the pre-Hispanic Andes
April 19 | 5 - 6 PM
Rhode Island Hall, Room 108
(60 George Street, Providence RI)
Funded by the Jane Powell Dwyer Memorial Fund

Join anthropologist Elizabeth DeMarrais (Cambridge University) as she investigates place-making, deposition, and collaborative labor projects using archaeological evidence from the Calchaquí Valley, Argentina. She will show how rituals structured communal activity, building a sense of mutual obligation and interdependence, within and beyond individual communities.

Remember your Membership!
We are happy to offer all of our members access to the Association of Science - Technology Centers Passport Program! Don't forget to renew your membership to continue enjoying this program. Learn more about the ASTC and other participating museums at: astc.org/passport/

Thank you for your support!

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