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Smithsonian curator Gwyneira Isaac on "Object 2.0: New Paradigms in the Interpretation of Ethnographic Collections"

Lawrence, KS. March 7, 2011 – Gwyneira Isaac is Curator of North American Ethnology, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. She investigates the relationships societies develop with their past, especially as to how this is expressed through knowledge systems, material culture, and museums. She will speak on "Object 2.0: New Paradigms in the Interpretation of Ethnographic Collections." A reception will follow in the Central Court.

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