C D Berk
Biographic Data
| ID | 7215 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C D Berk |
| GIVEN NAMES | C D |
| FAMILY NAME | Berk |
| SIGNATURE | BERK C D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auburn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5119-2490 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
On stone tools and the ‘prehistoric’
This article examines the meaning of Indigenous objects in cultural institutions. The 2019 research at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History out of which it emerged started with the one Tasmanian Aboriginal item in the online database, a single stone tool, and ended with the more than 230 Tasmanian stone implements in the collection. In approaching the ‘museum as method’ (Thomas, Nicholas. 2010. “The Museum as Method.” Museum Anthrop…
Tasmanian Aboriginal Material Culture, Compensation, Belonging
The Tasmanian Aboriginal people have historically been defined by their visible lack of stereotypical "Aboriginal" characteristics and their supposed nonexistence. This article examines how Tasmanian Aboriginal individuals are bridging such gaps through material cultural production. In thinking about how communities mobilize the past to produce themselves in the present, I argue that canoes, kelp water carriers, and shell necklaces are vehicles t…
Navigating cultural intimacy in Tasmanian Aboriginal public culture
This article examines the utility of, and embarrassment around, strategic essentialism in Tasmanian Aboriginal public culture. My argument is informed by extensive participant observation in community-led education programs. Australia’s Tasmanian Aboriginal community has historically been defined by outsiders in terms of racial and cultural deficiencies. These judgments preceded and followed their supposed 1876 extinction. These education program…
The intimate workings of culture
This Cultural Dynamics Special Issue on "The Intimate Workings of Culture" examines the complex ways power, audience, and imagination are implicated in the social practices and politics of cultural intimacy. First theorized by Michael Herzfeld in 1997, cultural intimacy has proven to be a productive lens through which to explore the dialectic between the construction and contestation of collective identities. The contributors-Joshua Friedman, Jam…
This Exhibition is about now
This article focuses on the design and execution of two exhibits about Tasmanian Aboriginality at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. The first is a Tasmanian Aboriginal group exhibit from 1931, which was heavily informed by ideologies of Tasmanian primitivity and extinction. The second is 2008's tayenebe, a celebration of the resurgence of fiber work among Tasmanian Aboriginal women. In each instance, the Tasmanian Aboriginal people are on dis…
This Exhibition is about now
This article focuses on the design and execution of two exhibits about Tasmanian Aboriginality at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. The first is a Tasmanian Aboriginal group exhibit from 1931, which was heavily informed by ideologies of Tasmanian primitivity and extinction. The second is 2008's tayenebe, a celebration of the resurgence of fiber work among Tasmanian Aboriginal women. In each instance, the Tasmanian Aboriginal people are on dis…
Tasmanian Aboriginal Material Culture, Compensation, Belonging
The Tasmanian Aboriginal people have historically been defined by their visible lack of stereotypical "Aboriginal" characteristics and their supposed nonexistence. This article examines how Tasmanian Aboriginal individuals are bridging such gaps through material cultural production. In thinking about how communities mobilize the past to produce themselves in the present, I argue that canoes, kelp water carriers, and shell necklaces are vehicles t…
The intimate workings of culture
This Cultural Dynamics Special Issue on "The Intimate Workings of Culture" examines the complex ways power, audience, and imagination are implicated in the social practices and politics of cultural intimacy. First theorized by Michael Herzfeld in 1997, cultural intimacy has proven to be a productive lens through which to explore the dialectic between the construction and contestation of collective identities. The contributors-Joshua Friedman, Jam…
Navigating cultural intimacy in Tasmanian Aboriginal public culture
This article examines the utility of, and embarrassment around, strategic essentialism in Tasmanian Aboriginal public culture. My argument is informed by extensive participant observation in community-led education programs. Australia’s Tasmanian Aboriginal community has historically been defined by outsiders in terms of racial and cultural deficiencies. These judgments preceded and followed their supposed 1876 extinction. These education program…
This Exhibition is about now
This article focuses on the design and execution of two exhibits about Tasmanian Aboriginality at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. The first is a Tasmanian Aboriginal group exhibit from 1931, which was heavily informed by ideologies of Tasmanian primitivity and extinction. The second is 2008's tayenebe, a celebration of the resurgence of fiber work among Tasmanian Aboriginal women. In each instance, the Tasmanian Aboriginal people are on dis…
Navigating cultural intimacy in Tasmanian Aboriginal public culture
This article examines the utility of, and embarrassment around, strategic essentialism in Tasmanian Aboriginal public culture. My argument is informed by extensive participant observation in community-led education programs. Australia’s Tasmanian Aboriginal community has historically been defined by outsiders in terms of racial and cultural deficiencies. These judgments preceded and followed their supposed 1876 extinction. These education program…
The intimate workings of culture
This Cultural Dynamics Special Issue on "The Intimate Workings of Culture" examines the complex ways power, audience, and imagination are implicated in the social practices and politics of cultural intimacy. First theorized by Michael Herzfeld in 1997, cultural intimacy has proven to be a productive lens through which to explore the dialectic between the construction and contestation of collective identities. The contributors-Joshua Friedman, Jam…
Tasmanian Aboriginal Material Culture, Compensation, Belonging
The Tasmanian Aboriginal people have historically been defined by their visible lack of stereotypical "Aboriginal" characteristics and their supposed nonexistence. This article examines how Tasmanian Aboriginal individuals are bridging such gaps through material cultural production. In thinking about how communities mobilize the past to produce themselves in the present, I argue that canoes, kelp water carriers, and shell necklaces are vehicles t…
On stone tools and the ‘prehistoric’
This article examines the meaning of Indigenous objects in cultural institutions. The 2019 research at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History out of which it emerged started with the one Tasmanian Aboriginal item in the online database, a single stone tool, and ended with the more than 230 Tasmanian stone implements in the collection. In approaching the ‘museum as method’ (Thomas, Nicholas. 2010. “The Museum as Method.” Museum Anthrop…
Sociology (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Art history (2 works)