Name: Dr Carol E. Mayer
Affiliation: University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology
Contact details: Dr. Carol E. Mayer FCMA
Head, Curatorial/Interpretation Dept.
UBC Museum of Anthropology
Associate – Dept. Anthropology
6393 NW Marine Drive
Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z2
(604)822-8224
www.moa.ubc.ca
carol.mayer@ubc.ca
Statement of Interest: Broadly stated — I am interested in how museums express their relationship (if any) to global issues, especially resource extraction and environmental change. I wonder whether exhibitions, programming and publications etc. that do address these issues can create some transparency or even effect change.
Geographical area: I have been working in the Middle Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea for the past 10 years where forestry and mining are ongoing challenges. See my publication “In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man: Contemporary Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. You have a copy in your library.
