Lenape: Imagining the Indigenous States of America with Philip Deloria SAR School for Advanced Research 2021-02-18 | As part of the fourth annual Creative Thought Forum, the School for Advanced Research hosts Philip J. Deloria, the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University, for his talk "Lenape: Imagining the Indigenous States of America.”Consider making a donation to SAR so that our programs can remain free of charge and accessible to a broad and diverse audience. Donate today: sarweb.org/donateAbout the talk: The 1778 Treaty of Fort Pitt contains an unusual provision: that the Delaware nation might take leadership of an Indian state, to be integrated on an equal footing with the original thirteen states into the American union. It goes without saying that the Delaware state did not come to be; it is highly likely—but perhaps not absolutely certain—that such a proposal was doomed from the start. Exploring the methodological boundaries of counterfactual history and imaginative historical fiction, this talk will consider the possibilities of an Indian state, and the consequences of what would have been—had it come to pass—a foundational commitment to a unique form of multiracial democracy.About the speaker:Philip J. Deloria is the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University, where his research and teaching focus on the social, cultural and political histories of the relations among American Indian peoples and the United States. He is the author of several books, including Playing Indian (Yale University Press, 1998), Indians in Unexpected Places (University Press of Kansas, 2004), American Studies: A User’s Guide (University of California Press, 2017), with Alexander Olson, and Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract (University of Washington Press, 2019), as well as two co-edited books and numerous articles and chapters. Deloria received the Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University in 1994, taught at the University of Colorado, and then, from 2001 to 2017, at the University of Michigan, before joining the faculty at Harvard in January 2018. Deloria is a trustee of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, where he chairs the Repatriation Committee. He is former president of the American Studies Association, an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the recipient of numerous prizes and recognitions, and will serve as president of the Organization of American Historians in 2022.The 2021 Creative Thought Forum is supported by: AmbassadorPaloheimo FoundationLeaderAdobo CateringMark Sublette Medicine Man GalleryThornburg Investment ManagementFlora Crichton Lecture FundLuke J. and Betty M. Vortman Endowment FundEthel-Jane Westfeldt Bunting FoundationSAR Founders’ Society MembersUnderwritersDan Merians, UBS Financial ServicesFirst National Bank 1870SupportersNew Mexico Bank & TrustDarlene Streit, Santa Fe Real Estate PropertyWalter Burke CateringMedia SponsorsAmerican Anthropological AssociationKUNM 89.9 FM and KSFR 101.1 FMMark Sublette ~ Art Dealer DiariesNative American Art MagazineSouthwest Contemporary____About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: sarweb.org/, on Facebook: facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch, and on Twitter: @schadvresearch.
Artist Talk by SARs 2024 Ronald & Susan Dubin Native Artist Fellow, Kevin Aspaas SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-08-19 | Kevin Aspaas (he/him) is a Navajo textile and fiber artist. Known for his work with the Navajo wedge weave technique, Aspaas practices a process he calls “sheep to loom.” This process entails gathering and spinning wool from the small flock of Navajo-Churro sheep he raises in Shiprock, New Mexico. In addition to spinning his own yarn, Aspaas works exclusively with natural dyes noting that "producing textiles in the manner that ancestors have done, honors not only relatives from the past, but also the land and animals."While in residence at SAR, Aspaas experimented with the Navajo wedge weave technique, an innovative technique originally developed by Diné weavers in the late 19th-c. The technique fell out of favor among Native weavers shortly after its conception and is rarely seen in contemporary Navajo weaving today. Aspaas combines the wedge weave technique with the two-face twill technique to produce a textile that will be the first of its kind in Navajo textiles. Of his proposed project Aspaas says, "As a young weaver, this is my contribution to our collective Navajo weaving history in hopes that it will encourage the generation after myself to do the same."This fellowship is funded by Ronald and Susan Dubin with additional support provided by the Maxwell/Hanrahan FoundationSCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCHEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.sarweb.org
Michael F. Brown Reflects on Ten Years as President of SAR SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-06-28 | Michael F. Brown served as SAR’s president from 2014 to 2024 after shifting to emeritus status at Williams College, on whose faculty he had long served. Dr. Brown, a cultural anthropologist familiar with SAR from his participation in two advanced seminars and a term as resident scholar, published extensively on new religious movements, the Indigenous peoples of South America, and global efforts to protect Indigenous cultural property from misuse. Under his leadership, SAR significantly expanded its public programming to include non-credit adult education classes and lectures that went beyond anthropology and archaeology to encompass social issues of broad public concern. Another key event of Brown’s term as president was Grounded in Clay, an Indigenously curated exhibition of Pueblo pottery that toured nationally. The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2021 led SAR to expand greatly its online presence, thus taking its programming to a broader national and international audience.Video by 12FPS: 12fps.comImages courtesy of SAR, Garret P. Vreeland, and The Met. Credit: Paula Lobo.SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCHEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.sarweb.org
SAR Celebrates 50 Years of Resident Scholar Fellowships SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-06-20 | Over the past fifty years, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) has welcomed 278 pre- and postdoctoral scholars for nine-month residencies, inviting them to write, reflect, review, and explore the ideas inspired by their research. The transformative power of SAR's commitment to scholarly research and interdisciplinary collaboration provides a platform for scholars to think boldly, ask profound questions, and craft narratives that connect us to our shared human history. Learn more about SAR's scholar programs: sarweb.org/scholar-programs-at-sarVideo by 12FPS: 12fps.comSCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCHEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.sarweb.org
Artist Talk by SARs 2024 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native Artist Fellow, Carly Feddersen SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-05-29 | Carly Feddersen, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, is an early-career artist with a concentration in jewelry and traditional Plateau twined basketry. A trained metalsmith, Carly received her bachelor of fine arts degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in 2016. Her work can be found in museum collections including the Heard Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), Eiteljorg Museum, Portland Art Museum, and others.The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) offers three artist-in-residence fellowships annually to advance the work of established and emerging Native American artists. These fellowships provide artists time and space to explore new avenues of creativity, grapple with new ideas to further advance their work, and strengthen their existing talents. At the end of each fellowship, the artists give a presentation about their work and host an open studio at SAR.SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCHEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.sarweb.org
Social Inequality: UNZIPPED: An Autopsy of American Inequality, Q&A with Director Colin K. Gray SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-05-15 | FILMUNZIPPED: An Autopsy of American InequalityFilm screening and Q&A with Director Colin K. Gray, moderated by Pierrette Hondagneu-SoteloCo-presented with the Center for Contemporary ArtsUNZIPPED: An Autopsy of American Inequality focuses on one of America’s most iconic and income-divided zip codes, Venice, CA 90291. Once a mecca for artists, outsiders, and a thriving black community, Venice Beach is now a site of heated battles over gentrification, homelessness, and lack of affordable housing. Featuring moving, personal profiles of people struggling to remain in their neighborhood and a fight over a proposed homeless shelter, UNZIPPED challenges viewers’ assumptions and humanizes the lived experiences of people caught in the crossfire of a growing housing divide.SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCHEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.sarweb.org
Social Inequality: Mark Rank, The Paradox of Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-05-15 | PRESIDENT’S LECTUREMark Rank, Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare, Washington University in St. LouisAuthor of The Poverty Paradox, noted sociologist Mark Rank will present a new way of understanding and addressing poverty and inequality in America. Rank will discuss a paradigm shift and a new foundation for a holistic and effective set of solutions to poverty and economic inequality. He has provided his research expertise to members of the U.S. Congress, the White House, and many national organizations.SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCHEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.sarweb.org
Social Inequality: Tim Kohler, 10,000 Years of Inequality: The Archaeology of Wealth Differences SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-05-15 | LINDA S. CORDELL LECTURETim A. Kohler, Regents Professor Emeritus Archaeology and Evolutionary Anthropology, Washington State UniversityCo-presented with the New Mexico History MuseumHow and why did inequality develop? To answer these questions, archaeologist Tim Kohler draws on new, unpublished data from the Global Dynamics of Inequality project, of which he is co-director. Kohler will explain why inequality has long been a critical social issue and why it persists. Kohler’s presentation will include an examination of pre-Hispanic Southwest, including Chaco. He was a resident scholar at SAR in 1986–1987 and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCHEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.sarweb.org
J. I. Staley Prize Book Talk with T. M. Luhrmann SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-05-15 | A conversation with the winner of the top book prize in anthropologyAnnouncing the 2024 recipient of the J. I. Staley Prize: Tanya Marie Luhrmann! SAR hosts an online discussion with Luhrmann, who is the Albert Ray Lang Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in Psychology.Based on decades of wide-ranging fieldwork with evangelical Christians in the U.S., India, and elsewhere, as well as other denominational communities, she argues that it is action, discipline, and repetition that drive faith, rather than the reverse. (Staley Award Committee)SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCHEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.sarweb.org
2023–2024 Anne Ray Interns Colloquium SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-05-15 | Rachel Morris (Oglala Lakota Nation) and Lorna Maie Thomas (Kanien’keha:ka/Mohawk Bear Clan from Akwesasne)Rachel Morris and Lorna Maie Thomas will present and discuss the research and work they have undertaken while in residence. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A. Rachel Morris comes to the IARC from Durango, Colorado, where she completed a bachelor of arts in anthropology with a minor in Native American and Indigenous studies from Fort Lewis College. Maie Thomas holds a bachelor of arts degree in women’s and gender studies with minors in anthropology, museum studies, and Native studies from SUNY Potsdam.SAR’s Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) offers two nine-month internships to individuals who are recent college graduates, current graduate students, or junior museum professionals interested in furthering their professional museum experience and in contributing to the expanding field and discourse of museum studies.SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCHEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.sarweb.org
2024 Native Arts Speaker Series: Pootsaya: Bridging Divides in Basketry SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-05-15 | Iva Honyestewa (Hopi, Diné)2014 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Fellow at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) Iva Honyestewa (Hopi, Diné) discusses pootsaya baskets, which combine both coil and sifter methods of basketry. Iva, who developed this unique technique while in residence at SAR, shares how her basket making practice has evolved over the past decade.2024 Native Arts Speaker SeriesWeaving Histories: Stories of Tradition and Innovation in Pueblo Fiber ArtsFor two years, SAR has been working with the Pueblo Fiber Arts Guild and the Poeh Cultural Center to organize and support the annual Pueblo Fiber Arts Show. Now in its thirteenth year, the show is a celebration of Pueblo fiber arts including, but not limited to, weaving, embroidery, sewing, and basketry.In anticipation of the 2024 Fiber Arts Show, SAR’s 2024 Native Arts Speaker Series explored Pueblo fiber arts in the Southwest. Artists from across mediums discuss the past, present, and future of fiber arts, revitalization efforts, and the ways in which these rich traditions continue to be passed down from generation to generation.SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCHEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.sarweb.org
2024 Native Arts Speaker Series: A Stitch in Time: A Journey with Embroidery SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-05-01 | Fiber artist Suzanne Herrera Naranjo (Santa Clara) presents her journey to becoming an embroiderer, fiber art innovations in Pueblo embroidery, crochet, and knitting, and her current artistic practice.About the 2024 Native Arts Speaker Series—Weaving Histories: Stories of Tradition and Innovation in Pueblo Fiber ArtsFor two years, SAR has been working with the Pueblo Fiber Arts Guild and the Poeh Cultural Center to organize and support the annual Pueblo Fiber Arts Show. Now in its thirteenth year, the show is a celebration of Pueblo fiber arts including, but not limited to, weaving, embroidery, sewing, and basketry.In anticipation of this year’s show, SAR’s 2024 Native Arts Speaker Series explores Pueblo fiber arts in the Southwest. Artists from across mediums discuss the past, present, and future of fiber arts, revitalization efforts, and the ways in which these rich traditions continue to be passed down from generation to generation.SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCHEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.sarweb.org
2024 Native Arts Speaker Series: Meet the Pueblo Fiber Arts Guild SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-04-25 | Co-founder of the Pueblo Fiber Arts Guild, Louie Garcia (Piro-Manso-Tiwa tribe of Guadalupe Pueblo) discusses the history and mission of the guild, why the Pueblo Fiber Arts Show was started, and how its work on revitalization projects is shaping the future of Pueblo fiber arts.About the 2024 Native Arts Speaker Series Weaving Histories: Stories of Tradition and Innovation in Pueblo Fiber Arts:For two years, SAR has been working with the Pueblo Fiber Arts Guild and the Poeh Cultural Center to organize and support the annual Pueblo Fiber Arts Show. Now in its thirteenth year, the show is a celebration of Pueblo fiber arts including, but not limited to, weaving, embroidery, sewing, and basketry.In anticipation of this year’s show, SAR’s 2024 Native Arts Speaker Series explores Pueblo fiber arts in the Southwest. Artists from across mediums discuss the past, present, and future of fiber arts, revitalization efforts, and the ways in which these rich traditions continue to be passed down from generation to generation.SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCHEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.sarweb.org
A Stitch in Time: A Journey with EmbroideryWith Suzanne Herrera Naranjo (Santa Clara) SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-04-24 | Fiber artist Suzanne Herrera Naranjo (Santa Clara) presents on her journey to becoming an embroiderer, fiber art innovations in Pueblo embroidery, crochet and knitting, and her current artistic practice.SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCHEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.sarweb.org
J. I. Staley Prize Book Talk: Hugh Raffles author of The Book of Unconformities SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-04-11 | A conversation with the winner of the top book prize in anthropologyJoin SAR’s Michael F. Brown online for a conversation with 2023 J. I. Staley Prize recipient Hugh Raffles about his fascinating book. Raffles is professor and Anthropology Department chair at The New School.In this startlingly original book, Hugh Raffles explores the relationship of human and geologic time through the fundamental materiality of stone. He effortlessly blends geology, archaeology, history, ethnography, and travel to broaden our notions of what anthropology can be, radically crossing disciplinary boundaries. —Staley Award CommitteeEstablished in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.
2024 Native Arts Speaker Series: Pueblo Fashion Forward with Shirley Pino SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-04-04 | Recorded live at SAR on March 29, 2024Native Arts Speaker Series at the School for Advanced Research (Santa Fe, NM)Weaving Histories: Stories of Tradition and Innovation in Pueblo Fiber Arts"Pueblo Fashion Forward" with Shirley Pino (Tamaya/Santa Ana Pueblo)Seamstress, fashion designer, and potter, Shirley Pino, explores the relationships between contemporary Native fashion, tradition, and ingenuity.Over the past two years, SAR has been working with the Pueblo Fiber Arts Guild and the Poeh Cultural Center to help organize and support the annual Pueblo Fiber Arts Show. The show, which is in its 13th year, is a celebration of Pueblo fiber arts including, but not limited to, weaving, embroidery, sewing, and basketry.In anticipation of this year’s show, the 2024 Native Arts Speaker Series is dedicated to facilitating the exploration of Pueblo fiber arts in the Southwest. Pueblo fiber artists from across mediums discuss the past, present, and future of fiber arts, revitalization efforts, and the ways in which these rich traditions continue to be passed down from generation to generation.Established in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.
Scholar Colloquium—Pan American City: Work and Community in Ciudad Juárez, 1945 to 1994 SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-03-14 | Alberto Wilson III2023–2024 Mellon FellowSchool for Advanced ResearchAssistant Professor, HistoryTexas Christian UniversityDr. Alberto Wilson’s book project explores the lives of Ciudad Juárez’s working residents during the final third of the twentieth century with the arrival and consolidation of the maquiladora (duty-free border-zone factory) along the U.S.-Mexico border. In what has been a story of tragic telling, Wilson’s research instead locates the agency of working juarenses (someone from Ciudad Juárez) and specifically centers on the colonias populares (working-class districts) as sites of insurgent place-making. Using land and census records, technical planning studies, newspapers, and oral history, Dr. Wilson’s work finds communities created out of poverty and neglect that reveal the scarring logics of neoliberal capitalism that simultaneously presented a set of oppositional politics and identities that contested the myth of the inviolability of the free-market. A story of binational proportions, his work also investigates how the changes in Ciudad Juárez’s occupational structure had resounding effects on El Paso, especially its poor and Mexican American community.
Book Talk with Chip Colwell, So Much Stuff SAR School for Advanced Research 2024-03-07 | “So Much Stuff: How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything”How humans became so dependent on things and how this need has grown dangerously out of control.Archaeologist and author Chip Colwell in conversation with Michael F. Brown (SAR President) and Paul Ryer (Scholar Programs Director)Over three million years ago, our ancient ancestors realized that rocks could be broken into sharp-edged objects for slicing meat, making the first knives. This discovery resulted in a good meal, and eventually changed the fate of our species and our planet.With So Much Stuff (University of Chicago Press, 2023), archaeologist Chip Colwell sets out to investigate why humankind went from self-sufficient primates to nonstop shoppers, from needing nothing to needing everything. Along the way, he uncovers spectacular and strange points around the world—an Italian cave with the world’s first known painted art, a Hong Kong skyscraper where a priestess channels the gods, and a mountain of trash that rivals the Statue of Liberty. Through these examples, Colwell shows how humanity took three leaps that led to stuff becoming inseparable from our lives, inspiring a love affair with things that may lead to our downfall. Now, as landfills brim and oceans drown in trash, Colwell issues a timely call to reevaluate our relationship with the things that both created and threaten to undo our overstuffed planet.Chip Colwell is an archaeologist, former museum curator, and editor-in-chief of SAPIENS, a digital magazine about anthropological thinking and discoveries. He is the author and editor of 13 books including Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture, which received six major book awards. His most recent is So Much Stuff: How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything.
Scholar Colloquium: Anti-Haitianism in Paradise SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-12-13 | Bertin M. Louis, Jr.2023-2024 Wenner-Gren Fellow, School for Advanced Research (Santa Fe, NM)Affiliation at time of award: Associate Professor, Anthropology, University of Kentucky"Anti-Haitianism in Paradise: Marginalization, Stigma, and Antiblackness in the Bahamas"In his book project, Dr. Louis presents a study about the historical foundation and the contemporary realities of discrimination, stigma, and xenophobia against Haitians in the Bahamas. By studying local transformations in the Bahamas pertaining to its Haitian population, Louis offers a greater understanding of the adoption of anti-Haitianism as a political and nation-building strategy for the Bahamas and how antiblackness operates among people of African descent nationally, regionally and globally.
We are thankful for you! SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-11-21 | During this season of giving thanks, we send you our deepest gratitude for investing in creative thought and helping SAR reach a broader audience through our programming.Now more than ever, the perspectives of scholars and Native American artists matter and your support makes all the difference! Watch this 90-second video to see what you have made possible.Consider becoming part of our community! Join today: sarweb.org/membership/join ----------------------About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: sarweb.org, on Facebook: facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch.org; and on Twitter: @schadvresearch.
From the ancient roads of Chaco Canyon to SAR: Hear from Robert Weiner, SAR’s 2023 Paloheimo fellow SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-11-20 | Robert Weiner, SAR’s 2022–2023 Paloheimo Fellow, chose to study the ancient roads of Chaco Canyon, constructed by the ancestors of the region’s Indigenous peoples. His doctoral dissertation asks key questions about these monumental public works: Why were they built? How were they used? Where did they lead? What stories do they tell about the Indigenous Southwest during a time of inequality, regional integration, and changing spiritual traditions?Rob’s work at Chaco Canyon stands as a mirror reflecting the challenges of our own time. In a world grappling with environmental crises, he draws parallels between the exploitation of the natural world in Chacoan times and the urgent need for us to reconsider our relationship with the planet today. Through his research, he encourages us to rethink our connection to the natural world and the beings that inhabit it, offering insights into sustainable coexistence.“To be a human being is to ask questions about ourselves, about others, and about the larger world. That’s what happens here at SAR. Scholars are given the freedom to think boldly, to think big, to zero in on the beautiful and challenging details of research projects, and then to craft narratives to tell stories that give us a sense of who we are as human beings.”– Robert Weiner, 2022-2023 Paloheimo fellowVideo Production by José Luis Cruzado Coronel.About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars, seminars, Native American artist fellowships, and other programs is available on the SAR website, sarweb.org/; on Facebook, facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch.org; and on Twitter, @schadvresearch.
Artist Talk by SAR’s 2023 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellow, Michael Namingha SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-11-17 | Michael Namingha talks about his work and time at SAR as the 2023 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellow. The talk is in person in the Dobkin Boardroom at SAR and streamed live to YouTube.Resident Artists talk about their work and how their experience at the School has influenced their creative expression. Most talks are followed by a visit to the Dubin Artist Studio on campus.Enjoy this presentation by Michael Namingha; hosted by IARC educator Paloma López.
Scholar Colloquium: The Year the Stars Fell SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-11-06 | Philip Deloria2023-2024 Katrin H. Lamon Fellow, School for Advanced Research (Santa Fe, NM)Affiliation at time of award: Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History, Harvard University"The Year the Stars Fell"One of the most important astronomical events of nineteenth-century North America, the Leonid meteor storm of November 1833 asked its many witnesses to make sense of something radically out of the ordinary: a sky bursting with some 240,000 meteors and fireballs. The year 1833 references notable crises in U.S. history: Nullification, Indian Removal, anti-slavery, nativism, the Second Great Awakening, economic instability, among others. As intriguing, however, are the ways people from diverse socio-cultural groups—the enslaved, various Native peoples, would-be scientists, millennialists, and others—made sense of what seemed a powerful celestial sign. Drawing from Plains Indian winter counts and oral histories, slave narratives, the proclamations of evangelicals and Latter-Day Saints, the crowdsourced hypotheses of elite “men of science,” and a range of other accounts, this project explores the material history of an event that revealed shared uncertainties concerning faith, spirit, nature, and the production of knowledge. Deloria’s goal is to write a synchronic history focused on a few hours, explored across a near-continental space; not simply a multi-cultural portrait, but a multi-epistemological one, committed to exploring disparate beliefs on the ground, and knitting them together into a coherent portrait of an unruly space in a moment of epistemic disequilibrium.
The Peoples Tongue: English in a Divided America Presented by Ilan Stavans SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-10-20 | At a time when ideological polarization is breaking apart the U.S., the English language is one of the few remaining threads that binds Americans to each other and to their past. Yet it is contested. What does our ever-changing language say about our national character? Cultural commentator Ilan Stavans, the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin American, and Latino Culture at Amherst College, looks at our verbal history in search of answers.
Delbert Anderson Quartet Performs at SARs Humanities Festival: American Identities SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-10-19 | Delbert Anderson brings back the improvisation of the Diné spinning songs with modern jazz and funk. Inspired by the Diné social circle, Anderson continues to create new songs with a multi-cultured group known as the Anderson Quartet. Spinning songs consist of Navajo improvised melodies from trumpeter, Delbert Anderson, funk and groove rhythms from drummer, Khalill Brown, fusion keyboardist, Robert Muller and the exploration of jams from bassist, Mike McCluhan. The Anderson Quartet composes a melodic story of Northwest New Mexico, its landscape, and our surrounding Indigenous tribes.
Indigenize The Plate Talkback After the Film SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-10-19 | In a sold-out show on September 18th at the Center for Contemporary Arts, filmmakers Natalie Benally (Diné) and Ernie Zahn were present for the Santa Fe premiere of their film Indigenize the Plate. In the film Natalie travels from New Mexico to a Quechua community in Peru to learn how they are addressing the link between food and cultural sustainability. After the film, Benally and director Ernie Zahn discussed their experiences making the film with SAR president Michael F. Brown.
SAR Artists Live with Marlowe Katoney SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-10-04 | SAR ARTISTS LIVE X UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MUSEUM OF ARTFirst trained as a painter, Winslow-based artist Marlowe Katoney (Diné) was taught to weave by his maternal grandmother. Since then, Katoney has used a hybrid approach to his weaving practice, combining elements from painting, color theory, perspective, and composition with traditional Navajo iconography and designs.On October 14, 2023 a new exhibition, "Pulse: Weavings and Paintings by Marlowe Katoney", opens at University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA). Diné weaver Marlowe Katoney, who is also SAR’s 2015 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellow, is known for his work that literally and figuratively weaves traditional imagery with contemporary pictorial practices.In anticipation of this new exhibition, hosts from both SAR (Olivia Amaya Ortiz) and UAMA (Chelsea Farrar) will be speaking with artists and cultural experts on the topic of Diné textiles – from historical perspectives to contemporary approaches. This program is partially funded by the City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department and the 1% Lodger’s Tax.
SAR Artists Live with Darby Raymond-Overstreet SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-09-27 | SAR ARTISTS LIVE X UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MUSEUM OF ARTDarby is an award-winning digital artist and printmaker. Through her work, she studies and creates Diné patterns that materialize through portraits, landscapes, and abstract forms. Her work is heavily inspired by and derived from Traditional Diné textiles, with particular interest in pieces woven in the late 1800's-1950's.On October 14, 2023 a new exhibition, "Pulse: Weavings and Paintings by Marlowe Katoney", opens at University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA). Diné weaver Marlowe Katoney, who is also SAR’s 2015 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellow, is known for his work that literally and figuratively weaves traditional imagery with contemporary pictorial practices.In anticipation of this new exhibition, hosts from both SAR (Olivia Amaya Ortiz) and UAMA (Chelsea Farrar) will be speaking with artists and cultural experts on the topic of Diné textiles – from historical perspectives to contemporary approaches. This program is partially funded by the City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department and the 1% Lodger’s Tax.
An Artist Talk with SAR’s 2023 Ronald and Susan Dubin Native Artist Fellow, Heidi Brandow SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-08-11 | Livestreamed Talk starts at 8:56.SAR’s 2023 Ronald and Susan Dubin Native Artist Fellow Heidi Brandow is the artist-in-residence at the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) through August 2023. Resident Artists talk about their work and how their experience at the School has influenced their creative expression. Most talks are followed by a visit to the Dubin Artist Studio on campus.Enjoy this presentation by Heidi Brandow; hosted by IARC educator Paloma López.
Joseph Latoma on San Felipe Pueblo Pottery SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-08-02 | Joseph Latoma shares how he learned about pottery designs and explains about the diverse nature of San Felipe pottery.This video is part of an online exhibit, “Evolution in Clay: San Felipe Pueblo Artists”. Visit http://sanfelipe.sarweb.org to see the exhibit and to learn more about San Felipe pottery.
Hubert Candelario on San Felipe Pueblo Pottery SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-08-01 | Hubert Candelario talks about pushing the boundaries of San Felipe Pueblo pottery. The cylindrical piece featured in this video was inspired by nanotube structure.This video is part of an online exhibit, “Evolution in Clay: San Felipe Pueblo Artists”. Visit http://sanfelipe.sarweb.org to see the exhibit and to learn more about San Felipe pottery.
Ray Garcia on San Felipe Pueblo Pottery SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-08-01 | Ray Garcia explains how his travels and the people he meets influence his pottery. For him, art is always changing and evolving. This video is part of an online exhibit, “Evolution in Clay: San Felipe Pueblo Artists”. Visit http://sanfelipe.sarweb.org to see the exhibit and to learn more about San Felipe pottery.
Ricardo Ortiz on San Felipe Pueblo Pottery SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-08-01 | Ricardo Ortiz talks about the importance of pottery in his community, San Felipe Pueblo.This video is part of an online exhibit, “Evolution in Clay: San Felipe Pueblo Artists”. Visit http://sanfelipe.sarweb.org to see the exhibit and to learn more about San Felipe pottery.
Daryl Candelaria on San Felipe Pueblo Pottery SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-08-01 | Daryl Candelaria talks about incorporating the history of Pueblo pottery into his work from ancient Mimbres-style designs to more contemporary motifs.This video is part of an online exhibit, “Evolution in Clay: San Felipe Pueblo Artists”. Visit http://sanfelipe.sarweb.org to see the exhibit and to learn more about San Felipe pottery.
Gerren Candelaria on San Felipe Pueblo Pottery SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-08-01 | Gerren Candelaria speaks about his pottery and what inspires him to create.This video is part of an online exhibit, “Evolution in Clay: San Felipe Pueblo Artists”. Visit http://sanfelipe.sarweb.org to see the exhibit and to learn more about San Felipe pottery.
Geraldine Lovato on San Felipe Pueblo Pottery SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-08-01 | Geraldine Lovato shares some of the challenges of being a potter.This video is part of an online exhibit, “Evolution in Clay: San Felipe Pueblo Artists”. Visit http://sanfelipe.sarweb.org to see the exhibit and to learn more about San Felipe pottery.
SAR Artists Live with Venancio Aragon SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-07-28 | SAR ARTISTS LIVE X UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MUSEUM OF ARTVenancio Aragon (Diné) was SAR’s 2020 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellow, where his work at SAR centered on documenting and recreating lesser known Diné weaving techniques. He lives and works in Farmington, New Mexico, where he continues to educate and promote Diné weaving as a form of decolonial expression.Venancio’s lifelong interest in archaeology, anthropology, and art has led him on a journey of researching and reviving portions of the Diné weaving repertoire that are in danger of being lost.On October 14, 2023 a new exhibition, "Pulse: Weavings and Paintings by Marlowe Katoney", opens at University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA). Diné weaver Marlowe Katoney, who is also SAR’s 2015 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellow, is known for his work that literally and figuratively weaves traditional imagery with contemporary pictorial practices.In anticipation of this new exhibition, hosts from both SAR (Olivia Amaya Ortiz) and UAMA (Chelsea Farrar) will be speaking with artists and cultural experts on the topic of Diné textiles – from historical perspectives to contemporary approaches. This program is partially funded by the City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department and the 1% Lodger’s Tax.
SAR Artists Live with Louie Garcia SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-07-13 | Louie García is a fiber artist of Chicano and Tiwa/Piro Pueblo heritage from Socorro del Sur Pueblo, Texas just south of El Paso, Texas. He currently serves as co-chair of the New Mexico Pueblo Fiber Arts Guild.Learn more about the upcoming 12th Annual Pueblo Fiber Arts Show! The Guild, in collaboration with the Poeh Cultural Center and School for Advanced Research (SAR), invite everyone of all ages to attended on Saturday, May 27, 2023, 9am - 4pm at the Poeh Cultural Center.
SAR Artists Live with Suzanne Naranjo SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-07-13 | SAR Artists Live with Suzanne Herrera Naranjo (IG handle: pueblo_embroidery)⚠️Skip ahead to the 3:30 minute marker for introductions ⚠️Suzanne is a talented Santa Clara Pueblo (Kha’p’o Owingeh) fiber artist — she shares some of her embroidery and crochet work during this segment. She also discusses how she first learned fiber arts and why she enjoys participating in the annual Pueblo Fiber Arts Show so much.To see more of Suzanne’s work, along with many others, be sure to join us at the 12th Annual Pueblo Fiber Arts Show on Saturday, May 27, 2023 9am - 4pm at the Poeh Cultural Center.#SARArtistsLive #PoehCulturalCenter #PuebloFiberArts
Scholar Colloquium: Phantom Japan: Okamoto Taro’s Art and Ethnography of Okinawa SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-07-06 | Christopher Nelson, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and SAR’s 2023 William Y. and Nettie K. Adams Fellow.Phantom Japan: Okamoto Taro’s Art and Ethnography of Okinawa Dr. Nelson is preparing an annotated translation of a seminal monograph, Okinawabunkaron (On Okinawan Culture) by an important Japanese anthropologist, artist and public intellectual for publication. The author, Okamoto Taro, is perhaps the most significant Japanese artist of the postwar era. With the support of the Adams Fellowship, Dr. Nelson will complete his translation and critical introduction of Okamoto’s book for publication.
Book Talk with Author Theresa MacPhail: Allergic SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-07-06 | SAR President Michael F. Brown talks with Theresa MacPhail and discusses her newest book, Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World.“A holistic study of how allergies continue to bewilder medical science . . . While the culprits responsible for the increases in allergic sufferers are debatable moving targets, MacPhail skillfully narrows down the possibilities and some of the solutions. . . . [Her] examination of the science of immunology from a social and cultural perspective will give readers plenty of relevant, thought-provoking information. An exhaustive and accessible report.”—Kirkus ReviewsDr. Theresa MacPhail is a medical anthropologist, former journalist, and associate professor of science and technology studies who researches and writes about global health, biomedicine, and disease. She holds PhDs from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, San Francisco.
Grounded in Clay Conversations - Untold Pueblo Stories: Hidden Histories and the Pueblo Diaspora SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-06-22 | 2023 NATIVE ARTS SPEAKER SERIES | Untold Pueblo Stories: Hidden Histories and the Pueblo DiasporaWith Diego Medina (Tina-Piro-Manso), Albert Alvidrez (Ysleta del Sur), and Jerry Dunbar (Ysleta del Sur)Diego Medina (Tiwa-Piro-Manso), Albert Alvidrez (Ysleta del Sur), and Jerry Dunbar (Ysleta del Sur) highlight underrepresented Pueblo stories in an exploration of the Ysleta del Sur and Tiwa-Piro-Manso histories. The panel discusses the effects of displacement on Pueblo communities and the larger Pueblo diaspora.___This event was presented as part of the School for Advanced Research’s 2023 Native Arts Speaker Series, Grounded in Clay Conversations.The series celebrates the Grounded in Clay project (which includes a traveling exhibition, catalog, and documentary), by headlining stories that surfaced during the planning phase of the project and by opening conversations about lesser-known narratives intersecting Pueblo people and pottery.Support SAR: sarweb.org/donateJoin SAR today: sarweb.org/membership/join___About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences, and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs, and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org, on Facebook: facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch.org, and on Twitter: @schadvresearch.
Grounded in Clay Conversations - An Afternoon with Clarence Cruz and Samuel Villarreal Catanach SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-06-22 | 2023 NATIVE ARTS SPEAKER SERIES | Conversation and Pottery Making: An Afternoon with Clarence Cruz and Samuel Villarreal CatanachWith Clarence Cruz (Ohkay Owingeh) and Samuel Villarreal Catanach (Pojoaque)Join UNM professor Clarence Cruz (Ohkay Owingeh) and Pojoaque’s Tewa Language Department Director Samuel Villarreal Catanach (Pojoaque) for a pottery making demonstration and conversation about Pueblo pottery, language, and land, and the ways in which they intersect.___This event was presented as part of the School for Advanced Research’s 2023 Native Arts Speaker Series, Grounded in Clay Conversations.The series celebrates the Grounded in Clay project (which includes a traveling exhibition, catalog, and documentary), by headlining stories that surfaced during the planning phase of the project and by opening conversations about lesser-known narratives intersecting Pueblo people and pottery.Support SAR: sarweb.org/donateJoin SAR today: sarweb.org/membership/join___About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences, and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs, and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org, on Facebook: facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch.org, and on Twitter: @schadvresearch.
Grounded in Clay Conversations - Earth, Wind, Fire, Water: Pueblo Pottery and the Environment SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-06-22 | 2023 NATIVE ARTS SPEAKER SERIES | Earth, Wind, Fire, Water: Pueblo Pottery and the EnvironmentWith Dr. Matthew Martinez (Ohkay Owingeh), Jason Garcia (Santa Clara), and Dr. Christina M. Castro (Taos, Jemez, Chicana)Dr. Matthew Martinez (Ohkay Owingeh) sits down with Jason Garcia (Santa Clara) and Dr. Christina M. Castro (Taos, Jemez, Chicana) to discuss deeply seated connections between Pueblo people, pottery, and the land. Martinez, Garcia, and Castro examine the ways in which Pueblo values and beliefs pertaining to the environment are reflected in Pueblo pottery and practices.___This event was presented as part of the School for Advanced Research’s 2023 Native Arts Speaker Series, Grounded in Clay Conversations.The series celebrates the Grounded in Clay project (which includes a traveling exhibition, catalog, and documentary), by headlining stories that surfaced during the planning phase of the project and by opening conversations about lesser-known narratives intersecting Pueblo people and pottery.Support SAR: sarweb.org/donateJoin SAR today: sarweb.org/membership/join___About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences, and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs, and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org, on Facebook: facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch.org, and on Twitter: @schadvresearch.
Book Talk with Author Ned Blackhawk SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-06-22 | SAR President Michael F. Brown talks with Ned Blackhawk to discuss Blackhawk’s newest book, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History (Yale University Press, 2022).“A sweeping, important, revisionist work of American history that places Native Americans front and center.”—New York Times Book ReviewNed Blackhawk (Western Shoshone) is a Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University where he is the faculty director for the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program, the Native American Language Project, and the Yale Group for the Study of Native America. He served on the faculty from 1999 to 2009 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, earning tenure in 2005. A graduate of McGill University, he holds graduate degrees in History from UCLA and the University of Washington and is the author of Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the early American West (Harvard, 2006), a study of the American Great Basin that garnered half a dozen professional prizes. He has published nearly two dozen articles, chapters, and/or review essays, including state of the field essays for the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians. In addition to serving in professional associations and on the editorial boards of American Quarterly and Ethnohistory, Professor Blackhawk has led the establishment of two fellowships, one for American Indian Students to attend the Western History Association’s annual conference, the other for doctoral students working on American Indian Studies dissertations at Yale named after Henry Roe Cloud. Professor Blackhawk was the Katrin H. Lamon resident scholar at SAR in 1996-97 and a SAR short seminar participant in 2004.
SAR Literary Day 2023: Poetry Readings by Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, Tara Trudell, and Max Early SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-06-13 | Three local poets read their works in the School for Advanced Research's Dobkin Boardroom, the historic "Chapel" at El Delirio, on 19 May 2023. Poets featured in order of reading: Darryl Lorenzo Wellington (Santa Fe Poet Laureate), Tara Trudell (Santee Dakota/Rarámuri/Xicana), and Max Early (Keres/Laguna Pueblo).
2022-2023 Anne Ray Intern Presentation SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-06-01 | SAR’s 2022-2023 Anne Ray Intern, Penske McCormack, presents on the process of curating an online exhibition for SAR and answers audience questions.Curating “Legacies of Care: Diné textiles and the impacts of chemical treatment”As part of their Anne Ray Internship, Penske curated an online exhibition discussing the legacy of pesticides in museum collections through the lens of chemically treated Diné textiles at the IARC. In this presentation, Penske shares their reflections on curating the exhibition. This includes going more in-depth about several ideas they touched on in their exhibition, including the Eurocentric concepts and ideas surrounding “preservation” in Western museum practices. They also share important moments in the process of curating the exhibition, what they learned from their experiences, and how this project expanded their understanding of the collection.Support SAR:sarweb.org/donate ____About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences, and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through museum internships, prestigious scholar residency, and artist fellowship programs, as well as public programs and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our interns, resident scholars, and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: sarweb.org/, on Facebook: facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch.org and on Twitter: @schadvresearch.
An Artist Talk with Janna Avner, SAR’s 2023 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native Artist Fellow SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-05-19 | SAR’s 2023 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native Artist Fellow Janna Avner is the artist-in-residence at the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) through May 2023. Resident Artists talk about their work and how their experience at the School has influenced their creative expression. Most talks are followed by a visit to the Dubin Artist Studio on campus.Enjoy this presentation by Janna Avner; hosted by IARC educator Olivia Amaya Ortiz.
The Invention of Race: A Conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Andrew S. Curran SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-04-21 | The School for Advanced Research hosts Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Harvard University), and Andrew S. Curran (Wesleyan University) for an SAR President’s Lecture about the search for a scientific understanding of the concept of race in eighteenth-century Europe. Drs. Gates and Curran will address the origins of anti-Black racism and colorism and its impacts worldwide. Their evaluations of a series of European essays from 1739 on “sources of ‘blackness'” were published in a book titled Who’s Black and Why? (Harvard University Press) in 2022.Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the author of numerous books and has written extensively on the history of race and anti-Black racism in the Enlightenment. His most recent works include Stony the Road, and The Black Church. He is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for the African and African American Research at Harvard University.Andrew S. Curran is a leading specialist in the Enlightenment era and the author of The Anatomy of Blackness and Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely. He is the William Armstrong Professor of the Humanities at Wesleyan University.Chelsi West Ohueri, moderatorSAR Weatherhead Fellow, 2021-2022Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Women of the Lost Territory: New Mexico Women of the Past, Present, and Future SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-04-10 | Flannery Burke appeared in conversation with Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez to discuss women in New Mexico history. They addressed some of the usual suspects of New Mexico women’s history—Georgia O’Keeffe, Maria Martinez, Nina Otero-Warren—and how their stories may help us to uncover those of lesser-known women whose life histories have been lost in the triple colonization of New Mexico by Spain, Mexico, and the United States.Flannery Burke, PhD, is an associate professor at Saint Louis University in the Department of American Studies. Her books include A Land Apart: The Southwest and the Nation in the Twentieth Century and From Greenwich Village to Taos: Primitivism and Place at Mabel Dodge Luhan’s. Burke is committed to sharing the indigenous and Spanish-speaking cultures of the American Southwest widely and incorporating those cultures and their histories into the regional, national, and global stories that scholars tell. Her current book project is a history of how twentieth-century writers in the American West imagined the American East.Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez, PhD, is an Associate Professor of English and an Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at Arizona State University. Fonseca-Chávez’s research focuses on the contentions and legacies of colonialism in the southwest U.S. and how Chicanx and Indigenous communities navigate and contest violence and power in literary and cultural production. She is currently working on a project that centers the stories of Hispano residents of eastern Arizona and how they understand and communicate their querencia—a word that invokes a desire (querer) to embody one’s individual and communal heritage/inheritance (herencia). In 2020, she co-edited Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland with Levi Romero and Spencer R. Herrera. Querencia was named a finalist for an International Latino Book Award.
The Emotional Toll of Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Latino Political Rhetoric SAR School for Advanced Research 2023-03-23 | MELLON LECTUREPolitical rhetoric can elicit strong emotions and influence stress levels, a sense of well-being, and even perceptions of health status. Demographic trends over the last 40 years have led fears about immigration and the “browning of America,” which frames much current political rhetoric. I examine the effect of this rhetoric on emotions, stress, health, and well-being for its targets, in this case Americans of Mexican origin. Negative rhetoric can elicit both emotions such as pain, sadness, hurt, and anger. It is about the construction of stigmatized individuals and groups, represented as “outsiders” and as “underserving.” Positive political rhetoric can have a salutatory psychological effect. It elicits “sighs of relief,” with participants feeling proud, happy, and as contributors, in short, affirming participants’ sense of self, family, and place in the larger society. –Leo ChavezLeo Chavez, Ph.D., is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on immigration, international migration, culture and visual images, and medical anthropology. His current research examines the effects of political rhetoric, especially anti-Latino and anti-immigrant rhetoric, on emotions and psychological well-being. Chavez is the author of Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society; Covering Immigration: Popular Images and the Politics of the Nation; The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation; and Anchor Babies and the Challenge of Birthright Citizenship. Chavez was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2017.This lecture is sponsored in part by the Mellon Foundation.
