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Lynne Heidi StumpeCurator of Oceanic Collections
Before I became a museum curator I taught English in the Sudan for two years and worked in Development Education and museum learning. I have worked in various different roles at National Museums Liverpool and have over eighteen years' experience of curatorial work. Collections responsible for:Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Australia. Human remains. On our site:World Cultures Gallery, Oceania Specialist interests:My main research interests include New Zealand Maori art, sacred space and ritual performance, and the care of sacred artefacts in museums, especially the care of human remains. I am also interested in the spatial aspects of museum display and interactive display. Current research projects:I have just finished archival research on Australian human remains requested for repatriation. My next project will focus on the display of human remains in the United Kingdom, comparing displays in museums with remains displayed as sacred relics elsewhere. Key publications:'The Oceania Collections at National Museums Liverpool' Tribal Art magazine online (forthcoming) 'Restitution or repatriation? The story of some New Zealand Maori human remains' Journal of Museum Ethnography 17, 2005: 130-140 Email:Contact Lynne Heidi Stumpe now Postal Address:World Museum Liverpool |
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