FWD: [Nn-academics] NEH Summer Institute - Summer 2003

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>===== Original Message From "Mario A. Caro" <carom at evergreen.edu> =====
WORKING FROM COMMUNITY: AMERICAN INDIAN ART AND LITERATURE
June 23-August 1, 2003 (6 weeks)
Gail Tremblay, Evergreen State College
Faculty: Corwin Clairmont, Linda Hogan, John Mohawk, Nora Naranjo-Morse,
Jolene Rickard, Leslie Marmon Silko, C. Maxx Stevens, Laura Tohe, Hulleah
Tsinhnahjinnie, James Welch, Angela Wilson, Ofelia Zepeda

Information:
                            Gail Tremblay
                            224 Cushing St., N.W.
                            Olympia, WA 98502
                            360/943-8727 or 360-867-6612
                            tremblag at evergreen.edu

The application deadline is March 1, 2003.

Amount of Award

All teachers selected to participate in a seminar or institute will be
awarded a stipend of $2,800, $3,250, or $3,700 (depending on the length of
the seminar or institute) to cover the costs of travel, books and other
research expenses, and living expenses.

Eligibility

For detailed eligibility requirements, applicants should consult the written
application materials. Selection committees for seminars and institutes give
first consideration to applicants who have not participated in an
NEH-supported seminar or institute in the last three years.

How to Apply

Please send or e-mail a request for application information and expanded
project descriptions to the seminar and institute directors listed here.
When doing so, please include your regular mailing address since directors
may send application material through the mail. You may request information
about as many projects as you like, but you may apply to no more than two
projects. The application deadline is March 1, 2003 (postmark).

Information

Please direct all questions concerning individual seminars and institutes as
well as all requests for application materials to Gail Tremblay at the
address above.

Equal Opportunity

NEH programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national
origin, sex, disability, or age. For further information, write to the Equal
Employment Opportunity Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1100
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20506. TDD (for the hearing-impaired
only) 202/606-8282.

Description of the Institute:

It is the intention of this NEH Summer Institute to create an environment
where scholars working in the areas of Literature and Art History and
scholars in Native American Studies work together to define context and
sharpen their skills in the interpretation of indigenous art and literature.
Through this interaction and an open discussion about strategies for writing
about and teaching the imaginative works of indigenous artists and writers,
we hope to have a positive impact on the work of people in these three
disciplines and to build bridges that will allow them to design
sophisticated interdisciplinary curriculum if that interests them.

We plan to accomplish this through examining issues that relate to research
in these three fields, by travel to and work in nearby reservation and urban
indigenous communities, and through discussions with well-known indigenous
artists, writers, and scholars. Participants will have the opportunity to
read novels, view artworks, read interpretive materials, and will work
together and individually on projects to interpret both assigned works and a
work of their choosing. Participants will be given forums to discuss their
interpretations and strategies for using the works they explore as subjects
for publication, teaching, and as models for their students' work as
interpreters. It is hoped that participants will come away from this
institute not just with a deeper understanding of historical and cultural
contexts and sharpened interpretive skills, but that they will have
strategies for doing successful primary research in indigenous communities.
It is our hope that this research will not only generate new information
that may be difficult to access in libraries but will help participants to
evaluate and critique the efficacy of the library materials they are able to
access. Further we hope to develop a community of scholars with whom
participants can discuss their future work and gain support for expanding
information and creating sophisticated curriculum and texts in their fields.


Mario A. Caro
Visual Studies
The Evergreen State College
LAB II
2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
Olympia, Washington 98505
(360) 867-6612
http://academic.evergreen.edu/c/carom/


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Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Department Of Anthropology
University of Oregon