The Art of Kula

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NAME:        Shirley Faye Campbell
BORN:       1950
ADDRESS:      shirley.campbell@anu.edu.au
NATIONALITY:        United States of America
EDUCATION:
  • 1969: Acalanes High School, Lafayette, California, U.S.A
  • 1970: Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California, U.S.A
  • 1971-73: Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A
  • 1972: Richmond College, University of London, UK.
  • 1973 - 85: Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
QUALIFICATIONS:
  • 1973: Bachelor of Arts, Stephens College (Title of Thesis: Inca Architecture)
  • 1975: M.A. (Qualifying) in the Department of Prehistory and Anthropology, Australian National University (Title of thesis: 'Massim Carved Art: a formal analysis of the structural elements within the art system')
  • 1985: PhD, Australian National University.Title of thesis: 'The Art of Kula: an analysis of the Vakutan artistic system and the rituals of Kula'.
FIELDWORK:
  • 1986-88: Vakuta Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
TEACHING:
  • 1978 - 95:  Tutor - ‘Anthropology 1’ (Introductory course), Department of Prehistory and Anthropology, Australian National University
  • 1980: Guest lecturer - Canberra School of Art (course:‘Primitive Art’)
  • 1983: Guest lecturer - Department of Prehistory and Anthropology, Australian National University, (course: ‘Art and Anthropology’)
  • 1983: Tutor - ‘Art and Anthropology’, Department of Prehistory and Anthropology, Australian National University
  • 1985: Guest lecturer - Department of Prehistory and Anthropology, Australian National University (course: ‘Themes in Australia and the Western Pacific’)
  • 1990: Coordinator of an Introductory Study Skills Program for Aboriginal students at the Australian National University
  • 1995 - 2002: Co-Lecturer/Tutor - ‘Concepts in Applied Anthropology’, University of Canberra
  • 1997: Lecturer - ‘Aboriginal Society and Adaptation’, University of Canberra
  • 1998: Guest Lecturer - ‘Anthropology 1’, Department ofArchaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University
  • 1998 - 2000: Tutor - ‘Anthropology 1’ (Introductory course), Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University
  • 1998 - 2002: Lecturer - ‘Indigenous Society and Adaptation’ Department of Cultural Heritage Management University of Canberra
  • 1999 - 2002: Lecturer - 'Issues in Cultural Heritage Management', Department of Cultural Heritage Management, University of Canberra.
POSITIONS HELD:
  • 1988-1996: Study Skills Center, Australian National University
  • 1990-1997: Consultant to the Aboriginal Liaison Office/Jabal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • 1990 - 1991: A/g Aboriginal Liaison Officer Jabal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Centre.
  • 1990: Study Skills Center, Australian National University
  • 1991 - 1993: Administrator/Academic Coordinator Jabal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Centre, Australian National University
  • 1993 - 1996: Academic Coordinator for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students studying at the Australian National University
  • 1993 - 1993: National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University,
  • 1994: Engaged by Tracey Holloway and Liz Thompson, Producers/Directors, to translate taped interviews of Kiriwinans for their film, The last magician
  • 1996 - 1997: A/G Head, Jabal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Centre
  • 1997 - 1998: Academic Coordinator for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, Faculty of Arts, Australian National University
  • 1999- 2002: Research Fellow, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University
  • 2000 Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic PolicyResearch, Australian National University.
ADVISORY POSITIONS:
  • 1974-75: Research Assistant to Professor Isabel McBride, Department of Archeology & Anthropology, Australian National university
  • 1979: Adviser to the  National Gallery of Australia on the cataloguing and photographing of Rev.S.B. Fellows Collection
  • 1990: Consultant to Aboriginal Liaison Office as Coordinator of the Orientation Program for Incoming Aboriginal Students to the Australian National University
  • 1991-97: Member, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee
  • 1992-96: Member, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Consultative Committee
  • 1990-98: Member, NSW/ACT Aboriginal Higher Education Network
CONFERENCE PAPERS:
  • 1978: Kula in Vakuta: the mechanics of keda and Attaining rank: a classification of Kula shell valuables. Presented to the First International Kula Conference, Cambridge University, England
  • 1980: A Vakutan mortuary cycle. Presented to the Second International Kula Conference, Charlottesville Virginia, USA.
  • 1982: An analysis of Massim material culture from collections in Australian museums. Presented to the Fourth Conference of Museum Anthropologists, Canberra,  Australia
  • 1986: The High Status of Women in the Trobriand Islands: Fact or Fantasy. Presented to the Highland and Seaboard Melanesia: Continuity and Contrast, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
  • 1988: The Captivating Agency of Art: Many Ways of Seeing. Presented to The Art Nexus conference, Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Australian National University
  • 1999: What is in a name? The Search for Meaning. Paper presented to The 1999 Pacific Arts Association Meetings, Field Museum, Chicago, USA
  • 2000: Training by Doing: Pathways through CDEP. Paper presented with Dr Jerry Schwab to The Indigenous Welfare Economy and the CDEP Scheme: Autonomy, Dependence, Self-Determination and Mutual Obligation, Canberra, Australia
  • 2000:  The Agency of Tokwalu: a figurative representation of Vakutan humanity. Paper presented to the American Association Meetings, San Francisco, USA
PUBLICATIONS:
  • 1978: 'Restricted access to knowledge in Vakuta', in Canberra Anthropology, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct: 1-11.
  • 1982: 'An analysis of Massim material culture from collections in Australian museums', COMA: Bulletin of the conference of museum anthropologists, No. 10, July: 23-28.
  • 1983: 'Kula in Vakuta: the mechanics of keda', in The Kula: New Perspectives on Massim Exchange, J.W. Leach and E. Leach (eds), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 201-227.
  • 1983: 'Attaining rank: a classification of Kula shell valuables', in The Kula: New Perspectives on Massim Exchange, J.W. Leach and E.Leach (eds), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 229-248.
  • 1989: 'A Vakutan mortuary cycle', in Death Rituals and Life in the Societies of the Kula Ring, F.H. Damon and R. Wagner (eds), Northern Illinios University Press DeKalb, pp. 46-72
  • 1996: ‘Massim Art’, in The Dictionary of Art, MacMillan Publishers Ltd,. London
  • 1997: ‘The future shape of ABSTUDY: practical and policy implications of the recent changes’, with R.G. Schwab; Discussion Paper No. 140/1997, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National Univerisy, Canberra.
  • 2000: ‘Frances Peters-Little,a biography’, in S. Kleinert and M. Neale (eds),The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture, OUP, Melbourne.
  • 2000: The reform agenda for vocational education and training: Implications for Indigenous Australians, Discussion Paper No. 202, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University, Canberra.
  • 2001: ‘The Captivating Agency of Art: Many Ways of Seeing’, in C. Pinney and N. Thomas (eds), Beyond Aesthetics: Art and the Technologies of Enchantment, Oxford: Berg, pp. 117-135.
  • 2001: and J. Scwab, ‘Training by Doing: Pathways through CDEP’ in F. Morphy and W. Sanders (eds), The Indigenous Welfare Economy and the CDEP Scheme, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Research Monograph No. 20, Canberra: CAEPR
  • 2002: 'What's in a name: the search for Meaning', in A. Hearle, N.Stanley, K. Stevenson, and R. L. Welsch (eds), Pacific Art: Persistence, Change and Meaning, Hindmarsh: Crawford House Publishers.
  • 2002: The Art of Kula: An Analysis of the Vakutan Artistic System and the Rituals of Kula, Oxford: Berg
UNPUBLISHED PAPERS:
  • 1976: The changing face of Trobriand Art', paper first presented to  G. Mosuwadoga, Director of the P.N.G. Public Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby, P.N.G.
  • 1986: 'The high status of Trobriand Women: Fact or Fantasy?'
  • 1993: An Evaluation of Successful Ageing, ACT: A community project for all ages’, report prepared for Dr John McCallum of the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
 

 

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