Documents of an Encounter
Archival Program Information
For current Research Institute events, please see The Getty Event Calendar
For current Research Institute events, please see The Getty Event Calendar
Schedule
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Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6, 2008
9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall
The Getty Center
Admission is free. Separate reservations are required for each day of the symposium and for the film screening. For information, call (310) 440-7300 or reserve online using the "Make Reservation" buttons below.
9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall
The Getty Center
Admission is free. Separate reservations are required for each day of the symposium and for the film screening. For information, call (310) 440-7300 or reserve online using the "Make Reservation" buttons below.
Day 1: Thursday, June 5
8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
9:00–9:30 a.m.
Ceremonial Welcome
Gabrielino/Tongva Tribal Council,
Chief Anthony Morales
Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations
Hereditary Chief William T. Cranmer
9:30–10:00 a.m.
Welcome and international project remarks
Thomas Gaehtgens, Director, Getty Research Institute
Aaron Glass, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, and Filmmaker
10:00 a.m.–noon
Session I: Documents and Meaning
Chair: Rebecca Peabody, Research Associate, Getty Research Institute
George Miles, Curator, Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
Ira Jacknis, Research Anthropologist, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Mick Gidley, Emeritus Professor of American Literature, School of English, University of Leeds
noon –1:30 p.m. Lunch break
1:30–3:15 p.m.
Session II: In the Land of the Head Hunters Restoration Process
Chair: Katja Zelljadt, Principal Research Specialist, Getty Research Institute
Brad Evans, Associate Professor of English, Rutgers University
Jere Guldin, Film Preservationist, UCLA Film & Television Archive, University of California, Los Angeles
David Gilbert, Music Librarian, University of California, Los Angeles
3:15–3:30 p.m. Break
3:30–5:30 p.m.
Session III: Indigenous and Ethnic Representations in Film
Chair: Colin Browne, Professor, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, and Filmmaker
Anne Makepeace, Filmmaker
Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Assistant Professor, Native American Studies, University of California, Davis, and Photographer
Dana Claxton (Lakota) Adjunct Professor, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and Artist
7:30 p.m.
Premiere screening of the newly restored silent film by Edward Curtis, In the Land of the Head Hunters
Separate reservation required.
Accompanied by the UCLA Philharmonia, Conducted by Neal Stulberg, followed by a traditional dance presentation by the Gwa'wina dancers of the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations of British Columbia. Introduction by Hereditary Chief William T. Cranmer.
Day 2: Friday, June 6
8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
9–9:45 a.m.
Opening remarks and introduction
Gail Feigenbaum, Associate Director, Getty Research Institute
9:45–10:30 a.m.
Commentary: Edward Curtis in Contexts
Mick Gidley, Emeritus Professor of American Literature, School of English, University of Leeds
Response: Aaron Glass, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, and Filmmaker
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Session IV: Representing Culture through Music and Performance
Chair: Michael Pisani, Associate Professor of Music History, Vassar College
Paul Apodaca, Associate Professor of American Studies, Chapman University
Neal Stulberg, Music Director and Conductor, UCLA Philharmonia, University of California, Los Angeles
Klisala Harrison, Doctoral Candidate, Ethnomusicology and Musicology, York University
Dorothy "Piwi" Alfred (Kwawaka'wakw First Nations), Singer and Language Educator
12:30–2:00 p.m. Lunch break
2:00–3:30 p.m.
Session V: Photographs and Special Collections Visits
J. Paul Getty Museum, Department of Photographs,
Edward Curtis Photograph Collection
Virginia Heckert, Associate Curator of Photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum
Getty Research Institute, Research Library Special Collections,
The Edward Curtis Collection
Beth Guynn, Senior Collections Cataloger, Getty Research Institute
3:30–5:30 p.m.
Session VI: Institutions and Collecting Roundtable
Chair: Aaron Glass, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, and Filmmaker
Hereditary Chief William T. Cranmer ('Namgis member of the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations), Chairman of U'mista Cultural Society
Kim Walters, Director, Braun Research Library, Southwest Museum, Autry National Center
Mique'l Askren (Tsimshian Nation of Metlakatla), Doctoral Candidate, Art History, University of British Columbia
5:30–7:00 p.m.
Closing Reception
Day 3: Saturday, June 7
Optional visit to the Museum of the American West, Autry National Center, Los Angeles www.autry-museum.org Free admission with your symposium program.
10:00 a.m. Museum opens
12:00 p.m. Behind-the- scenes tour
2:30 p.m. Traditional dance presentation by the Gwa'wina Dancers of the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations of British Columbia Free admission with your symposium program.
This symposium is presented by the Getty Research Institute in collaboration with the UCLA Television and Film Archive, UCLA Philharmonia, U'mista Cultural Centre, and the Autry National Center.
8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
9:00–9:30 a.m.
Ceremonial Welcome
Gabrielino/Tongva Tribal Council,
Chief Anthony Morales
Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations
Hereditary Chief William T. Cranmer
9:30–10:00 a.m.
Welcome and international project remarks
Thomas Gaehtgens, Director, Getty Research Institute
Aaron Glass, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, and Filmmaker
10:00 a.m.–noon
Session I: Documents and Meaning
Chair: Rebecca Peabody, Research Associate, Getty Research Institute
George Miles, Curator, Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
Ira Jacknis, Research Anthropologist, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Mick Gidley, Emeritus Professor of American Literature, School of English, University of Leeds
noon –1:30 p.m. Lunch break
1:30–3:15 p.m.
Session II: In the Land of the Head Hunters Restoration Process
Chair: Katja Zelljadt, Principal Research Specialist, Getty Research Institute
Brad Evans, Associate Professor of English, Rutgers University
Jere Guldin, Film Preservationist, UCLA Film & Television Archive, University of California, Los Angeles
David Gilbert, Music Librarian, University of California, Los Angeles
3:15–3:30 p.m. Break
3:30–5:30 p.m.
Session III: Indigenous and Ethnic Representations in Film
Chair: Colin Browne, Professor, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, and Filmmaker
Anne Makepeace, Filmmaker
Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Assistant Professor, Native American Studies, University of California, Davis, and Photographer
Dana Claxton (Lakota) Adjunct Professor, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and Artist
7:30 p.m.
Premiere screening of the newly restored silent film by Edward Curtis, In the Land of the Head Hunters
Separate reservation required.
Accompanied by the UCLA Philharmonia, Conducted by Neal Stulberg, followed by a traditional dance presentation by the Gwa'wina dancers of the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations of British Columbia. Introduction by Hereditary Chief William T. Cranmer.
Day 2: Friday, June 6
8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
9–9:45 a.m.
Opening remarks and introduction
Gail Feigenbaum, Associate Director, Getty Research Institute
9:45–10:30 a.m.
Commentary: Edward Curtis in Contexts
Mick Gidley, Emeritus Professor of American Literature, School of English, University of Leeds
Response: Aaron Glass, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, and Filmmaker
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Session IV: Representing Culture through Music and Performance
Chair: Michael Pisani, Associate Professor of Music History, Vassar College
Paul Apodaca, Associate Professor of American Studies, Chapman University
Neal Stulberg, Music Director and Conductor, UCLA Philharmonia, University of California, Los Angeles
Klisala Harrison, Doctoral Candidate, Ethnomusicology and Musicology, York University
Dorothy "Piwi" Alfred (Kwawaka'wakw First Nations), Singer and Language Educator
12:30–2:00 p.m. Lunch break
2:00–3:30 p.m.
Session V: Photographs and Special Collections Visits
J. Paul Getty Museum, Department of Photographs,
Edward Curtis Photograph Collection
Virginia Heckert, Associate Curator of Photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum
Getty Research Institute, Research Library Special Collections,
The Edward Curtis Collection
Beth Guynn, Senior Collections Cataloger, Getty Research Institute
3:30–5:30 p.m.
Session VI: Institutions and Collecting Roundtable
Chair: Aaron Glass, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, and Filmmaker
Hereditary Chief William T. Cranmer ('Namgis member of the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations), Chairman of U'mista Cultural Society
Kim Walters, Director, Braun Research Library, Southwest Museum, Autry National Center
Mique'l Askren (Tsimshian Nation of Metlakatla), Doctoral Candidate, Art History, University of British Columbia
5:30–7:00 p.m.
Closing Reception
Day 3: Saturday, June 7
Optional visit to the Museum of the American West, Autry National Center, Los Angeles www.autry-museum.org Free admission with your symposium program.
10:00 a.m. Museum opens
12:00 p.m. Behind-the- scenes tour
2:30 p.m. Traditional dance presentation by the Gwa'wina Dancers of the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations of British Columbia Free admission with your symposium program.
This symposium is presented by the Getty Research Institute in collaboration with the UCLA Television and Film Archive, UCLA Philharmonia, U'mista Cultural Centre, and the Autry National Center.
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