Objects of Culture and Science

At the centre of this project is a 120 year old Tasmanian Aboriginal shell necklace unearthed in a Museum of Ethnography in Europe. Investigating this necklace opened new narratives at the confluence of Indigenous knowledges, environmental science and contemporary art. As a collaboration between myself, curator Dr Christine Hansen, National Museums of World Culture, Sweden and Gothenburg University, the project brought environmental concerns to ethnographic collections through cross-cultural research.

Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts (now Creative Australia)