Ruth B. Phillips (born 1945) is a Canadian art historian and curator who specializes in North American aboriginal art. She is an author of numerous books and articles on the subjects of Indigenous studies, anthropology/archaeology, political science, international studies, public policy, Canadian studies, and cultural studies.
Ruth B. Phillips | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 78–79) |
| Known for | art historian and curator |
Career edit
Phillips received her doctorate in African art history in 1979 from the University of London at the School of Oriental and African Studies.[1] Her dissertation was about masquerade performance by Mende women in Sierra Leone.[2] She became a professor at Carleton University in 1979.[1] Ruth Phillips became a Director of University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver in 1997, where she, with three First Nations partner communities, and museum staff created a successful expansion and renewal plan for a $41 million grant to the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the British Columbia Knowledge Foundation, and the University of British Columbia.[1]
In 2005, Phillips, Heidi Bohaker, First Nations partners, and many other scholars co-founded the Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts & Cultures (GRASAC).[3] Phillips organized many grants, and supervised the team of GRASAC research assistants in her time as the director.[3] Phillips holds the Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture at Carleton University.[4]
Publications edit
- Berlo, Janet C., and Phillips, Ruth B. (1998) Native North American Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-284218-3. 1998, and later reprints
- Representing Woman: Sande Society Masks of the Mende of Sierra Leone,[5] Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, U.C.L.A., 1995
- Trading Identities: The Souvenir in Native North American Art from the Northeast, 1700_1900, Seattle: University of Washington Press and Montreal: McGill-Queen's, 1998.4
- Unpacking Culture: Arts and Commodities in Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds, with Christopher B. Steiner, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999
- Sensible Objects: Colonialism, Museums and Material Culture, co-edited with Elizabeth Edwards and Chris Gosden, 2006
- Museum Pieces: Toward the Indigenization of Canadian Museums, 2011
- Museum Transformations, co-edited with Annie E. Coombes, International Handbooks of Museums, 2015
References edit
- ^ a b c "Phillips, Ruth". carleton.ca. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Lectures in the History of Art: Ruth Phillips, Professor of Art History, Carleton University". art.unc.edu. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Ruth Phillips". GRASAC. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ Chairs and Distinctions: Ruth B. Phillips, Carleton University, retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ Phillips, Ruth B (1995). Representing woman: Sande masquerades of the Mende of Sierra Leone. Los Angeles, Calif.: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. ISBN 9780930741440. OCLC 32921792.