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| Lindy Allen
Research Fellow Indigenous Studies, Anthropology Museums Victoria (Australia)
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Independent scholar, researcher, curator, valuer of Australian Indigenous cultural heritage collections & art, & undertake consultancy work incl. community engagement, repatriation, provenance research, museum development, significance assessments, etc. University of Melbourne Honorary Fellow, Research Associate at Museums Victoria, Listed Provider under Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protector Act 1984, & Expert Examiner for Protection of Cultural Heritage Act 1987. Over 40 years curatorial experience: Museums Victoria (1989-2018), University of Queensland's Anthropology Museum (1978-1989). Museum & field based research on material culture, collections & collecting (including with Indigenous scholars & communities). Partner Investigator on Australian Research Council Linkage Projects 'How Meston’s "Wild Australia Show" Shaped Australian Aboriginal History' & 'The Legacy of 50 Years Collecting at Milingimbi'; initiated the Milingimbi Makaratta Forum in 2016; curated 30+ major exhibitions; co-edited "The Makers and Making of Indigenous Australian Museum Collections" & "The Photographs of Baldwin Spencer" (MUP); published numerous book chapters, journal articles, essays/entries in exhibition catalogues. Broader research focus on visual anthropology; institutional & other collection histories; history of Indigenous art; Indigenous agency & representation in museums, collections & collecting; history, distribution & use of glass beads by Indigenous Australians. |
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Anthropology
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Australian Anthropological Society (AAS) European Society for Oceanists (ESfO)  |
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Australia (area)
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Historical periods |
The Colonial time 20th century 21st century Precolonial Australia
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