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| Hilke Thode-Arora
Curator
Oceania
Museum Fuenf Kontinente (Germany)
I speak in the following language(s): German, English, French, Spanish, Niuean, Samoan, Latin
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Specialities |
Colonial Imagination, Indigenous Agency, Inter-ethnic Relations, Heritage Management, Ethnicity, Cultural Change, Transnationalism, Women's Associations, Textiles / Fibre Arts, Museums, Anthropological Fieldwork, Anthropological Field Records, Biographic Research, Narratives, Anthropology of Knoweldge, Kinship, Identity, Biculturalism, Cultural Landscapes, Diasporas, First Contacts, Exhibitions, Tapa, Archives |
Discipline(s) |
History
Anthropology
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Member of |
Pacific Arts Association (PAA)  European Society for Oceanists (ESfO) New Zealand Studies Association (NZSA) |
Geographic administrative areas |
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Geographic places |
Polynesia
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Historical periods |
The Colonial time
20th century
21st century
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Indigenous languages |
Niue, Samoan |
Experiences |
Museographic Research (1993 to 2000)
The Polynesian Collection of the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne, Germany — Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne, Germany
Contextualisation and publication of the complete Polynesian collection of the museum (1,200 artefacts):
collection history: retracing the earlier owners in Europe and the Pacific (provenance and 'biography' of each artefact)
manufacturing technology
profane and ritual functions / implications
digital registration and of each artefact
publication of a book on the collectionField Research (2002 to 2005)
Niuean Weaving and its Social Implications — Ethnological Museum Berlin / Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft /German Research Foundation
Documentation of Niuean weaving past and present
Role of weaving in Niue and in the Niuean diaspora in New Zealand
Ethnic Identity in an urban diaspora environment
cultural changeAcademic Position (2010 to 2014)
Samoan Ethnic Show Travellers to Germany, 1895-1911 — Museum Fünf Kontinente, Munich, Germany / Fritz Thyssen Foundation
Research Project: archives in Samoa, Australia, New Zealand, Europe
Oral history: descendants of the Samoan ethnic show travellers
Curatorship of a Museum Exhibition resulting from the project
Samoan agency in colonial times |
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