File puptcrit/puptcrit.0712, message 102


Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:28:45 -0500
From: "Steve Abrams" <sapuppets-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] research on "museum puppetry"


Hi Fay
for many years I have been working with university of pennsylvania
anthropology and archeology museum.
I developed 3 native american trickster tales to go with their native
american collection.
For the Greek collection we do Aesop's fables, and somethimes other Greek
myths
I can give you more information off-list
Steve


On 12/13/07, Fay Tsitou <ftsitou-AT-gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Dear Puptcritters,
>
> I am a first year postgraduate student in Royal Holloway University of
> London (Drama and Theatre Department) and have been a lurker on the list
> for
> the last months. Before coming to London, I worked at the Athens
> University
> Museum's education and activities department, and have also worked in
> Greece
> as a puppet director and performer for the last few years.
>
> My present PhD research is about the use of puppetry in museum education.
> I
> have just begun the explorations of this field, and have been in
> correspondence over the last months with Patricia O'Donovan (who is head
> of
> UNIMA Israel and worked in many Israeli museums and has a PhD in zoology),
> Robert Poulter in England (who creates toy theatre shows related to
> science
> and art exhibitions) and others. I have also ordered a copy of the video
> of
> Lewis Latimer: Renaissance Man, African American Inventor, a puppet play
> by
> The Brewery Troupe and the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center 'that tells the
> story of African American inventor Lewis Latimer' (
> http://www.iteaconnect.org/Publications/LemelsonProducts.pdf
> <http://www.iteaconnect.org/Publications/LemelsonProducts.pdf> ). I have
> also investigated the very limited literature in this field.  I am
> planning
> to set up a webpage (possibly on MySpace or a Blog) dealing with my
> research.
>
> I was wondering if there is any way of learning more about the personal
> experience in this field of members of this about creating shows to be
> performed in museums that relate directly to museum collections or
> exhibitions. I would be happy to be contacted directly or through the
> list!
>
> Sincerely Yours,
>
> Fay Tsitou
> Museum Educator and PhD Student, Royal Holloway, University of London
> Email: ftsitou-AT-gmx.net
>
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