Who owns Indigenous Culture 鈥� Dream Colloquium lecture
, a professor at Australia鈥檚 University of Queensland, will address ownership of native culture at the second installment in one of two lecture series in the . OnThursday, Jan. 22, 3:30-5 p.m. at West Mall Centre 3260, Burnaby campus, Lilley will deliver Who Owns Indigenous Culture鈥hen the World Comes Knocking? Indigenous Cultural Heritage and World Heritage, the World Bank and World-Wide Corporations. The lecture is one of a six-part series on protecting indigenous cultural heritage.
Lilley, who teaches Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in Australia, researches pre-European trading systems in islands off New Guinea. His 30-year academic career in Australasian and Indo-Pacific archaeology and cultural heritage management has led him to investigate how several factors impact the 鈥渙wnership鈥� of indigenous culture. These factors, which impact the fate of indigenous peoples globally, include, social identity, archaeological ethics, and the role of archaeology and cultural heritage in contemporary society.
Kristen Dobbin, a communications specialist with the SFU-led Intellectual Property Issues Cultural Heritage (IPinCH) research team, is handling media queries. IPinCH is a co-sponsor of this lecture series.
Kristen Dobbin (best reached via email), kristen_dobbin@sfu.ca