Kelley Curtis (SOC) wrote:
>
> Dear List Members (Anthro-types primarily),
>
>         I would like to know if there have been any recent exhibits
> dealing with the concept of race?  I am enrolled in a Museum Methods class
> this semester and plan to do an exhibit on race for our department's small
> Anthropology Exhibit Gallery.  I would like some ideas from the list on
> effective ways to present this difficult subject.  Knowing how it has been
> handled would be of interest and use to me.  In particular, any thoughts
> on objects that I could acquire to illustrate important concepts are
> especially welcome.
>
> Some guiding questions (tentative):
> Race: biological reality or social construct?  How is race determined?  By
> whom?  For what purpose?  What value does the concept have, if any?
>
> "Objects" can include: newspaper clippings (e.g., on controversial medical
> issues, such as bone marrow donors, and local racial riots that occurred
> here recently); pages from old anthropology textbooks; graphics of
> geographic distributions of genetic traits (e.g., maps); casts of relevant
> skeletal materials (i.e., skulls); photographs, etc...
>
> I should mention,too, that this exhibit will occupy only one display
> case.  Comments and information are appreciated. Thanks in
> advance!
>
> Kelley Curtis
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> Applied Anthropology
> University of South Florida, Tampa

The recent (2/97) issue of Natural History has a small article on Race
and Intelligence.

Betty Brennan
Taylor Studios, Inc.
http//www.shout.net/~taylor