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Museums Connect Phase I Museum Profile Form • Phase I Museum Profiles for the 2013 cycle must be submitted byUS and non-US museums no later thanOctober 15, 2012 to be included on the Museums Connect website for review. Prepartnered US and non-US museums must submit a Phase I Museum Profiles no later than January 14, 2013. • All materials must be submitted in English, in a sans-serif font (e.g., Arial or Verdana)at 11 or 12 point, and formatted for letter-size paper. • Please note page limits. Additional pages are notconsidered for review. About the Museum William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky Name of Museum 211 Lafferty Hall Mailing/Street Address Lexington, KY 40506-0024, USA City/State/Mailing Code/Country (1)859-257-6923 Telephone (include all country codes) http://anthropology.as.uky.edu/museum-anthropology Website (if applicable) Dr. George M. Crothers Name of Director (First Name FAMILY NAME) 1931 Year Founded 4 full time, 2 part time Number of Paid Employees Associate Professor Title Anthropological Type of Museum Size and Range of Collections 1. Archaeological and osteological materials primarily from Kentucky (approx. 9000 collections) 2. Ethnographic materials primarily from North & South America, S.E. Asia (approx.. 2500 items) 3. Original documents (currently 9000 technical reports &original documents, maps, and photographs for all archaeological collections) Facilities 1. Small exhibition area and staff offices in the Department of Anthropology, Lafferty Hall. 2. Off campus archaeological facility containing 10,000 sq. ft. of curatorial space and 15,000 sq. ft. of research labs and offices for staff and students working on museum and archaeological field projects. Public Programs and Other Public Activities The Museum is the primary curatorial facility for archaeological collections from Kentucky and houses the Office of State Archaeology, which maintains official records on all known archaeological sites in the state, for the benefit of government agencies and the public. The museum hosts visiting scholars from national and international institutions to conduct research on the collections and provides research opportunities for student interns and volunteers. Mission Statement The W. S. Webb Museum’s mission is to serve a diverse audience, from the layperson to professionals; to preserve significant, irreplaceable objects; and to contribute to our understanding of past and present cultures, especially those of the prehistoric inhabitants and early historic settlers of Kentucky. The Museum serves this mission by: 1. acquiring and maintaining anthropological collections, 2. supporting anthropological research, and 3. disseminating anthropological knowledge. Project Ideas List three to four projects your institution is interested in developing with a partner museum. Projects should involve community engagement in both countries. Museums Connect does not fund projects concepts focused solely on staff development, exhibition design/object exchange, or artist residencies. Use only the space provided. 1. The dispersal of horses across the globe and their cultural significance. For example, a potential exhibition title might be: “Globe -Trotters: Equines –A Long Journey from the EurasianSteppes to the Kentucky Bluegrass.” 2. Gender roles in African countries. For example: “Cause Our Mothers said so!” Entrepreneurship and Economic Mobility of Women in WestAfrican Societies.” 3. Interdependence of human groups and natural environments. For example: “From this World and Beyond: Melting Ice and Drifting Cultures. Hunter and Gatherer Societies of the Arctic Circle – The Last of Their Kind.” 4. The impact of colonization and modernization on indigenous peoples. For example: “Heritage and New Identity: Native American Societies of the Eastern Woodlands. Social Evolution, Economic Transition, and Cultural Survival.” Community Involvement Direct community engagement is the foundation for Museums Connect. List ways in which community members in both countries may be directly involved in executing the project. Use only the space provided. Our mission is to inspire people to experience world cultures, promote active citizenship, democracy, and social justice. While collaborating with organizations and museums who share our vision, we support equal and two way partnerships, which help to create mutual benefits and clear outcomes for all partners. We share expertise and resources with our partners to maximize what we can offer the public. We encourage direct community involvement through dialogue about their needs and desires, expectations, and interests regarding exhibition projects. We anticipate direct involvement through the mutual exchange of students and professional staff between partner museums to assist in the design and implementation of projects. We hope this exchange will inspire students to develop personal skills, international knowledge,and a passion to work in multicultural settings that will enable them to become active global citizens. About the Project Coordinator Attach a one-page bio in English Christian First Name D.Mittendorf Middle Name/Initial (if used) Male FAMILY NAME Coordinator for Museum Exhibits, Research&Public Outreach Cultural Anthropology Position [email protected] Email Address Female Specialty 859-257-6923 Telephone Is the Project Coordinator a full-time, permanent employee of the museum? Yes No Languages Please list all languages in which the Project Coordinator is proficient. Please include English even if it is the Coordinator’s first language. English Excellent Good Fair German Excellent Good Fair Dutch Excellent Good Excellent Good Fair Excellent Good Fair Language Language Language Language Language Fair Christian D. Mittendorf Coordinator for Museum Exhibits, Research & Public Outreach, Department for Anthropology at the University of Kentucky My duties involve a variety of administrative tasks including planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating educational programs for the William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky. Hence I coordinate educational museum and exhibit related programs with the University, Lexington City, Kentucky state and nationally. I work under the supervision of the Museum Director. I oversee the day to day on-site and outreach program operations such as maintaining the on-line museum catalog, the artifact database and correspondence. Additionally, I coordinate the museum outreach program to that effect, that I am responsible for the development of marketing and publicity plans, and the dissemination of all promotional materials for exhibitions and related events. Specifically: National outreach, I - coordinate a partnership concept between the Department of Anthropology at UK, the Office of State Archaeology in Kentucky and two local non-for-profit organizations, the “Bluegrass Conservancy” and “Preservation Kentucky”. This affiliation is intended to encourage more future museum exhibits, educative workshops and projects on public recreational activities and farmland conservation. Furthermore, I am responsible for the coordination of lending museum artifacts to other institutions within Kentucky and beyond state boundaries. Additionally, I assist local museums to develop exhibits on Kentucky prehistory, early history and anthropological topics; currently 17 loans are active as exhibit materials at other institutions University (Undergraduate) outreach, I - coordinate and design exhibits and materials in the archeological and ethnographic collections. assist in the development of a new undergraduate course on museum exhibit design and management coordinate the development of public outreach material targeting specific study programs, such as Latin Studies, Appalachian Studies and International Studies create educational material and virtual exhibitions for the museum’s web pages support visiting scholars and supervise student interns and work study students Educational, I - assist the Museum Director in identifying grants, coordinate and develop grant proposals identify and target groups of diverse social and cultural background, as it is also my goal to advertise the importance of museums to College-, High- and Middle-school students and provide the accessibility for “hands-on” learning experiences Educational background I hold Master’s degrees in Cultural Anthropology, Political Sciences and Intercultural Didactics/ Cultural Studies from the Georgia-Augusta University of Goettingen, Germany. I also hold a Bachelor degree as Educator (Social-pedagogic) from the “Professional College of Social-pedagogic & Social-work” in Braunschweig, Germany.