BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cannibal Forking - Dr Alana Jelinek DTSTART:20111029T090000Z DTEND:20111029T153000Z UID:TALK33177@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Alana Jelinek DESCRIPTION:Artist Alana Jelinek was intrigued by the Museum of Archaeolog y & Anthropology’s collection of cannibal forks. When they were collecte d in the nineteenth century\, it was thought they were evidence of canniba lism in the South Pacific but the history is more complicated than that. A lana’s artwork\, ‘Tall Stories: Cannibal Forks’ explores these myths and the realities derived from anthropological research. \nFree events al l day.\nNo booking required for films and talks.\n\n\n* Making cannibal fo rks with artist Alana Jelinek - all day 10.00-16.30 (including art work\, 'Tall Stories:Cannibal Forks' 2010) \n* 13.00 - Dr Lucie Carreau talk (45m ins) ‘Cannibal encounters: museums\, objects and photographs’\n* 14.00 - 'Cannibal Tours' film screening (70mins)\, dir Dennis O'Rourke\, 1988\n * 15.30 - Dr Anita Herle talk (45mins)\n\nJoin artist\, Alana Jelinek\, re -staging her successful 'Cannibal Forking'. Participants will carve their own cannibal forks over a day\, learning the\nnecessary green wood working skills\, using native English woods\, while discussing the history and pe rception of 'cannibal forks' from the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology 's collection. A wider audience is invited to drop by and join in the disc ussion about these contested objects. The day will be punctuated by talks from Dr Lucie Carreau and Dr Anita Herle about their anthropology research into Fiji and the South Pacific region plus a screening of the 1988 film\ , 'Cannibal Tours'.\n\nTo book a place on Alana Jelinek's 'Cannibal Forkin g'\, please email Liz Haslemere: eh268@cam.ac.uk or telephone: 01223 76495 6 or 01223 333516. All\nother events on the day are drop-in. Sponsored by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science . LOCATION:Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR