Bio
Cara Krmpotich is a museum anthropologist, specializing in decolonializing and Indigenizing museum practices. Her research is focused on collections management, repatriation and cultural property, kinship and material culture, and community-engaged practice.
Professor Krmpotich is co-director of the Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures, an interdisciplinary network of scholars based in Indigenous nations, museums and universities committed to reuniting Great Lakes cultural belongings held in museums with the peoples, places, and knowledges of the territory.
She is also co-leader of DigiLabs, an initiative between researchers and museum professionals in Manchester and Toronto to better understand issues of equity, empathy and ethics in digital cultural heritage practices and research.
Memberships
- Past-President of the Council for Museum Anthropology
- Board member for the Ontario Museum Association
- Volunteer at the Textile Museum of Canada
- Volunteer at the Textile Museum of Canada
Other Appointments
- Associate Dean, Faculty Life
- Associate, Victoria College
- Co-director of the Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures
Teaching
MSL1150H Collection Management 0.5 Credits
MSL2000H Curatorial Practice 0.5 Credits
MSL2360H Museums and Indigenous Communities: Changing Relations, Changing Practice 0.5 Credits
MSL2370H Museums and Cultural Heritage: Context and Critical Issues 0.5 Credits
MSL4000Y Museum Studies Capstone Projects 0.5 Credits
INF1005H Information Workshops I 0.25 Credits
INF1006H Information Workshops II 0.25 Credits
INF3001H Research Colloquium 0.5 Credits
Current Supervision
Bradley A. Clements
Supervisor: Cara Krmpotich
Haley Bryant
Supervisor: Cara Krmpotich and Matt Ratto
Hillary Walker Gugan
Supervisor: Cara Krmpotich
- Megan Hull
- Dana Murray
- Maya Hirschman
- Matthew Bouchard