Carmen Robertson, Carleton University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Carleton University profile.

storytelling art market art Anishinaabe painting cultural preservation modern Indigenous art Canadian art art collection

Latest funding

Visiting with Morrisseau
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$22,012
Thinking Through the Museum: A partnership approach to curating difficult knowledge in public
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$776,567
Morrisseau project: 1955-1985
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$396,644

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Visiting with Morrisseau

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Robertson, Carmen

Keywords: Indigenous art; storytelling; visual art; curatorial; community outreach

$22,012

Thinking Through the Museum: A partnership approach to curating difficult knowledge in public

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: partnership development; interdisciplinary collaboration; partnered knowledge mobilization; museums; education; difficult knowledge; public engagement; curatorial practices; Indigenous knowledge; diverse communities

$776,567

Morrisseau project: 1955-1985

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Robertson, Carmen

Keywords: art; Anishinaabe painting; storytelling; cultural preservation; modern Indigenous art; Canadian art; art collection; art market; museums; art forgery; visual aesthetics; art history

$396,644

North American Indigenous Visual and Material Culture

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Robertson, Carmen

$400,000

North American Indigenous Visual and Material Culture

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Robertson, Carmen

Keywords: Indigenous art; Indigenous aesthetics; intergenera-tional knowledge; storytelling; painting; beadwork; visual culture; colonialism; decolonization; art theory; Anishinaabe art; Lakota art; Plains art; art market; museums studies; archival research; contemporary art; pre-contact art; borderlands global Indigenous art; community-based research

$950,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: storytelling Dear Professor Robertson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on storytelling connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Visiting with Morrisseau" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]