Rosaleen McAfee
About
After completing an M.A. at the University at Buffalo, NY, with a research focus on critical museology and feminist studies applied to the National Museum of Ireland, I began my PhD with UBC’s Anthropology department. My current research is situated in the UNESCO World Heritage designated rice terraces of the Philippines, where I consider the impacts of tourism on the people living and working upon these terraced landscapes.
Research
Critical Museology; Tourism Studies; Cultural Heritage; Feminist Theory; Nationalism; Postcolonialism; Secularization; Folklore
Research summary:
My current research considers forms of ‘authenticity policing’ with which cultural heritage institutions engage, particularly in governmental sectors concerned with tourism, and the localized actions materializing these discourses in heritage-tourism. I believe that it is necessary to challenge the essentializing rhetoric embedded in the etic search for ‘authenticity’ in Indigenous groups’ cultural heritage.
Additional Description
Museum Studies