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About the author
Philipp Schorch is a professor of museum anthropology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat in Munich, Germany, where he leads the ERC-funded project Indigeneities in the 21st Century.
Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu (Kanaka 'ÅŒiwi/Native Hawaiian) is an assistant specialist in American Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Sean Mallon is of Samoan and Irish descent. He is senior curator of Pacific Cultures at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Cristián Moreno Pakarati is a Rapanui historian and founding member of the research and educational organization Rapanui Pioneers Society based in Rapa Nui.
Mara Mulrooney is a senior project supervisor at Pacific Legacy, Inc. She previously served as director of cultural resources at Bishop Museum, Hawai'i.
Nina Tonga is curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. She is of Tongan descent, born in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Ty P. Kawika Tengan (Kanaka 'ÅŒiwi/Native Hawaiian) is an associate professor of ethnic studies and anthropology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Summary
Offers a collaborative ethnographic investigation of Indigenous museum practices in three Pacific museums located at the corners of the so-called Polynesian triangle: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Hawai'i; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; and Museo Antropológico Padre Sebastián Englert, Rapa Nui.
