Anne Allen's Faculty Work
Publications
Books
Allen, Anne and Deborah Waite, eds. Re-positioning Pacific Art: Artists, Objects, Histories: Proceedings of the 7th International Pacific Arts Symposium. Crawford House Publishing. In press.
Transporting the Spirit: Papuan Gulf Art from the Marc Seidler Collection. Catalogue of the exhibition. New Albany, Indiana: Indiana University Southeast, 1999.
Volumes
Allen, Anne, ed. Special Focus: Pacific Architecture. NS vol. 6, Pacific Arts, 2007.
Book Chapters
The House as Social Metaphor: Architecture, Space, and Language in Western Samoa. In Representing Space in Oceania: Culture in Language and Mind, Giovanni Bennardo (ed.), Pacific Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, 2002: 233 - 246.
The Architectural Stage: Status, Ceremony and Theater in Western Samoa. Easter Island in Pacific Context, South Seas Symposium: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Easter Islands and East Polynesia, Christopher Stevenson, Georgia Lee, F.J. Morin (eds.), Easter Island Foundation, 1998: 55 - 62.
Refereed International Journal Articles
Modernity and Tradition: Western Architecture Styles in Village Samoa. Pacific Arts, NS vol. 6, 2007: 14 - 23.
The Tie that Binds: Siapo, Western Cloth and Samoan Social Space. In Hybrid Textiles: Pragmatic Creativity and Authentic Innovations in Pacific Cloth, Special Issue, Pacific Arts. NS, vol. 3 – 5, 2007: 94 - 103.
Transforming Samoan Space into Place: Dance and the Construction of Community. The International Journal of the Arts in Society. Vol. 1, No. 5, 2007: 1 – 10.
All the World's A Stage: The 19th Century Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) House as Theater. American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Center for Native American Studies, vol. 21, no. 4, 1997: 29 – 74.
The Ritual of Architecture: The Creation of Samoan Guest Fale. Pacific Arts, vol. 9 & 10, July 1994.
A Stylistic Analysis of the Codex Cozcatzin: Its Implications for the Study of Post Conquest Aztec Manuscripts. Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl, vol. 24, 1994: 255 - 282.
Architecture as Social Expression in Western Samoa: Axioms and Models. Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Fall 1993: 33 - 46.
Encyclopedia Entries
The Guest House. The Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, Paul Oliver (ed.), Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 1997.
Samoan Fale Spatial Organization. The Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, Paul Oliver (ed.), Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 1997.
Catalogue Entries
Pride and Identity: The Legacy of Native American Art. Introduction to the exhibition catalog. New Albany, Indiana: Indiana University Southeast, 2003.
Art of Transformation Objects from the West African Collection of Berea College. Introduction to the exhibition catalog. New Albany, Indiana: Indiana University Southeast, 1998.
Book Reviews
Pacific Encounters by Steven Hooper. Journal of the Polynesian Society. Volume 116, Number 1, March 2007: 77 - 78.
Hiapo: Past and Present in Niuean Barkcloth by John Pule and Nicholas Thomas. Pacific Affairs, vol. 79, no. 3, Fall 2006: 571 – 572.
Hawaiian Quilts: Tradition and Transition by Reiko Mochinaga Brandon and Loretta G. H. Woodward. Pacific Affairs, vol. 78, no. 3, Fall 2005: 524 – 527
The Art of Tivaevae: Traditional Cook Islands Quilting by Lynnsay Rongokea. The Contemporary Pacific, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall 2003: 511-512.
Tongan Art by Keith St Cartmail. Pacific Arts, vol. 23 and 24, July 2001: 147 – 148.
Picturing Paradise: Colonial Photography of Samoa, 1875 - 1925. Pacific Arts, vol. 13 & 14, July 1996.
Magazine Articles
Angel Mounds: The Culture of the Mississippian People. Angelo Magazine. Vol. 3, No. 5, Spring 2006: 20 – 21.
Art of New Zealand: The Preservation of Indigenous Art. Angelo Magazine. Vol. 1, No. 1, April/May 2004: 14 – 17.
Student Publications Edited
Pride and Identity: The Legacy of Native American Art, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, 2003.
Art of Transformation, Objects from the West African Collection of Berea College, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, 1998.
Papers Presented
International Conferences: Competitively Chosen
Selling the Pacific: The Exhibition of Oceanic Culture at the Chicago World’s Columbian Exhibition. Pacific Arts Association International Conference, Paris, July 2007.
Transforming Samoan Space into Place: Dance and the Construction of Community: International Conference on the Arts in Society. Edinburgh, Scotland, August 2006.
Constructing Tradition: The Objectification of Textiles and Architecture in Samoa. Pacific Arts Association International Conference, Salem, Massachusetts, July 2005.
Transforming Space into Place: Architecture, Dance, and the Construction of Community in Samoa. Pacific Arts Association International Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, June 2003.
Clash of Canons: Tradition and Modernism in Samoan Public Architecture. Pacific Arts Association International Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November, 1999.
The Architectural Stage: Status, Ceremony and Theater in Western Samoa, South Seas Symposium: Easter Island in Pacific Context, Albuquerque, August, 1997.
Samoa in a Multi-National World. 7th Pacific Arts Festival Symposium, Apia, Western Samoa, September, 1996.
Space, Boundary and Society: The Language of Samoan Architecture. International Association of Word and Image Studies Third International Congress, Ottawa, August 1993.
The Ritual of Architecture: The Creation of Samoan Guest Fale. Pacific Arts Association International Conference, Adelaide, Australia, April, 1993.
National Conferences: Competitively Chosen
Foreign Styles, Indigenous Priorities: The Assimilation of Western Architecture in Rural Samoa. College Art Association, Atlanta, February 2005.
Buildings as Symbolic Property: Transfer and Ownership in Samoan Village Architecture. College Art Association, Boston, February, 1996.
Discourse and Dialogue: Meaning in Samoan Architectural Genre. College Art Association, Seattle, February, 1993.
Regional Conferences: Competitively Chosen
The Tapa of Tonga and Samoa: An Analysis of Style. Southern California Association for the Study of African, Oceanic and Native American Art, San Diego, June, 1985.
International Conferences
From Object to Icon: The Globalization of Samoan Tapa and Fale. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Auckland, New Zealand, February 2002.
Symbols of Samoa: The Relocation of Architecture and Barkcloth from the Village Arena to the National Stage. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Miccosukee, Florida, February 2001.
Current Developments in Samoan Tapa and Architecture. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Vancouver, British Columbia, February, 2000.
Changes in Samoan Material Culture. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Vancouver, British Columbia, February, 2000.
Dance and the Actualization of Space in Samoan Social Practice. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Vancouver, British Columbia, February, 2000.
Dance as Negotiation: The Dynamics of Social Creation in Western Samoa. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Hilo, Hawai'i, February, 1999.
Architectural and Ritual Space in Western Samoa, Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, San Diego, February, 1998.
Architectural Strategies: The Adaptation of the Foreign in Samoan Domestic Structures, Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, San Diego, February, 1998.
The United States and Samoa at the End of the Nineteenth Century, Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, San Diego, February, 1997.
The Tie That Binds (part 2). Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, San Diego, February, 1997.
Old Patterns, New Contexts: Samoan Architectural Strategies in a Modern World, Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, San Diego, February, 1997.
The Tie That Binds: Cloth and the Manipulation of Samoan Social Space. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Kona, Hawai'i, February, 1996
Festivals and the Creation of Social Ties in Western Samoa. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Kona, Hawai'i, February, 1996
Vernacular Architecture in Western Samoa. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Kona, Hawai'i, February, 1996
Invitational Lectures
Public and Private Devotion: Catholic Art Through Time as an Expression of Faith. Invitational Lecture sponsored by the Indiana University Southeast Newman Catholic Fellowship. New Albany, Indiana, March 2007.
From the Pacific Ocean to Oceania: Samoan Space and the Humanities. Keynote address for Southeast Indiana Humanities Conference. New Albany, Indiana, February 2007.
Funeral Practices of the Dogon of West Africa. Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, Indiana, July 2002
Funeral Practices in the South Pacific. Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, Indiana, June 2002.
Death and Dying in Western Art. Opening lecture for the exhibition A New Way of Seeing: Bereavement and Hope Through the Arts, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana, May 2002.
Lashing the Samoan World: Architecture, Cloth, Space and Society in Western Polynesia, Grinnell College, Grinnell Iowa, April 1997.
Research on Samoa: Mead, Freeman & Beyond. Indiana University, Bloomington, November, 1996
Architecture Without Walls: Space and Social Relationships in Polynesian Samoa. Indiana University Southeast Faculty Colloquium, March 1995.
Trouble in Paradise: Art and Culture in Western Samoa. Adult Student Center Symposium, Indiana University Southeast, February, 1995.
Native Australian Art as Statement of Identity. Johnson County Community College, Kansas City, Missouri, April, 1994.
Australian Aboriginal Art: Links to the Past, Movement to the Future. Maryland Institute of Fine Arts, Baltimore, April, 1994
South Pacific Architecture as Social Statement: A Samoan Example. Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, March, 1994
Spatial Destruction in Samoan Architecture: The Creation of Social Ties. University of South Florida, Tampa, March, 1994.
Space as Social Construct: The Vernacular Architecture of Western Samoa. Columbia University Symposium Pacific Orientations: New Directions in the Study of Oceanic Art, New York, March 1993.
Sessions Chaired
International Conferences
Containing Ritual. Pacific Arts Association, Christchurch, New Zealand, June 2003.
Negotiated Space and the Construction of Community Symposium. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Vancouver, February, 2000.
Negotiated Space and the Construction of Community Working Session. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Hilo, Hawai’i, February, 1999.
Artistic Agency in a Colonial / Post Colonial Pacific. College Art Association, Toronto, February, 1998 with Carol Ivory, Washington State University, Pullman.
Constructed Space in Oceania. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, San Diego, February, 1998.
National Conferences
Cloth, Women, and Polynesia: The Legacy of Jehanne Teilhet-Fisk. College Art Association, Seattle, February, 2004.
Exhibitions Curated
Pride and Identity: The Legacy of Native American Art, Ronald S. Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, February, 2003. Curated in conjunction with students.
Transporting the Spirit: Papuan Gulf Art from the Marc Seidler Collection, Ronald S. Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, September 1999.
Art of Transformation: Objects from the West African Collection of Berea College, Ronald S. Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, June 1998. Curated in conjunction with students.
Dissertation
Space As Social Construct: The Vernacular Architecture of Rural Samoa. Columbia University in the City of New York, Art History Department, 1993
Master's Thesis
The Tapa Cloth of Tonga and Samoa: A Study in Continuity and Change. California State University, Art History Division, Fine Arts Department, San Diego, 1985.
