Papers by Eve Haddow
This thesis has been an adventure, sometimes joyful and sometimes challenging, but always a thoug... more This thesis has been an adventure, sometimes joyful and sometimes challenging, but always a thought-provoking puzzle to untangle. Many people have supported me and facilitated my research along the way, and I have nothing but gratitude for all of those who have been involved. First, I thank my supervisor and chair of panel, Matthew Spriggs. He has shown unfailing enthusiasm and support from the day he suggested I be involved in his Laureate project. He has inspired me with his passion for archaeology, and by always having confidence in my abilities. I am deeply thankful to my supervisor Hilary Howes, who's intellectually engaging conversations over coffee (coffee coffee) and perpetual encouragement and long-lasting friendship have helped me refine my ideas and kept me going through the challenging times. I also owe the deepest gratitude to my supervisor Bronwen Douglas, an inspiring woman of fierce intellect and unbounded kindness. Our discussions as we walked around Mount Ainslie challenged me to think deeply and have shaped my scholarly approach. Finally, I thank Liz Bonshek for her role as an advisor on my supervisory panel, particularly our conversations around museum collections early in the thesis, which reminded me of the centrality of 'things' in my own approach to research.
Historical Records of Australian Science, 2020
This paper considers the transnational collection, interpretation, and circulation of archaeologi... more This paper considers the transnational collection, interpretation, and circulation of archaeological material acquired in North Solomon Islands (now the Autonomous Region of Bougainville) by Hobart born Methodist missionary the Reverend A. H. Voyce (1899–1984). In 1935, he gave an archaeological assemblage to Father P. O’Reilly, a French Marist priest, in the region to fulfil an ethnographic mission for the Musée d’Ethnographie du Trocadéro/ Musée de l’Homme in Paris, France. Understanding the context of their encounter through international missionary networks, and the subsequent curation and interpretation of the artefacts collected by Voyce in multiple countries and according to different academic traditions, requires an approach that transcends traditional, nationally framed histories. Voyce and O’Reilly were from different socio-cultural and religious backgrounds, deeply inscribed in different national histories. Yet, they were nodes in an extensive network linking early twenti...
Historical Records of Australian Science, 2020
This paper considers the transnational collection, interpretation, and circulation of archaeologi... more This paper considers the transnational collection, interpretation, and circulation of archaeological material acquired in North Solomon Islands (now the Autonomous Region of Bougainville) by Hobart born Methodist missionary the Reverend A. H. Voyce (1899–1984). In 1935, he gave an archaeological assemblage to Father P. O’Reilly, a French Marist priest, in the region to fulfil an ethnographic mission for the Musée d’Ethnographie du Trocadéro/ Musée de l’Homme in Paris, France. Understanding the context of their encounter through international missionary networks, and the subsequent curation and interpretation of the artefacts collected by Voyce in multiple countries and according to different academic traditions, requires an approach that transcends traditional, nationally framed histories. Voyce and O’Reilly were from different socio-cultural and religious backgrounds, deeply inscribed in different national histories. Yet, they were nodes in an extensive network linking early twentieth-century ‘missionary-ethnographers’, Pacific interlocutors, and international scholars that could sometimes transcend language and denominational barriers. Both Voyce and O’Reilly shared a particular interest in ancient artefacts that has positioned them as important contributors to the early twentieth-century formulation of Pacific archaeology; their collections and the ideas they supported quietly becoming significant legacies for the discipline. We cross-analyze the sets of data we have been gathering independently on Voyce and O’Reilly to examine this collection’s story as an exemplary case-study in the transnational history of science.
The Journal of Pacific History, 2019
‘Missionary’ and ‘archaeology’ may appear incongruous partners within contemporary archaeological... more ‘Missionary’ and ‘archaeology’ may appear incongruous partners within contemporary archaeological practice, but archival, museum and oral sources reveal historical connections. This paper explores two missionaries, active in the western Pacific from 1896 to 1973. Reverends Charles Elliot Fox (Melanesian Mission, Solomon Islands) and Frederick Gatherer Bowie (Free Church of Scotland Mission, Vanuatu) both conducted studies related to the prehistory and migration of Pacific people. Both produced material assemblages, as well as textual and visual documents, and formed ideas influenced by their own networks and self identities. The paper examines their data collection methods and relationships with others, considering particularly how their relationships with Pacific Islanders and with psychologist and ethnologist W.H.R. Rivers influenced the missionary research process. By understanding these aspects of their work, Fox and Bowie can be placed within a broader genealogy of Anglophone missionary archaeology dating back to the late 18th century.
Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 2017
The involvement of Christian missionaries in the development of Pacific archaeology often remain... more The involvement of Christian missionaries in the development of Pacific archaeology often remains on the fringes of the discipline's history. This paper aims to contribute to this area of research by exploring the ideas, methods and legacy of one missionary theorist: Reverend William Ellis (1794–1872). Through an exploration of Ellis's work in Polynesia, specific focus will be directed to the ways in which he read interpretations of Pacific prehistory in material culture, linguistics, oral traditions and island landscapes. Ellis's theories attracted interest from eminent individuals such as Charles Darwin and John Dunmore Lang, creating a complex network of knowledge exchange between missionaries, Pacific Islanders and armchair ethnographers. The involvement of missionaries in early ethnology arguably forms an integral part of the foundations of Pacific archaeology. Investigating and analysing the content and context of work by those such as Ellis has value for understanding the development of the discipline.
This document offers a summary of some of the Pacific material culture held in museums in Scotlan... more This document offers a summary of some of the Pacific material culture held in museums in Scotland. It was produced as an outcome of the 'Pacific Collections Review' project http://www.nms.ac.uk/pacific
Book Chapters by Eve Haddow
Uncovering Pacific Pasts: Histories of Archaeology in Oceania, 2022
Resonant Histories: Pacific artefacts and the voyages of HMS Royalist 1890-1893, 2019
Lay-out & cover design: Sidestone Press Photograph cover: Photograph of the Union Jack being rais... more Lay-out & cover design: Sidestone Press Photograph cover: Photograph of the Union Jack being raised on Kiribati by crew members of HMS Royalist, 1892. Unknown photographer. Courtesy Fiji Museum. ISBN 978-90-8890-629-9 (softcover) ISBN 978-90-8890-630-5 (hardcover) ISBN 978-90-8890-631-2 (PDF e-book)
The archaeology of portable art : Southeast Asian, Pacific, and Australian perspectives, 2018
Lay-out & cover design: Sidestone Press Photograph cover: Tolai Mask, New Britain, collected by R... more Lay-out & cover design: Sidestone Press Photograph cover: Tolai Mask, New Britain, collected by Rev. George Brown. h. 76 cm, accession number Oc1986,03.1. Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum.
Book by Eve Haddow
This book explores a complex relational assemblage, a collection of 1481 Pacific artefacts brough... more This book explores a complex relational assemblage, a collection of 1481 Pacific artefacts brought together by Captain Edward Henry Meggs Davis, during the three voyages of HMS Royalist between 1890-1893. The collection is indicative not just of a period of colonial collecting in the Pacific, but also the development of ethnographic collections in the UK and Europe. This period of history remains present in the social and cultural lives of many Pacific Islanders today. Using the collections as a starting point the book is divided into two parts. The first provides the historical background to the three voyages of HMS Royalist, discussing each voyage, its aims and outcomes, and the role that Davis played within this. Davis' motivations to collect and the various means of collecting that he employed are then explored within this historical context. Finally the first part considers what happened to the collection once it was sent from the Pacific to England, where and how it was sold, and how the collection was a part of and subject to the networks of museums, and private collectors in the UK and Europe during the end of the 19th century beginning of the 20th century. It offers a detailed view of the contents and development of the collection, and what the collection can tell us about British ethnographic collecting at the end of the nineteenth century. The second part of the book explores the traces left by the ship amongst the Pacific Islands communities it visited. Focusing on three Pacific Islands-Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Kiribati-the chapters in this section interrogate the contemporary relevance of this period of colonial history for Islanders today, exploring current social, political and environmental issues.
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