Past event summary
Ancient Jewellery through the Years
About the event
Ancient jewellery and UAE’s rich archaeological history were explored at our webinar with Marie-Claire Bakker – an expert who has been documenting and researching jewellery of the region for over 30 years.
She gave an overview of archaeological jewellery finds in the Arabian Peninsula and the main materials used, as well as understand the social function, symbolism and ritual significance of jewellery in the region.
Key topics include:
- Why is material culture important?
- Major archaeological jewellery finds within the region
- Relationship between jewellery and social rituals of the region
- Identifying components in developing research and where resources can be found
Event details
Where
Online. Upon registration, you will receive details on how to join the webinar.
When
11:00am - 12:00pm, 05 Apr 2021
Agenda
Introduction
Dubai Design Academy
Presentation
Marie-Claire Bakker, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, College of Arts and Creative Enterprises
Zayed University, Abu Dhabi
Q&A
Speaker
MARIE-CLAIRE BAKKER
ASSISTANT DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CREATIVE ENTERPRISES
ZAYED UNIVERSITY, ABU DHABI
Marie-Claire Bakker holds an MA in Arabic from the University of Edinburgh UK, and an MPhil in Ethnology and Museum Ethnography from the University of Oxford, UK. She has been documenting and researching jewellery in the region for over 30 years. Her cross-disciplinary research includes the documentation of social change using the material culture of the Arabian Gulf; student engagement and culturally embedded pedagogy in the creative sector higher education in the UAE and wider Gulf region, and how digital humanities tools and global sustainability goals can be integrated into the design curriculum. Other research focuses on the concept of liminality as a lens through which to discuss a comparative ethnography of islands in the Arabian Gulf. Marie-Claire is Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, College of Arts and Creative Enterprises at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi and teaches material culture, art history and curatorial subjects.
Webinar Facilitator
SAMER MERHI
SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER - EVENTS
DMCC
Samer Merhi is the Senior Marketing Manager of Events at DMCC, the world’s leading Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise.
Joining DMCC in 2012, Samer is responsible for delivering the organisation’s event programme in line with corporate marketing strategy and business objectives.
Technically knowledgeable and professionally qualified, Samer forges strategic relationships with partners around the world to deliver an ever-growing DMCC calendar of events both physical and virtual.
In a career spanning 15 years, Samer has managed some of the region’s largest and high-profile live events and conferences, as well as diplomatic meetings and industry gatherings.