Cowboys and Indians

What happens when a museum founded by “America’s Favorite Singing Cowboy, Gene Autry” takes over “the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, with its neglected world-class collection of 250,000 objects”? According to the New York Times you end up with a successful mix of “realism and fantasy, skepticism and enthusiasm.”

It almost makes sense, but I think I’ll have to see it to believe it…

P. Kerim Friedman is an assistant professor in the Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures at National Dong Hwa University, in Taiwan, where he teaches linguistic and visual anthropology. He is co-director of the film Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!, winner of the 2011 Jean Rouch Award from the Society of Visual Anthropology. Follow Kerim on Twitter.