Open gallery

Neal B. Keating, PHD

Associate Professor: (585) 395-5707
nkeating@brockport.edu
Office: Fannie Barrier Williams Bldg 126

Education

PhD, University at Albany, SUNY

Areas of Specialty

Multimodal anthropology of art and activism, focus on collaborative curatorial research with Indigenous communities and organizations in North America, Southeast Asia, and Central America

Courses Taught

ANT 100 - The Human Condition
ANT 201 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANT 301 - Contemporary Issues in Native America
ANT 321 - Global Friction
ANT 331 - Environmental Anthropology
ANT 337 - Introduction to Haudenosaunee Studies
ANT 363 - Anthropology of Religion
ANT 383 - Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology
ANT 401/501 - Native American Art
ANT 415/515 - Human Rights
ANT 463/563 - Museology
ANT 471/571 - Anthropological Theory

Research Interests

THE R. G. MILLER ART PROJECT: ARTISTIC RESPONSE FROM A MOHAWK INSTITUTE SURVIVOR

The R. G. Miller Art Project shows a residential school Survivor-artist’s truth to the public through a curated travelling exhibition of Miller’s art about his experience: what the Mohawk Institute was, what happened to him there, and how he has dealt with it ever since. It is offered with a call to undo the genocidal damage that has been done on Turtle Island (North America). In addition to the exhibition tour, the Project includes production of a documentary film, a multi-authored book, and a web portal.

THE POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES & HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

The aims in this project are to describe and analyze the Indigenous Peoples human rights movement in this region across different scales of human interaction, from international to regional, national and local scales. This is an ongoing long term project grounded in collaborative partnerships with Indigenous Peoples organizations and communities. The current focus is with Indigenous Peoples from Cambodia and Vietnam.

Book

Iroquois Art, Power, and History. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012.

Articles and Chapters

“To Help People See: The Art of G. Peter Jemison.” ARTiculate. Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY, 2021.

“Traversing the Scales of Rights: Interventions from Indigenous Peoples of Cambodia at the United Nations.” In Bellier, I. and Hays, J. (Eds.). Scales of Governance and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in a Globalized World: New Rights or Same Old Wrongs? London: Routledge, 2020.

“Parcourir l’échelle des droits : entre l’instance permanente ds Nations unies sur les questions autochtones et le Cambodge.” In Bellier, I. and Hays, J. (Eds.). Echelles de gouvernance et droits des peuples autochtones, Paris: L’Harmattan, 2019.

“Cambodia.” In Lethe, S. (Ed.), The Indigenous World – 2018. Copenhagen: International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs, 2018.

“Peace-Mapping and Indigenous Peoples.” In Stamatopoulou, E. (Ed.). Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Unreported Struggles: Conflict and Peace. New York: Columbia University Institute for the Study of Human Rights, 2017.

“Cambodia” (co-authored with Mong Vichet). In Mikkelsen, C. (Ed.). The Indigenous World – 2016 Copenhagen: International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs, 2016.

“Kites in the Highlands: Articulating Bunong Indigeneity in Cambodia, Vietnam and Abroad.” Asian Ethnicity 17(4):566-579, 2016.

“Cambodia.” In Mikkelsen, C. (Ed.). The Indigenous World – 2015 Copenhagen: International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs, 2015.

“Cambodia” (co-authored with Pheap Sochea). In Mikkelsen, C. (Ed.). The Indigenous World – 2014 Copenhagen: International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs, 2014.

“Kuy Alterities: The Struggle to Conceptualize and Claim Indigenous Land Rights in Neoliberal Cambodia.” Asia Pacific Viewpoint 54(3):309-322, 2013.

“From Spirit Forest to Rubber Plantation: The Accelerating Disaster of Development in Cambodia.” ASIANetwork Exchange 19(2):68-80, 2012.

“Iroquoian Religion in the Seventeenth Century.” In Stein, S. (Ed.). The Cambridge History of Religions in America:Volume I: Pre-Columbian Times to 1790 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

“Spirits of the Forest: Kuy Peoples Practice Spirit-Based Conservation.” Cultural Survival Quarterly 36(2):24-27, 2012.

“UN General Assembly Adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 144-4.” Anthropology News 48(8): front page photograph, 22-23, 2007.

Curated Public Exhibits

2024 “R. G. Miller: Tsi Non:we Entewaha’hara’ne (Our Path Forward)”. The Rochester Contemporary Art Center. Rochester, NY.

2023 “The Gary Miller Art Project: Artistic Response from a Mohawk Institute Survivor.” The McCord Museum. Montreal, Quebec.

2023 “The Gary Miller Art Project: Artistic Response from a Mohawk Institute Survivor.” Toronto City Hall Rotunda. Toronto, Ontario.

2008-2018 “Mush Hole Remembered: Visual Testimony of R. G. Miller.” Woodland Cultural Centre and Museum (2008 and 2017); Shingwauk Residential School Centre, Algoma University. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (2013); Tower Fine Arts Gallery. SUNY Brockport (2013); Rennison College, University of Waterloo. Kitchener, Ontario (2018).

Film

2024 R. G. Miller: Truth in Painting (30 minutes). Directed by Cher Obediah. Produced by Neal Keating.

2008 Whitey and the Mush Hole: Reclaiming Lahiaaks (36 minutes). Directed and produced by Neal Keating. Awarded Official Selection in the 2018 Annual Kanatsiohareke Haudenosaunee Film Festival.