Emma Turner-Trujillo
June storyteller Emma Turner-Trujillo is an Assistant Registrar for the Anthropology Collections at the Field Museum. She ensures that collections from Latin America and the Pacific are received, recorded, and stored according to best practices by facilitating their packing, shipping, documentation, and processing. Her research interests include: the acquisition histories of pre-Columbian collections in the United States, the co-opting of Mexica iconography in Mexico’s World Fairs by the Porfirian government, and indigenous Nahuatl codices. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she has taught courses in Museum Studies. Hear Emma’s story Tuesday, June 2, at OUTspoken at Sidetrack. Seating from 6pm, stories 7-9pm.