Ngaire Blankenberg

Ngaire Blankenberg
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Winnipeg,
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar Natal M.A. (mul) : media studies (en) Carleton University (en) Digiri : journalism
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	museum professional (en) , mai tsare-tsaren gidan talabijin, orator (en) da marubuci
Employers	National Museum of African Art (en)  (6 ga Yuli, 2021 -

Ngaire Blankenberg (born 1971 or 1972) is a Canadian-born South African museum designer, consultant, and administrator. She is a former director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.

Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi

Iyayen Blankenberg 'yan Afirka ta Kudu ne kuma an haife ta ne a Winnipeg, Manitoba . Mahaifiyarta White ce kuma mahaifinta Coloured ne (kuma albino); sun koma Kanada saboda auren su na Launi fata ba bisa ka'ida ba ne a Afirka ta Kudu a wannan lokacin. Ta sami digiri na aikin jarida daga Jami'ar Carleton kuma ta yi aiki na shekaru 12 a talabijin da shirye-shirye, ciki har da shekara guda a matsayin mai daukar hoto a jerin fina-finai na CBC, kafin ta koma Afirka ta Kudu don nazarin kafofin watsa labarai da al'adu, ta sami digiri na biyu daga Jami'iyyar Natal. Ta koma Kanada kuma ta fara aiki a matsayin mai tsara gidan kayan gargajiya da kuma mai ba da shawara.

Ayyukan gidan kayan gargajiya

Blankenberg ya yi aiki tare da National Gallery of Canada a Ottawa, Superblue Miami, gidan kayan gargajiya a Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, da Gidan Tarihi na Kanada don 'Yancin Dan Adam a Winnipeg . An san ta da kwarewarta wajen bunkasa shirye-shiryen mulkin mallaka don cibiyoyin al'adu da kuma ci gaban ra'ayi da kuma shiga cikin jama'a.

Blankenberg ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara tare da kamfanin ƙirar Dutch Kossmann.dejong da kuma Lord Cultural Resources na Toronto, inda ta kasance babban mai ba da Shawara. A cikin 2016, tare da Lord co-kafa Gail Lord, ta hada Cities, Museums da Soft Power don American Alliance of Museums . Ubangiji da Blankenberg sun yi jayayya cewa ya kamata a fadada manufar iko mai laushi daga bangaren siyasa don haɗawa da "rayuwar al'adu da birni".

Daga 2021 har zuwa 2023, ta kasance darakta na Gidan Tarihi na Afirka a Washington, DC. Lokacin da aka nada ta darakta a ranar 7 ga Yuli, 2021, ta sanar da burinta na "sake bayyanawa, warkarwa da sulhunta". A lokacin da take aiki, Blankenberg ta kasance jagora don dawowa da kayan tarihi a cikin tarin gidan kayan gargajiya, kuma a cikin 2022 gidan kayan gargajiya ya dawo da tagulla 29 da aka sace zuwa Najeriya. Blankenberg ta yi murabus daga matsayinta a ranar 31 ga Maris, 2023, tana mai ambaton "tsayayyar mutum da ma'aikata".