Diana Marsh

2014    PhD., Anthropology (Museum Anthropology focus). University of British Columbia

2010    M.Phil. Social Anthropological Analysis(Museums & Heritage focus), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

2009    B.F.A. Visual Arts, Photography concentration; Cultural Anthropology double major, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts.

Diana Marsh is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian’s National Anthropological Archives (NAA) who studies how heritage institutions produce and share knowledge. Her current research focuses on the digital dissemination of archival and museum collections. At the NAA she is leading a three-year NSF-funded project to research the use, access, and discoverability of the NAA's collections. 

Book Chapter

• Marsh, Diana, Moriarty, Peyton, Myers, Elena, and Bell, Joshua A. 2023. "Media Technologies and Salvage Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution: An Exploration of Archival Documents and Museum Power Relations." In U.S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation: Never Neutral. Schiavo, Laura, editor. 81–103. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003263616.

Journal Article

• Marsh, Diana E., St. Andre, Selena, Wagner, Travis, and Bell, Joshua A. 2023. "Attitudes and uses of archival materials among science-based anthropologists." Archival Science, 23 355–379. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-023-09411-z.
• Marsh, Diana E., Bell, Joshua A., Greene, Candace S., and Turner, Hannah. 2021. "Bridging anthropology and its archives: an analysis from the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives." Anthropology Today, 37, (2) 19–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12643.
• Marsh, Diana E., Leopold, Robert, Crowe, Katherine, and Madison, Katherine S. 2020. "Access Policies for Native American Archival Materials in the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution." Case Studies on Access Policies for Native American Archival Materials, 3 1–32. https://doi.org/10.13016/RTBR-X1KW.
• Isaac, Gwyneira, Marsh, Diana E., Osorio Sunnucks, Laura, and Shelton, Anthony. 2019. "Borders and Interruptions: Museums in the Age of Global Mobility, Mexico City, 7-9 June 2017." Museum Worlds, 7, (1) 182–199. https://doi.org/10.3167/armw.2019.070112.
• Marsh, Diana E., Punzalan, Ricardo L., and Johnston, Jesse A. 2019. "Preserving Anthropology's Digital Record: CoPAR in the Age of Electronic Fieldnotes, Data Curation, and Community Sovereignty." The American Archivist, 82, (2) 268–302. https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc-82-02-01.
• Punzalan, Ricardo, Marsh, Diana E., and Cools, Kyla. 2017. "Beyond Clicks, Likes, and Downloads: Identifying Meaningful Impacts for Digitized Ethnographic Archives." Archivaria, 84 61–103.
• Marsh, Diana E. 2016. "Trace Ethnography, Affect, and Institutional Ecologies in the Distributed Records of a Plaster Model." Museum Anthropology, 39, (2) 111–129. https://doi.org/10.1111/muan.12119.
• Marsh, Diana E., Punzalan, Ricardo L., Leopold, Robert S., Butler, Brian, and Petrozzi, Massimo. 2016. "Stories of impact: the role of narrative in understanding the value and impact of digital collections." Archival Science, 16, (4) 327–372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-015-9253-5.
• Marsh, Diana E. 2015. "c?sna??m, the city before the city. Exhibits at the Museum of Vancouver, the Musqueam Cultural Education Resource Center, and the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada. January 21, 23, and 25, 2015 to present." Museum Anthropology, 38, (2) 170–178. https://doi.org/10.1111/muan.12094.
• Marsh, Diana E. 2015. "Reassembling the social life of a Medicine Man: Reassessing otherness, agency and authorship in the Wellcome archives." Journal of Material Culture, 20, (2) 211–245. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183515578977.
• Marsh, Diana E., Punzalan, Ricardo L., and Leopold, Robert S. 2015. "Studying the Impact of Digitized Ethnographic Collections: Implications for Practitioners." Practicing Anthropology, 37, (3) 26–31. https://doi.org/10.17730/0888-4552-37.3.26.

Book

• Marsh, Diana E. 2019. Extinct Monsters to Deep Time : conflict, compromise, and the making of Smithsonian's fossil halls. New York: Berghahn Books. In Museums and Collections, 11.

Book Review

• Regouby, Lynnette and Marsh, Diana E. 2016. [Book review] "Curating Gathering Voices." Anthropology News, 57, (5), e59–e60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-3502.2016.570524.x.
• Marsh, Diana E. 2014. [Book review] "Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum. Exhibit at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. September 18, 2011-present." Museum Anthropology, 37, (2), 172–174. https://doi.org/10.1111/muan.12067.
• Marsh, Diana E. 2013. [Book review] "Narrating Objects, Collecting Stories: Essays in Honour of Susan M. Pearce. Sandra H. Dudley, Amy J. Barnes, Jennifer Binnie, Julia Petrov, and Jennifer Walklate, eds. new york: routledge, 2012. 282." Museum Anthropology, 36, (2), 161–163. https://doi.org/10.1111/muan.12039.