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Monica Eileen Patterson is the Assistant Director of Curatorial Studies in the Institute for Comparative Studies of Literature, Art, and Culture and an Associate Professor of Childhood and Youth Studies at 杏吧原创 University in Ottawa, Canada. She holds a PhD in Anthropology and History and a certificate in Museum Studies from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). A scholar, curator, and activist, she is interested in the knowledge and perspectives of children and the ways in which they are represented and engaged in contemporary public spheres. Patterson is author of several articles and co-editor of two books: Curating Difficult Knowledge: Violent Pasts in Public Places (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and Anthrohistory: Unsettling Knowledge and Questioning Discipline (University of Michigan Press, 2011). 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