ISBN:
9780415067850
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (353 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management
Parallel Title:
Print version Making Representations : Museums in the Post-Colonial Era
DDC:
305.80074
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Drawing upon material from Britain, Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, Making Representations explores the ways in which museums and anthropologists are responding to pressures in the field by developing new policies and practices, and forging new relationships with communities.Simpson examines the increasing number of museums and cultural centres being established by indigenous and immigrant communities as they take control of the interpretive process and challenge the traditional role of the museum.Museum studies students and museum professionals will all find this a stimu
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Cultural reflections; 1 History revisited; 2 The controversy continues; 3 Voices of authorship; Part 2 The 'new' museum paradigm; 4 Remembering the homeland; 5 From treasure house to museum . . . and back; 6 Native American museums and cultural centres; Part 3 Human remains and cultural property: the politics of control; 7 Bones of contention: human remains in museum collections; 8 Cultural artefacts: a question of ownership; 9 The repatriation debate: an international issue
Description / Table of Contents:
Conclusion: turning the pageEpilogue; Appendix: interviews; Bibliography; Legislation and treaties; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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