Making Representations

Museums in the Post-Colonial Era
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-06786-7
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 650 g

Reihe: Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management

Responses to controversial exhibitions in recent years have demonstrated the dissatisfaction felt by many indigenous peoples and ethnic groups at the ways in which the western museum traditionally represented their cultures and excluded them from the process of interpretation and display. Native Americans, Aboriginal Australians, and other indigenous peoples are now demanding that human remains, sacred objects and other items of cultural property be removed from display and repatriated. Drawing upon the experiences of museum staff and communities across the globe, 'Making Representations' examines the development of new forms of museological practice. The author also examines the growth of museums, cultural centres and Aboriginal Keeping Places being established by indigenous and immigrant communities as they take control of the interpretive process and challenge the traditional role of the museum.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simpson, Moira G.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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; 7: Bones of contention: Human remains in museum collections; 8: Cultural artefacts: A question of ownership; 9: The repatriation debate: An international issue

Über Autor(innen)

Moira G. Simpson