Format:
Online-Ressource (201 p)
ISBN:
9780415250252
Series Statement:
Museum Meanings
Content:
Using examples of indigenous models from Indonesia, the Pacific, Africa and native North America, Christina Kreps illustrates how the growing recognition of indigenous curation and concepts of cultural heritage preservation is transforming conventional museum practice.Liberating Culture explores the similarities and differences between Western and non-Western approaches to objects, museums, and curation, revealing how what is culturally appropriate in one context may not be in another. For those studying museum culture across the world, this book is essential reading
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Liberating Culture; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: liberating culture; 2 The Eurocentric museum model in the non-European world; 3 Indigenous models of museums, curation, and concepts of cultural heritage preservation; 4 Reclaiming the spirit of culture: Native Americans and cultural restitution; 5 Museums, culture, and development; 6 Comparative museology and cross-cultural heritage management: emerging paradigms for museological practice; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781135133061
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Liberating Culture : Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Museums, Curation and Heritage Preservation
Language:
English
Keywords:
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