The Future of Indigenous Museums

Perspectives from the Southwest Pacific

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Art & Architecture, General Art
Cover of the book The Future of Indigenous Museums by , Berghahn Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9780857455727
Publisher: Berghahn Books Publication: June 1, 2007
Imprint: Berghahn Books Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780857455727
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication: June 1, 2007
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Language: English

Indigenous museums and cultural centres have sprung up across the developing world, and particularly in the Southwest Pacific. They derive from a number of motives, ranging from the commercial to the cultural political (and many combine both). A close study of this phenomenon is not only valuable for museological practice but, as has been argued, it may challenge our current bedrock assumptions about the very nature and purpose of the museum. This book looks to the future of museum practice through examining how museums have evolved particularly in the non-western world to incorporate the present and the future in the display of culture. Of particular concern is the uses to which historic records are put in the service of community development and cultural renaissance.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Indigenous museums and cultural centres have sprung up across the developing world, and particularly in the Southwest Pacific. They derive from a number of motives, ranging from the commercial to the cultural political (and many combine both). A close study of this phenomenon is not only valuable for museological practice but, as has been argued, it may challenge our current bedrock assumptions about the very nature and purpose of the museum. This book looks to the future of museum practice through examining how museums have evolved particularly in the non-western world to incorporate the present and the future in the display of culture. Of particular concern is the uses to which historic records are put in the service of community development and cultural renaissance.

More books from Berghahn Books

Cover of the book The Death of the Big Men and the Rise of the Big Shots by
Cover of the book European Anthropologies by
Cover of the book The Ethics of Knowledge Creation by
Cover of the book Communities of Complicity by
Cover of the book The French Defeat of 1940 by
Cover of the book Mussolini's Dream Factory by
Cover of the book Places of Pain by
Cover of the book Trapped in the Gap by
Cover of the book Democracy Struggles by
Cover of the book Between Mass Death and Individual Loss by
Cover of the book Class, Contention, and a World in Motion by
Cover of the book Ethnography and the Corporate Encounter by
Cover of the book Modern Crises and Traditional Strategies by
Cover of the book Stategraphy by
Cover of the book The Ethnographic Experiment by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy