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Liberating culture : cross-cultural perspectives on museums, curation, and heritage preservation / Christina F. Kreps.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kreps, Christina F. (Christina Faye), 1956- author.
- Series:
- Museum meanings.
- Museum meanings
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Museums--Philosophy.
- Museums.
- Museums--Social aspects.
- Ethnological museums and collections--History.
- Ethnological museums and collections.
- Museum curators--History.
- Museum curators.
- Cultural property--Protection.
- Cultural property.
- Material culture--Conservation and restoration.
- Material culture.
- Indigenous peoples--Cross-cultural studies.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Eurocentrism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction: liberating culture
- The Eurocentric museum model in the non-European world
- Indigenous models of museums, curation, and concepts of cultural heritage preservation
- Reclaiming the spirit of culture: Native Americans and cultural restitution
- Museums, culture, and development
- Comparative museology and cross-cultural heritage management: emerging paradigms for museological practice.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-177) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-13313-1
- 0-203-38998-0
- 1-299-47962-6
- 1-135-13306-9
- 9780203389980
- OCLC:
- 862046824
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