Cataloguing culture : legacies of colonialism in museum documentation / Hannah Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Hannah, 1986- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)--Case studies.

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.).

Museums--Collection management--Case studies.

Museums.

Ethnological museums and collections--Case studies.

Ethnological museums and collections.

Indians of North America--Material culture--Case studies.

Indians of North America.

Museums and Indigenous peoples--Case studies.

Museums and Indigenous peoples.

Museums and Indians.

Indians of North America--Material culture.

Museums--Collection management.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 243 pages)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2020]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Writing Desiderata: Defining Evidence in the Field

On the Margins: Paper Systems of Classification

Ordering Devices and Indian Files: Cataloguing Ethnographic Specimens

Pragmatic Classification: The Routine Work of Description After 1950

Object, Specimen, Data: Computerization and the Legacy of Dirty Data.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 16, 2020).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Turner, Hannah, 1986- Cataloguing culture legacies of colonialism in museum documentation.

ISBN:

0774863943

9780774863940

Publisher Number:

99985707237

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.