Pieces of a nation : South Sudanese heritage and museum collections / Zoe Cormack & Cherry Leonardi (eds).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cormack, Zoe, editor.

Leonardi, Cherry, editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture--South Sudan.

Material culture.

Cultural property--Protection--South Sudan.

Cultural property.

Museums--South Sudan--Acquisition.

Museums.

Museums--Curatorship--South Sudan.

Antiquities.

Cultural property--Protection.

Museums--Curatorship.

Politics and government.

South Sudan--Antiquities.

South Sudan.

South Sudan--Politics and government--2011-.

Physical Description:

214 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; 27 cm

Other Title:

South Sudanese heritage and museum collections

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2021]

Summary:

South Sudan became independent in 2011 after decades of rebel wars with the Government of Sudan. Independence prompted discussions about South Sudanese identity and shared history, in which material objects and cultural heritage featured as vitally important resources. However, the long-term effects of colonialism and conflict had largely precluded any concerted attempts to preserve material culture within the country; museums remained in Khartoum, the capital of the formally united Sudan. Furthermore, tens of thousands of objects had been removed from what is now South Sudan during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to museum and private collections around the world. Up to now there have been few attempts to reconnect the history of these South Sudanese museum collections with people in or from South Sudan. 'Pieces of a Nation' is the first extended study of South Sudanese material cultural heritage in museum collections and beyond. The chapters discuss a range of different objects and practices, from museum objects taken from South Sudan in the context of enslavement and colonialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to efforts by South Sudanese to preserve their country's cultural heritage during recent conflicts. With essays by 32 contributors in Europe, South Sudan, Uganda and Australia, this book delivers a unique range of perspectives on museum objects from South Sudan and on heritage practices in the country and among its diaspora. Written by curators, academics, heritage professionals and artists in accessible and engaging style, it is intended for scholars, museum professionals and a wide range of individuals interested in South Sudan, African arts and cultures, the history of museum collecting and colonialism and/or the role of material heritage in peacebuilding and refugee contexts.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 NINETEENTH CENTURY COMMERCIAL ENTANGLEMENTS

1. From `bush' to `boudoir' / Zachary Kingdon

2. `A very singular helmet ` / Alison Petch

3. A headdress of human hair / Nadja Haumberger

pt. 2 TRAVELLING AND TALKING OBJECTS

4. The `Omdurman' slit drum / John Mack

5. A talking drum / Sebit Fandas

6. Music that breathes life / Justin J. Billy Buwali

7. Like doves in flight / John Ryle

pt. 3 RESISTANCE AND (RE)APPROPRIATIONS

8. The musealisation of the gift / Paola Ivanov

9. `Captured' at the Battle of Omdurman / Nicholas Badcott

10. Car Koryom's fly whisk / Douglas H. Johnson

11. `Small drum, wooden and hide, variable pitch' / Richard Vokes

pt. 4 PROBLEMS OF REPRESENTATION

12. `Spears' that are not spears / Jok Madut Jok

13. Out of frame / Christopher Morton

14. A Dinka Madonna? / Ludmilla Jordanova

15. An unused hunting spear / Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp

pt. 5 MARKETS AND COLLECTING

16. The potter of Li Rangu / Inbal Livne

17. The market in memory / Zoe Cormack

18. Containing the harvest / Patti Langton

19. Of replicas, refusals and resistance / Rebecca Lorins

pt. 6 HERITAGE IN WAR AND PEACE

20. New Sudan ephemera / Yosa Wawa

21. Heritage in displacement / Deng Nhial Chioh

22. A European Union jerry-can / John Giblin

23. Because the world is not ending / Alex Miskin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214).

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9789464260137

9464260130

9789464260120

9464260122

OCLC:

1255690855

Publisher Number:

99991384636