This is our life : Haida material heritage and changing museum practice / Cara Krmpotich, Laura Peers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krmpotich, Cara Ann, 1978-

Contributor:

Peers, Laura L. (Laura Lynn)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haida Indians--Museums.

Haida Indians.

Museums and Indians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In September 2009, twenty-one members of the Haida Nation came to Oxford and London to work with several hundred heritage treasures at the Pitt Rivers Museum and the British Museum. The encounter set a new course for the relationships between the custodians of these cultural artifacts and the indigenous people for whom the objects are a direct link to their past. Emotional and illuminating, tense and challenging, it was a transformative visit that none would soon forget. Featuring contributions from Haida people -- weavers, carvers, language speakers, youth, and Elders -- and museum staff -- curators, conservators, and collections management staff -- who participated in the project, and a rich selection of illustrations, This Is Our Life details the remarkable story of the Haida Project, from the planning to the visit itself and through the years that followed. A fascinating look at the meaning behind objects, the value of repatriation, and the impact of historical trajectories like colonialism, this is also a tender story of the understanding that grew between the Haida visitors and museum staff, as conflicting ideas about subjects as difficult as the repatriation of human remains and the white-gloved institutional approach to handling historical objects became a two-way dialogue." -- Publisher's website.

Contents:

The paths bringing us together

Preparations for the visit

Moments of encounter

Why go there? An interlude / Ruth Gladstone-Davies

Reflecting on the visit

Maintaining relationships into the future

Museums as they are, and museums as they might be

Appendix : Conservation kits.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 5, 2013).

ISBN:

0-7748-2542-1

0-7748-2541-3

0-7748-2385-2

OCLC:

863053991