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The ethics of collecting trauma : the role of museums in collecting and displaying contemporary crises / edited by Alexandra Bounia and Andrea Witcomb.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Museums--Acquisitions--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Museums.
- Museums--Collection management--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Psychic trauma.
- Memorialization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
- Other Title:
- Role of museums in collecting and displaying contemporary crises
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Alexandra Bounia is Professor of Museology at the University of the Aegean, Greece. Andrea Witcomb is the Alfred Deakin Professor of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies at Deakin University, Australia.
- Contents:
- Why a book on the ethics of collecting contemporary trauma is needed / Andrea Witcomb and Alexandra Bounia
- The crisis that binds us : The ethics of collecting trauma in 'catastrophic times' / Jennifer Carter
- A Future for Memory : Resurgence of culture-nature in the aftermath of 3.11 / Fuyubi Nakamura
- Mapping memorialisation of pandemic experiences : Care, stewardship and guardianship / Laia Colomer and Edwin Schmitt
- Towards a higher standard : Museums, communities of trauma, and the public trust / James B. Gardner
- Poetics, politics and ethics of collecting : Two Brazillian cases / Claudia Porto and Mario de Souza Ghagas
- Engaging with colonial collecting practices today : Practising 'epistemic disobedience' / Andrea Witcomb
- Ethically contested exhumations in Eastern Zimbabwe : a compromise between spiritual approaches and scientific practices / Njabulo Chipangura
- Silence and Remembering : Locating the Cultural Trauma of Terrorism in London's Museums, Archives and Memorials / Rhiannon Mason
- Ethics of care in collecting spontaneous memorials / Kostas Arvanitis
- Collecting (forced) migration : the ethics of collecting 'neglected things' / Alexandra Bounia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 06, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ethics of collecting trauma
- ISBN:
- 9781003139485
- 1003139485
- 9781040149539
- 1040149537
- 9781040149584
- 1040149588
- Publisher Number:
- 40032540115
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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