The Future Of Indigenous Museums : Perspectives from the Southwest Pacific

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanley, Nick.

Series:

Museums and Collections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnological museums and collections--Oceania.

Ethnological museums and collections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2008.

Summary:

Indigenous museums and cultural centres have sprung up across the developing world, and particularly in the Southwest Pacific. They derive from a number of motives, ranging from the commercial to the cultural political (and many combine both). A close study of this phenomenon is not only valuable for museological practice but, as has been argued, it may challenge our current bedrock assumptions about the very nature and purpose of the museum. This book looks to the future of museum practice through examining how museums have evolved particularly in the non-western world to incorporate the p

Contents:

STANLEY-00 PRELIMS-P0i-020.pdf-press.pdf; STANLEY-CH01P021-037.qxd.pdf; STANLEY-CH02P038-046.qxd.pdf; STANLEY-CH03P047-069.qxd.pdf; STANLEY-CH04P070-077.pdf-press.pdf; STANLEY-CH05P078-090.qxd.pdf; STANLEY-CH06P091-116.qxd.pdf; STANLEY-CH07P117-134.pdf-press.pdf; STANLEY-CH08P135-150.qxd.pdf; STANLEY-CH09P151-169.qxd.pdf; STANLEY-CH10P170-189.pdf-press.pdf; STANLEY-CH11P190-204.qxd.pdf; STANLEY-CH12P205-222.qxd.pdf; STANLEY-CH13P223-234.qxd.pdf; STANLEY-end1 NOTESP235-238.pdf-press.pdf; STANLEY-end2 BIBLIOP239-254.qxd.pdf; STANLEY-end3 INDEXP255-268.qxd.pdf

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780857455727

0857455729