Collecting, ordering, governing : anthropology, museums, and liberal government

Type

Book

Authors

Tony Bennett ( Bennett, Tony )

Fiona Cameron ( Cameron, Fiona )

Nélia Dias ( Dias, Nélia )

Ben Dibley ( Dibley, Ben )

Rodney Harrison ( Harrison, Rodney )

Ira Jacknis ( Jacknis, Ira )

Conal McCarthy ( McCarthy, Conal )

ISBN 10

0822362686

ISBN 13

9780822362685

Tags

Museums, Cultural Policy, Anthropology -- Political aspects, Ethnology -- Political aspects, Museum exhibits -- Political aspects, Museums -- Collection management

Abstract

"The coauthors of this theoretically innovative work explore the relationships among anthropological fieldwork, museum collecting and display, and social governance in the early twentieth century in Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, and the United States. With case studies ranging from the Musée de l'Homme's 1930s fieldwork missions in French Indo-China to the influence of Franz Boas's culture concept on the development of American museums, the authors illuminate recent debates about postwar forms of multicultural governance, cultural conceptions of difference, and postcolonial policy and practice in museums. Collecting, Ordering, Governing is essential reading for scholars and students of anthropology, museum studies, cultural studies, and indigenous studies as well as museum and heritage professionals."--Amazon.

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