The Future Of Indigenous Museums : Perspectives from the Southwest Pacific.
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 fo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books,
2013.
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| Series: | Museums and collections.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| 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 pre. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (278 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857455727 0857455729 |