Liberating Culture : Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Museums, Curation and Heritage Preservation

ISBN-13: 9780415250252 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 185 str.

Christina F. Kreps

Opis

Using examples of indigenous models from Indonesia, the Pacific, Africa and Native North America, Kreps illustrates how concepts of cultural heritage preservation and indigenous curation is transforming conventional museum practice.

Spis treści

Introduction: liberating culture; Chapter 2 The Eurocentric museum model in the non-European world; Chapter 3 Indigenous models of museums, curation, and concepts of cultural heritage preservation; Chapter 4 Reclaiming the spirit of culture: Native Americans and cultural restitution; Chapter 5 Museums, culture, and development; Chapter 6 Comparative museology and crosscultural heritage management: emerging paradigms for museological practice; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

O autorze

Kreps, Christina