Current discourse on Indigenous engagement in museum studies is often dominated by curatorial and academic perspectives, in which community voice, viewpoints, and reflections on their collaborations can be under-represented. This book provides a unique look at Indigenous perspectives on museum community engagement and the process of self-representation, specifically how the First Nations Elders of the Blackfoot Confederacy have worked with museums and heritage sites in Alberta, Canada, to represent their own culture and history. Situated in a post-colonial context, the case-study sites are...
Current discourse on Indigenous engagement in museum studies is often dominated by curatorial and academic perspectives, in which community voice, ...
Across the global networks of heritage sites, museums, and galleries, the importance of communities to the interpretation and conservation of heritage is increasingly being recognised. Yet the very term -meaningful community engagement- betrays a myriad of contrary approaches and understandings. Who is a community? How can they engage with heritage and why would they want to? How do communities and heritage professionals perceive one another? What does it mean to -engage-? These questions unsettle the very foundations of community engagement and indicate a need to unpick this important but...
Across the global networks of heritage sites, museums, and galleries, the importance of communities to the interpretation and conservation of heritage...
