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"This interdisciplinary and international collection of essays illuminates the importance and effects of Indigenous perspectives for museums. The contributors challenge and complicate the traditionally close colonialist connections between museums and nation-states and urge more activist and energized roles for museums in the decades ahead. The essays in section 1 consider ethnography's influence on how Europeans represent colonized peoples. Section 2 essays analyze curatorial practices, emphasizing how exhibitions must serve diverse masters rather than solely the curator's own creativity and…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2009University of Nebraska Press · 374 pages · 9780803219489
AcquisitionsMuseumsMoral and ethical aspectsIndiansIndigenous peoples in popular cultureIndians in popular cultureCollection managementEthnological museums and collections