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Liberating culture : cross-cultural perspectives on museums, curation, and heritage preservation / Christina K. Kreps.

By: Kreps, Christina F. (Christina Faye), 1956-Material type: TextTextSeries: Museum meaningsPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003. Description: xvii, 185 p. : ill., map ; 26 cmISBN: 0415250250; 0415250269 (pbk.)Subject(s): Museums -- Philosophy | Museums -- Social aspects | Ethnological museums and collections -- History | Museum curators -- History | Cultural property -- Protection | Material culture -- Conservation and restoration | Indigenous peoples -- Cross-cultural studies | EurocentrismGenre/Form: Cross-cultural studies | HistoryDDC classification: 069/.01 LOC classification: AM7 | .K74 2003
Contents:
Introduction: liberating culture -- The Eurocentric museum model in the non-European world -- Indigenous models of museums, curation, and concepts of cultural heritage preservation -- Reclaiming the spirit of culture: Native Americans and cultural restitution -- Museums, culture, and development -- Comparative museology and cross-cultural heritage management: emerging paradigms for museological practice.
Review: 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. [from publisher's advertisement].
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 66 - Reading Room 		G2f KREPS 30718 Not for loan BOOKS-000000023620

Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-177) and index.

Introduction: liberating culture -- The Eurocentric museum model in the non-European world -- Indigenous models of museums, curation, and concepts of cultural heritage preservation -- Reclaiming the spirit of culture: Native Americans and cultural restitution -- Museums, culture, and development -- Comparative museology and cross-cultural heritage management: emerging paradigms for museological practice.

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. [from publisher's advertisement].