Gebundenes Buch

Extreme Collecting

Challenging Practices for 21st Century Museums

Herausgeber: Were, Graeme; King, J. C. H.

Beschreibung

A comprehensive debate from a historical and contemporary perspective on the practice of collecting difficult objects Offers a new perspective on the acquirement of objects related to war and genocide Evaluates the limits of new strategies for the practice of collecting Details the move towards classifying priorities for collection policies in museums for acquiring difficult objects

Autor

Graeme Were is Chair of Anthropology at the University of Bristol. His current research focuses on material culture and ethnographic museums; digital heritage and source community engagement; and, ethnomathematics in the Pacific. His recent publications include Lines that Connect: Rethinking Pattern and Mind in the Pacific (University of Hawai'i Press, 2010), and Pacific Pattern, with S. Küchler (Thames & Hudson, 2005). He is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and an editor of the Journal of Material Culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9780857453631
• ISBN-10: 0857453637
• Artikelnr.: 35699947