Christina Kreps

Museums and Anthropology in the Age of Engagement

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers changes that have been taking place in museum anthropology as it has been responding to pressures to be more socially relevant, useful and accountable to diverse communities. A valuable resource for readers interested in the study of museums and anthropology and the forms engagement has taken.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Left Coast Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9781611329162
• ISBN-10: 1611329167
• Artikelnr.: 58052122

Autorenporträt

Christina Kreps is a cultural anthropologist specializing in the cross-cultural and comparative study of museums and museological practices. She has carried out ethnographic research on museums and participated in museum development and training programs in the Netherlands, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. At the University of Denver she is Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Museum of Anthropology and Museum and Heritage Studies Program.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1
Introduction: Museums and Anthropology in the Age of Engagement
Chapter 2
Mapping Contemporary Anthropology
Chapter 3
Museum and Applied Anthropology: Shared Histories and Trajectories
Chapter 4
Museums and Anthropology in the Netherlands: Colonial and Postcolonial
Narratives
Chapter 5
"Museum Frictions" in Colonial and Postcolonial Indonesia
Chapter 6
International Collaboration and the Values of Culture and Heritage
Chapter 7
Doing Museum Anthropology "At Home"