02251nam a22002297a 4500 56458 56458 20200305122848.0 200305b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781461429173 Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd. ;7/22, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj,New Delhi-110002 ;1110104 ;27/02/2020 069.075 BYR Sarah Byrne et.all Unpacking the collection : networks of material and social agency in the museum /Sarah Byrne New York : Springer , ©2011. viii, 342 pages ;24 cm. 5788 pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Processes and perspectives -- pt. 3. Collectors and nationhood -- pt. 4. Communities and collections -- pt. 5. Individual collectors, objects and 'types'. Museum collections are often perceived as static entities hidden away in storerooms or trapped behind glass cases. By focusing on the dynamic histories of museum collections, new research reveals their pivotal role in shaping a wide range of social relations. ¡Over time and across space the interactions between these artefacts and ¡the ¡people and institutions who made, traded, collected, researched and ¡exhibited them have generated complex networks of material and social agency. In this innovative volume, the contributors draw on a broad range of source materials to explore the cross-cultural interactions which have created museum collections. These case studies contribute significantly to the development of new theoretical frameworks to ¡examine broader questions of materiality, agency, and identity in the past and present. ¡Grounded in case studies from individual objects and museum ¡collections from North America, Europe, Africa, the Pacific Islands, and Australia, this truly international volume juxtaposes historical, ¡geographical, and cross-cultural studies. This work will be of great interest to archaeologists and anthropologists studying material culture, as well as researchers in museum studies and cultural heritage management. Museums--Collection management ;Material culture--Research ;Museum exhibits--Social aspects Sarah Byrne BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2020-03-05 Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd. 5788.00 1 069.075 BYR 27419 2022-10-27 00:00:00 2022-10-27 2020-03-05 BOOK