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020 _a9781461429173
028 _aAtlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd.
_b;7/22, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj,New Delhi-110002
_c;1110104
_d;27/02/2020
082 _a069.075 BYR
100 _aSarah Byrne et.all
245 _aUnpacking the collection
_b: networks of material and social agency in the museum
_c/Sarah Byrne
260 _aNew York
_b: Springer
_c, ©2011.
300 _aviii, 342 pages
_c;24 cm.
365 _b5788
505 _a 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'.
520 _a 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.
650 _aMuseums--Collection management
655 _a;Material culture--Research
_b;Museum exhibits--Social aspects
700 _aSarah Byrne
942 _cBOOK