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Experiencing Materiality: Museum Perspectives

Experiencing Materiality: Museum Perspectives

Hardcover

AnthropologyGeneral ArtGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 1789209846
ISBN13: 9781789209846
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Feb 3 2021
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Representing a cutting-edge study of the junction between theoretical anthropology, material culture studies, religious studies and museum anthropology, this study examines the interaction between the human and the nonhuman in a museum setting usually defined as 'non-Western', 'non-scientific' and 'religious.' Combining an on-site analysis of exhibitive spaces with archival research and interviews with museum curators, the chapters highlight contradictions of museum practices, and suggests that museum practitioners use museum spaces and artefacts as a way of formulating new theoretical stances in material culture studies, thus viewing museums as producers of theories together with affective engagements.

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