The Changing Presentation of the American Indian: Museums and Native Cultures
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (941 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0295984597 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Inside Flap Museums -- along with books, newspapers, and Wild West shows in the 19th century, movies and television in the 20th -- have shaped our perceptions of American Indians. These essays explore the relationships being forged between museums and Native communities to create new techniques for presenting Native American culture. . Today, museums have begun to incorporate the Native perspective in their displays. How have museums' representations of Indians influenced society's understanding of them? How are Indians presented in exhibitions and programs today? What new directions will museums take in the 21st century? This book is
This book brings together six prominent museum professionals--Native and non-Native--to examine the ways in which Indians and their cultures have been represented by museums in North America and to present new directions museums are already taking.Traditional museum exhibitions of Native American art and culture often represented only the past, ignoring the living Native voice. This publication will serve to stimulate the discussions and analyses that can lead to new partnerships and collaborations.. Even more dramatic is the growth in the number of Indian-run museums. Today, museums have begun to incorporate Native perspectives in their displays. Museums--along with books, newspapers, and Wild West shows in the 19th century, movies and television in the 20th--have shaped our perceptions of American Indians. These essays explore the relationships being forged between museums and Native communities to create new techniques for presenting Native American culture
W. Penney, and Jocelyn Wedll. Other contributors include Richard Hill, Sr., Michael M. , is the founding director of the National Musem of the American Indian. Maurer, James D. Nason, David W. . Ames, Janice Clements, Evan M. Richard West, Jr
Great material but can get dry Joanna Marcia I bought this book for a museum exhibition I was curating, entitled "Changing Perceptions of the American Indian." I had checked this book out from my local college library and found, while reading the library copy, I wanted to highlight and write little notes for myself in the margin. So I bought my own copy. The book is filled with great and thorough insight and was incredibly helpful, however some of the articles (each written by a different authority in Native American art/artifact display) can get a little dry sometimes. I found it hard to stay interested in what was being said at t. Arthur Digbee said Interesting, but only to a fairly narrow audience. This edited volume collects papers from a symposium at the George Gustav Heye Center in the National Museum of the American Indian, New York, in October 1995. The authors are museum professionals, Native and non-Native. The volume focuses on how museums historically treated Indians as objects, not collaborators or constituents. This is changing in both the United States and Canada, and many tribes now have their own museums and cultural centers where they can tell their own stories.Another theme throughout the volume is the different meaning of cultural objects in Western and Native soci. Class-required Rebecca Malek It was required for Anthropology class, but I'm glad I read it. New perspective! Very clear writing which will help when I go write about an exhibit for my term paper.