Utvidet returrett til 31. januar 2025

Visiting with the Ancestors

- Blackfoot Shirts in Museum Spaces

Om Visiting with the Ancestors

In the pages of this beautifully illustrated volume is the story of aneffort to build a bridge between museums and source communities inhopes of establishing stronger, more sustaining relationships betweenthe two and spurring change in prevailing museum policies. Theexperience of negotiating the tension between a museumΓÇÖsinstitutional protocol described by both the authors and by Blackfootcontributors to the volume was transformative. Museums seek to preserveobjects for posterity. However, the emotional and spiritual power ofobjects does not vanish with the death of those who created them. ForBlackfoot people today, these shirts are a living presence, one thatevokes a sense of continuity and inspires pride in Blackfoot culturalheritage.

Vis mer
  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781771990370
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 264
  • Utgitt:
  • 30. juni 2016
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 243x257x14 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 882 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
  Gratis frakt
Leveringstid: 2-4 uker
Forventet levering: 27. desember 2024
Utvidet returrett til 31. januar 2025

Beskrivelse av Visiting with the Ancestors

In the pages of this beautifully illustrated volume is the story of aneffort to build a bridge between museums and source communities inhopes of establishing stronger, more sustaining relationships betweenthe two and spurring change in prevailing museum policies. Theexperience of negotiating the tension between a museumΓÇÖsinstitutional protocol described by both the authors and by Blackfootcontributors to the volume was transformative. Museums seek to preserveobjects for posterity. However, the emotional and spiritual power ofobjects does not vanish with the death of those who created them. ForBlackfoot people today, these shirts are a living presence, one thatevokes a sense of continuity and inspires pride in Blackfoot culturalheritage.

Brukervurderinger av Visiting with the Ancestors



Finn lignende bøker
Boken Visiting with the Ancestors finnes i følgende kategorier:

Gjør som tusenvis av andre bokelskere

Abonner på vårt nyhetsbrev og få rabatter og inspirasjon til din neste leseopplevelse.