AMST 2650: Non-Object Based Cultural Appropriation (?)
22 Mar 2017 tagged in AMST 2650, GraduateFrom AMST 2650:
Conn in particular, though it’s certainly a running theme in all of these readings, identifies that objects are no longer central to the conception and function of the museum (58). (I mean, the entire book is called ‘Do Museums Still Need Objects?’, so that’s not insightful.) Still, though, Conn’s discussion around of objects in the issues of repatriation highlights issues specific to cultural work around displaying and interpreting these objects.
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