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Cara Krmpotich - This Is Our Life: Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practice - 9780774825405 - V9780774825405
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This Is Our Life: Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practice

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Description for This Is Our Life: Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practice Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GM; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 567.

In September 2009, twenty-one members of the Haida Nation went to Oxford and London to work with several hundred heritage treasures at the Pitt Rivers Museum and the British Museum. The encounter set a new course for the relationships between the custodians of these cultural artifacts and the Indigenous people for whom the objects are a direct link to their past. Emotional and illuminating, tense and challenging, it was a transformative visit that none would soon forget.

Featuring contributions from Haida and museum participants and a rich selection of illustrations, This Is Our Life details the remarkable story of the Haida ... Read more

Beautifully written and illustrated, This Is Our Life offers a compelling view of the transformative potential of a conversation hundreds of years in the making.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774825405
SKU
V9780774825405
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Cara Krmpotich
Cara Krmpotich is an assistant professor in the Museum Studies program at the University of Toronto. Laura Peers is a curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum and a reader in material anthropology in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford.

Reviews for This Is Our Life: Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practice
This inspirational book offers a fascinating ethnography .., The innovative multivocal presentation incorporates a range of opinions and emotions expressed by named curators, conservators, researchers, Elders, cultural descendants, and artists. The authors demonstrate the historical richness of museum collections and highlight their potential for community revitalization and cross-cultural understanding.
Anita Herle, Senior Curator for Anthropology, Museum of Archaeology and ... Read more

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