Collecting, Ordering, Governing

"This book is a useful addition to the ever-increasing literature exploring the history of the anthropological discipline. Through its examination of particular case studies, it suggests many useful lines of inquiry for anyone exploring the histories of anthropology in different geographical localities." -- Alison Petch * Museum Anthropology Review * "This volume can bring useful information to anthropologists, museum specialists, and historians of anthropology. . . . Maybe the most important contribution of this work to the wider academic and social discussions on anthropology and colonialism is its balanced and nuanced approach." -- Alexandra Ion * AP: Online Journal in Public Archaeology * The ambitious range of case studies and their broad time span is impressive and draws on a vast range of resources, making the essays both scholarly and relevant.... Collecting, Ordering, Governing expands the notion of the museum phase of anthropology. -- Karen Jacobs * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *

Tony Bennett is Research Professor in Social and Cultural Theory, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University. Fiona Cameron is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University. Nlia Dias is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology (ISCTE-IUL and CRIA). Ben Dibley is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University. Rodney Harrison is Professor of Heritage Studies at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Ira Jacknis is Research Anthropologist at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. Conal McCarthy is Director of the Museum & Heritage Studies program at Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Illustrations vii Acronyms and Abbreviations xiii Note on the Text xv Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1. Collecting, Ordering, Governning 9 2. Curatorial Logics and Colonial Rule: The Political Rationalities of Anthropology in Two Australian-Administered Territories 51 3. A Liberal Archive of Everyday Life: Mass-Observation as Oligopticon 89 4. Boas and After: Museum Anthropology and the Governance of Difference in America 131 5. Producing "The Maori as He Was": New Zealand Museums, Anthropological Governance, and Indigenous Agency 175 6. Ethnology, Governance, and Greater France 217 Conclusion 255 Notes 273 References 291 Contributors 325 Index 327