Experiencing Materiality

Museum Perspectives

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Representing a cutting-edge study of the junction between theoretical anthropology, material culture studies, religious studies and museum anthropology, this study examines the interaction between the human and the nonhuman in a museum setting usually defined as ‘non-Western’, ‘non-scientific’ and ‘religious.’ Combining an on-site analysis of exhibitive spaces with archival research and interviews with museum curators, the chapters highlight contradictions of museum practices, and suggests that museum practitioners use museum spaces and artefacts as a way of formulating new theoretical stances in material culture studies, thus viewing museums as producers of theories together with affective engagements.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-02-03
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:445 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:198
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781789209846

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Valentina Gamberi was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Ethnology in Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, from 2019 to 2020. She is currently one of the recipients of the junior fellowship at the Research Centre for Material Culture in Leiden. Her English articles are featured in Culture and Religion, the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Material Religion and Environmental Philosophy.

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List of illustrationsPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. What Thing Is This? Indian Storytelling ScrollsChapter 2. Curatorial Understanding of the Sacred within Museum Walls: Metalogues in Dialogue with ScholarshipChapter 3. Manipulating Sacred Force: Scrolls and CopiesChapter 4. Material Engagements in the Colony: Legacies and Changes in PerspectiveChapter 5. Reconstructing the Sacred: Temples or Museum Galleries?Chapter 6. When Religious Power is Limiting: The World Museum in LiverpoolChapter 7. For a Reappraisal of Phenomenology: A Perspectival Approach to MaterialityConclusions: Returning to MuseumsAppendix to the PicturesReferencesIndex