Museums and Maori

Dr Conal McCarthy is the director of the Museum and Heritage Studies programme at Victoria University of Wellington. He has published widely on the historical and contemporary Māori engagement with museums, including the books Exhibiting Māori: A history of colonial cultures of display (Routledge, 2007), Museums and Māori: Heritage professionals, indigenous collections, current practice (Te Papa Press, 2011) and, as co-editor, Colonial Gothic to Maori Renaissance: Essays in Memory of Jonathan Mane-Wheoki (Victoria University Press, 2017) and Curatopia: Museums and the future of curating (Manchester University Press, 2019).

"Using a theoretical perspective grounded in museum practice, McCarthy masterfully brings the experiences of both museum professionals and Māori communities together over the past three decades and discusses the successes, pitfalls and frustrations posed by the social and ethnic tensions that exist in New Zealand despite the governments attempts at 'biculturalism' This case study of museums and Māori could fit any country where Europeans invaded and colonized indigenous peoples. This book is required reading for museum professionals currently working in museums that hold and exhibit indigenous collections and for anyone planning to become a museum professional. I would also recommend this to anyone studying identity politics, the history of colonization and de-colonization, and the advancements by indigenous peoples throughout the world who are engaging in the process of self-determination.' Shelby Tisdale, PhD, Director Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Santa Fe"

• He Mihi -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Museums and indigenous people -- Part one: From monoculturalism to biculturalism -- 1 Before Te Maori -- 2 The Te Maori exhibition -- 3 After Te Maori -- Part two: Biculturalism in practice -- 4 Into a new century -- 5 Reforming museology at Te Papa -- 6 Evolving museum practice -- Part three: Beyond biculturalism? -- 'A new net goes fishing' -- 8 Biculturalism and its discontents.