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1 online resource (269 pages) |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1. From Local Participation to the Social Role of the Museum -- Chapter 1. Reflections on Social Participation and the Museum in Latin America -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The Round Table of Santiago de Chile, 1972: a new beginning for Latin American museological praxis -- 1.3. Museums and social participation: toward a Latin American museology -- 1.4. The museum in the time of the pandemic: the fragile equilibriums of social participation -- 1.4.1. Contextual elements: the erosion of the museum community and the global nature of culture -- 1.4.2. The Chilean context in Covid mode: the digital gap and its impact on social participation in the museum -- 1.5. References -- Chapter 2. Analysis of Different Modalities of the Museological Promotion of Participatory Archaeological Research -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The values and epistemological presuppositions of participatory archaeology -- 2.3. The importance of the contemporary sociocultural contexts of archaeological sites -- 2.3.1. La Tolita Pampa de Oro: tensions between archaeologists and treasure seekers -- 2.3.2. La Tolita, a collaborative artisanal museum -- 2.3.3. Salango: an example of salvage archaeology leading to the creation of a regional museum -- 2.3.4. Agua Blanca: an example of social archaeology leading to the creation of a community museum -- 2.3.5. The Marquesas Islands: an example of community-based archaeology -- 2.4. Conclusion -- 2.5. Acknowledgments -- 2.6. References -- Chapter 3. The Paradox of Participation in the Chinese Ecomuseum -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Historical and contextual markers of the origins of the ecomuseum in China -- 3.2.1. The introduction of the concept of the ecomuseum to China -- 3.2.2. The ecomuseum: from concept to project |
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3.3. Participation in the Chinese-Norwegian ecomuseum program -- 3.3.1. The construction of the documentation center -- 3.3.2. The Qing Miao Memory Project and the training of youths -- 3.3.3. The difficult transition of governance -- 3.4. From the ecomuseum to the economuseum: the evolution of the paradigm of the Chinese ecomuseum -- 3.5. Conclusion: participation beyond economic reasoning? -- 3.6. Acknowledgments -- 3.7. References -- Chapter 4. The Integration of Digital Technologies into the Museum -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The emergence of new technologies -- 4.2.1. The transformations of the 1990s -- 4.2.2. Digital participation and social participation -- 4.3. Digital technologies and museum functions -- 4.3.1. New digital displays -- 4.3.2. New consequences for the museum -- 4.4. Digital technologies and the social dimension of the museum -- 4.4.1. The logic of the spectacle -- 4.4.2. The place of the museum in the world -- 4.5. Conclusion -- 4.6. References -- Chapter 5. Redefining the Museum or the Distant Echo of Santiago: A North American View -- 5.1. Prologue: the Nouvelle Muséologie movement in Canada -- 5.2. 1987: "The Spirit Sings" -- 5.3. Kyoto 2019: a progressive definition -- 5.4. ICH: The Trojan horse -- 5.5. Redefining the museum in 2019, half a century after Santiago -- 5.6. The "spirit of the Nouvelle Muséologie" -- 5.7. The concerns of the new definition -- 5.8. Toward a new world for the museum -- 5.9. References -- Part 2. From Political Engagement to the Decolonization of the Museum -- Chapter 6. Problems and Challenges of the Involvement of Diasporas within the Museum -- 6.1. Diaspora museums dealing with genocide -- 6.1.1. The first-generation diaspora museum as cultural testament -- 6.1.2. Second-generation museums against the merciless repetition of trauma -- 6.1.3. Small museums as mediators of diasporic identities |
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6.2. Analyzing the obstacles encountered in the context of a partnership with a diaspora, a case study: the renovation of the RMCA -- 6.2.1. History of the institution -- 6.2.2. Primary obstacles -- 6.3. References -- Chapter 7. Indigenous and Museum-Based Curation: In Partnership with the Kaingang, Guarani Nhandewa and Terena Peoples (São Paulo, Brazil) -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Intermuseologies: the museum and the Kaingang, Guarani Nhandewa and Terena peoples (São Paulo, Brazil) -- 7.3. Curation: methodological approaches -- 7.4. Collection management policies -- 7.5. Final considerations -- 7.6. Acknowledgments -- 7.7. References -- Chapter 8. "Collaborative Conservation" in the Museum: Is Decolonized Conservation Possible in France? -- 8.1. Conservation-restoration, between standardization and materiality -- 8.1.1. Conservation-restoration, a standardized definition -- 8.1.2. To conserve the object is to conserve more than its materiality -- 8.2. From participatory conservation to the decolonization of conservation -- 8.2.1. The museum, an "engagement zone" for indigenous curation -- 8.2.2. Decolonized conservation and the hybridization of knowledge -- 8.2.3. Integrating indigenous curation: participation in the conservation of intangible cultural heritage -- 8.3. The French situation: limits and roadblocks to overcome -- 8.3.1. The conservator-restorer: standardized practices and academic knowledge -- 8.3.2. Existing tensions in the dialogue between conservation-restoration specialists -- 8.3.3. French heritage legislation, a blessing in disguise -- 8.3.4. Conservation-restoration as subject to standardization -- 8.3.5. Possible breaches -- 8.4. Conclusion -- 8.5. References -- Chapter 9. Restitution and Repatriation Procedures: New Perspectives, New Practices -- 9.1. Introduction |
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9.2. The relationship between museums and local populations: toward the legislation of restitution -- 9.3. The repatriation of human remains -- 9.3.1. A case study: the request for the repatriation of Maori heads -- 9.4. Conclusion -- 9.5. References -- Conclusion -- List of Authors -- Index -- EULA |
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Electronic book
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1394229763 |
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9781394229765 |
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