pt. 1. Integration -- pt. 2. Representation -- pt. 3. Objectification
Summary
The story of ethnographic collecting is one of cross-cultural encounters. This book focuses on collecting encounters in the Kamoro region of Papua from the earliest collections made in 1828 until 2011. Exploring the links between representation and collecting, the author focuses on the creative and pragmatic agency of Kamoro people in these collecting encounters. The story of ethnographic collecting is one of cross-cultural encounters. This book focuses on collecting encounters in the Kamoro region of Papua from the earliest collections made in 1828 until 2011. Exploring the links between repr
Notes
"Published in cooperation with the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden."--Title page verso
"The book is based on doctoral research conducted between 1999 and 2003, supplemented by additional collections research and two further visits to Papua in 2005 (to hand over my thesis) and 2011"--Page 1
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-263) and index