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1 online resource (176 pages) |
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Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde ; 42 |
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Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde ; 42
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| Contents |
Preface -- Culture sketching: the authenticity quest in ethnographic museums : an introduction / Alexander Geurds -- Real, fake or a combination? : examining the authenticity of a Mesoamerican mosaic skull / Martin E. Berger -- When is authentic? : situating authenticity in the itineraries of objects / Rosemary Joyce -- Authentic forgeries? / Oliver Watson -- From Lukas to Liefkes? : age and authenticity of gold jewelery from Sumba, Indonesia / Francine Brinkgreve -- The real stuff : authenticity and photography from East Greenland in the Netherlands / Cunera Buijs -- Alternative authenticities (and inauthenticities) / Sally Price -- Authenticity and curatorial practice / Laura N.K. Van Broekhoven -- List of contributors and addresses |
| Summary |
'Authenticity' and authentication is at the heart of museums' concerns in displays, objects, and interaction with visitors. These notions have formed a central element in early thought on culture and collecting. Nineteenth century-explorers, commissioned museum collectors and pioneering ethnographers attempted to lay bare the essences of cultures through collecting and studying objects from distant communities. Comparably, historical archaeology departed from the idea that cultures were discrete bounded entities, subject to divergence but precisely therefore also to be traced back and linked t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ethnological museums and collections.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Ethnological museums and collections
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Museumskunde
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Ausstellungstechnik
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Ethnologie
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Geurds, Alexander
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Van Broekhoven, Laura
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| ISBN |
9789088902062 |
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9088902062 |
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1306408474 |
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9781306408479 |
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