By exploring the processes of collecting, which challenge the
bounds of normally acceptable practice, this book debates the
practice of collecting 'difficult' objects, from a historical and
contemporary perspective; and discusses the acquisition of objects
related to war and genocide, and those purchased from the internet,
as well as considering human remains, mass produced objects and
illicitly traded antiquities. The aim is to apply a critical
approach to the rigidity of museums in maintaining essentially
nineteenth-century ideas of collecting; and to move towards
identifying priorities for collection policies in museums, which
are inclusive of acquiring 'difficult' objects. Much of the book
engages with the question of the limits to the practice of
collecting as a means to think through the implementation of new
strategies.
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