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Theorizing Archaeological Museum Studies - From Artefact to Exhibit (Hardcover)
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Theorizing Archaeological Museum Studies - From Artefact to Exhibit (Hardcover)
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Theorizing Archaeological Museum Studies is an attempt to reconnect
archaeological practice, the theoretical richness of archaeology,
and museum studies. The book therefore embraces both the practical
aspects of archaeology and empirical studies in museums in order to
rethink what happens when an artefact changes into an exhibit. This
study is positioned at the intersection of both history and
archaeological theory, and of the history of art and museum
studies. The central focus of this book explores the relationship
between museums and their dominant paradigms, on the one hand, and
new approaches and theories in archaeology, on the other. It thus
also illustrates the co-dependencies, relations and tensions that
characterize the relationship between academia and museums. This
book demonstrates how in becoming an exhibit, artefacts have - and
continue to - become reflections of the discipline's prevailing
paradigms while manifesting the dominant aims and methods of
knowledge production pertaining at a given time and place, as well
as the desired social interpretations and modes of presenting the
past. Theorizing Archaeological Museum Studies will be important
reading for academics and students (archaeology, heritage studies,
museums studies) as well as practitioners (museum employees,
heritage practitioners). The book is also intended for scholars
from across the humanities interested in museum studies, heritage
studies, curatorial studies, cultural studies, cultural geography,
material culture, history of archaeology, archaeological theory,
and the anthropology of things.
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