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We habitually categorize the world in binary logics of 'animate'
and 'inanimate', 'natural' and 'supernatural', 'self' and 'other',
'authentic' and 'inauthentic'. The Inbetweenness of Things rejects
such Western classificatory traditions - which tend to categorize
objects using bounded notions of period, place and purpose - and
argues instead for a paradigm where objects are not one thing or
another but a multiplicity of things at once. Adopting an
'object-centred' approach, with contributions from material culture
specialists across various disciplines, the book showcases a series
of objects that defy neat classification. In the process, it
explores how 'things' mediate and travel between conceptual worlds
in diverse cultural, geographic and temporal contexts, and how they
embody this mediation and movement in their form. With an
impressive range of international authors, each essay grounds
explorations of cutting-edge theory in concrete case studies. An
innovative, thought-provoking read for students and researchers in
anthropology, archaeology, museum studies and art history which
will transform the way readers think about objects.
The first full-length ethnographic study of its kind, Highland
Homecomings examines the role of place, ancestry and territorial
attachment in the context of a modern age characterized by mobility
and rootlessness. With an interdisciplinary approach, speaking to
current themes in anthropology, archaeology, history, historical
geography, cultural studies, migration studies, tourism studies,
Scottish studies, Paul Basu explores the journeys made to the
Scottish Highlands and Islands to undertake genealogical research
and seek out ancestral sites. Using an innovative methodological
approach, Basu tracks journeys between imagined homelands and
physical landscapes and argues that through these genealogical
journeys, individuals are able to construct meaningful
self-narratives from the ambiguities of their diasporic migrant
histories, and recover their sense of home and self-identity. This
is a significant contribution to popular and academic Scottish
studies literature, particularly appealing to popular and academic
audiences in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Scotland
While many claims are made regarding the power of cultural
heritage as a driver and enabler of sustainable development, the
relationship between museums, heritage and development has received
little academic scrutiny. This book stages a critical conversation
between the interdisciplinary fields of museum studies, heritage
studies and development studies to explore this under-researched
sphere of development intervention. In an agenda-setting
introduction, the editors explore the seemingly oppositional
temporalities and values represented by these "past-making" and
"future-making" projects, arguing that these provide a framework
for mutual critique. Contributors to the volume bring insights from
a wide range of academic and practitioner perspectives on a series
of international case studies, which each raise challenging
questions that reach beyond merely cultural concerns and fully
engage with both the legacies of colonial power inequalities and
the shifting geopolitical dynamics of contemporary international
relations. Cultural heritage embodies different values and can be
instrumentalized to serve different economic, social and political
objectives within development contexts, but the past is also
intrinsic to the present and is foundational to people s
aspirations for the future. Museums, Heritage and International
Development explores the problematics as well as potentials, the
politics as well as possibilities, in this fascinating nexus. "
While many claims are made regarding the power of cultural heritage
as a driver and enabler of sustainable development, the
relationship between museums, heritage and development has received
little academic scrutiny. This book stages a critical conversation
between the interdisciplinary fields of museum studies, heritage
studies and development studies to explore this under-researched
sphere of development intervention. In an agenda-setting
introduction, the editors explore the seemingly oppositional
temporalities and values represented by these "past-making" and
"future-making" projects, arguing that these provide a framework
for mutual critique. Contributors to the volume bring insights from
a wide range of academic and practitioner perspectives on a series
of international case studies, which each raise challenging
questions that reach beyond merely cultural concerns and fully
engage with both the legacies of colonial power inequalities and
the shifting geopolitical dynamics of contemporary international
relations. Cultural heritage embodies different values and can be
instrumentalized to serve different economic, social and political
objectives within development contexts, but the past is also
intrinsic to the present and is foundational to people's
aspirations for the future. Museums, Heritage and International
Development explores the problematics as well as potentials, the
politics as well as possibilities, in this fascinating nexus.
The first full-length ethnographic study of its kind, Highland
Homecomings examines the role of place, ancestry and territorial
attachment in the context of a modern age characterized by mobility
and rootlessness. With an interdisciplinary approach, speaking to
current themes in anthropology, archaeology, history, historical
geography, cultural studies, migration studies, tourism studies,
Scottish studies, Paul Basu explores the journeys made to the
Scottish Highlands and Islands to undertake genealogical research
and seek out ancestral sites. Using an innovative methodological
approach, Basu tracks journeys between imagined homelands and
physical landscapes and argues that through these genealogical
journeys, individuals are able to construct meaningful
self-narratives from the ambiguities of their diasporic migrant
histories, and recover their sense of home and self-identity. This
is a significant contribution to popular and academic Scottish
studies literature, particularly appealing to popular and academic
audiences in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Scotland
We habitually categorize the world in binary logics of 'animate'
and 'inanimate', 'natural' and 'supernatural', 'self' and 'other',
'authentic' and 'inauthentic'. The Inbetweenness of Things rejects
such Western classificatory traditions - which tend to categorize
objects using bounded notions of period, place and purpose - and
argues instead for a paradigm where objects are not one thing or
another but a multiplicity of things at once. Adopting an
'object-centred' approach, with contributions from material culture
specialists across various disciplines, the book showcases a series
of objects that defy neat classification. In the process, it
explores how 'things' mediate and travel between conceptual worlds
in diverse cultural, geographic and temporal contexts, and how they
embody this mediation and movement in their form. With an
impressive range of international authors, each essay grounds
explorations of cutting-edge theory in concrete case studies. An
innovative, thought-provoking read for students and researchers in
anthropology, archaeology, museum studies and art history which
will transform the way readers think about objects.
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