00000cmm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217611057374 Buklod 20230504003249.0 m go j cr |nu|||auu|a 110630s2011 xxu u | eng d 9781441982223 (eBook) 1441982221 (eBook) (iLib)UPD-00210203943 DLC DML eng DMLUC AM 133 U57 2011eb Unpacking the collection networks of material and social agency in the museum [electronic resource] Sarah Byrne... [et. al.], editors. New York Springer 2011. 1 online resource (viii, 342 p.) ill. (some col.) One world archaeology. IP-based subscription, access limited to within on-campus computer network. Access via Electronic Resources of the UPD University Library Website. Museum collections are often perceived as static entities hidden away in storerooms or trapped behind glass cases. By focusing on the dynamic histories of museum collections, new research reveals their pivotal role in shaping a wide range of social relations. Over time and across space the interactions between these artefacts and the people and institutions who made, traded, collected, researched and exhibited them have generated complex networks of material and social agency.In this innovative volume, the contributors draw on a broad range of source materials to explore the cross-cultural interactions which have created museum collections. These case studies contribute significantly to the development of new theoretical frameworks to examine broader questions of materiality, agency, and identity in the past and present.Grounded in case studies from individual objects and museum collections from North America, Europe, Africa, the Pacific Islands, and Australia, this truly international volume juxtaposes historical, geographical, and cross-cultural studies.This work will be of great interest to archaeologists and anthropologists studying material culture, as well as researchers in museum studies and cultural heritage management. Electronic reproduction. New York Springerlink c2011. Available via World Wide Web through SpringerLink. Ethnological museums and collections Social aspects. Ethnological museums and collections Research. Material culture Social aspects. Material culture Research. Museums Collection management Social aspects. Museum exhibits Social aspects. Electronic books. Byrne, Sarah. Clarke, Anne. Harrison, Rodney. Torrence, Robin. SpringerLink (Online Service). Electronic Resource Available for the University of the Philippines Diliman via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4419-8222-3 FO Monograph UPD DMLR Electronic Resource