Whose Culture? : The Promise of Museums and the Debate over Antiquities /

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The international controversy over who "owns" antiquities has pitted museums against archaeologists and source countries where ancient artifacts are found. In his book Who Owns Antiquity?, James Cuno argued that antiquities are the cultural property of humankind, not of the countries that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Cuno, James B. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Museums > Philosophy.
Museum exhibits > Moral and ethical aspects.
Cultural property > Repatriation.
Cultural property > Protection.
Antiquities > Collection and preservation > Moral and ethical aspects.
ART > Art & Politics.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
REFERENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Museum Administration & Museology.
Musees > Philosophie.
Musees > Acquisitions > Aspect moral.
Objets exposes > Aspect moral.
Fouilles (Archeologie) > Aspect moral.
Patrimoine culturel > Restitution.
Antiquites > Collections et conservation > Aspect social.
Antiquites > Collections et conservation > Aspect moral.
Museums > Acquisitions > Moral and ethical aspects.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Moral and ethical aspects.
Antiquities > Collection and preservation > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Whose Culture?; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE The Value of Museums; To Shape the Citizens of "That Great City, the World"; "And What Do You Propose Should Be Done with Those Objects?"; Whose Culture Is It?; PART TWO The Value of Antiquities; Antiquities and the Importance--and Limitations--of Archaeological Contexts; Archaeologists, Collectors, and Museums; Censoring Knowledge: The Case for the Publication of Unprovenanced Cuneiform Tablets; PART THREE Museums, Antiquities, and Cultural Property.
  • Exhibiting Indigenous Heritage in the Age of Cultural PropertyHeritage and National Treasures; The Nation and the Object; Select Bibliography; Contributors; Index.

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