Extreme collecting : challenging practices for 21st century museums /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Were, Graeme (Editor), King, J. C. H. (Jonathan C. H.) (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
Subjects:
Museums > Acquisitions > Moral and ethical aspects.
Museums > Collection management.
Musées > Acquisitions > Aspect moral.
Musées > Gestion des collections.
collections management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Museum Administration & Museology.
REFERENCE > General.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
ART > Museum Studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Extreme Collecting; Extreme Collecting Challenging Practices for 21st Century Museums; Contents; List of Figures; Extreme Collecting Dealing with Difficult Objects; Part I Difficult Objects; 1 The Material Culture of Persecution; 2 Lyricism and Offence in Egyptian Archaeology Collections; 3 Contested Human Remains; 4 Extreme or Commonplace; 5 Unfit for Society?; Part II Mass Produced; 6 Knowing the New; 7 The Global Scope of Extreme Collecting; 8 Awkward Objects; 9 Great Expectations and Modest Transactions; Part III Extreme Matters.
  • 10 Extremes of Collecting at the Imperial War Museum 1917-200911 Plastics
  • Why Not?; 12 Time Capsules as Extreme Collecting; 13 Canning Cans
  • a Brand New Way of Looking at History; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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