The Museum of Other People - From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions

This is a history of the ways in which the world has been represented in museums of anthropology, with their displays of arts and artifacts, their dioramas, their special exhibitions, and their arrays of skulls and skeletons. Originally created as colonial enterprises to document the ''primitive peoples'' of the empire, what is the purpose of these places today? What should they do with the items in their custodianship? And how can one make sense of the story of material culture with or without them? Informed by a lifetime of research and scholarship, this is a subtle and original work which tackles the painful questions at the root of museums'' identities today. Adam Kuper illuminates these difficult truths with both heart and humanity; the result is a must-read for anyone concerned with the future of our past.

Product details

• Authors: ADAM KUPER, Adam Kuper, Kuper Adam
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781800810914
• ISBN: 978-1-80081-091-4
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology