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Museum anthropology

January 01, 1970

Museum anthropology is a domain of scholarship and professional practice in the discipline of anthropology.

Characteristics edit

A distinctive characteristic of museum anthropology is that it cross-cuts anthropology's sub-fields (archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, biological anthropology) as these are understood in North American anthropology. All of these areas are sometimes pursued in museum contexts (usually on the basis of research work with systematic collections) and all can be (and are) explicated in museum-based exhibitions and public programs. Some museum anthropologists work full or part-time in museum contexts while others are anthropologists (employed in diverse settings) interested in studying museums as social institutions in cultural and historical context. These two sets of concerns—collections-based scholarship and the study of museums—provide the core around which the domain of museum anthropology has self-organized.

One theme prominent in recent museum anthropology research concerns reconnecting older collections of ethnographic objects curated in museum contexts with the present-day source communities from which these objects were gathered.[1][2] Another concern is the development of museums and cultural centers by indigenous peoples in their own home communities.[3][4][5]

Other relationships edit

There is much traffic between museum anthropology and the related, overlapping, and neighboring domains of (general) archaeology, museum folklore, material culture studies, historical anthropology, visual anthropology, the anthropology of art, and the history of anthropology, as well as the art history of non-western societies and the field of museum studies.

Journals edit

The journals Museum Anthropology, Journal of Museum Ethnography, Gradhiva, and Museum Anthropology Review are closely identified with museum anthropology as a field.[6][7][8][9]

Museum anthropology and ethnography edit

Drawing upon critiques of ethnographic representation in written genres, museum anthropologists have asked questions about the strategies used to represent histories and cultures in museum exhibitions and related forms of display (such as worlds fairs).[10][11] Related is historical work in which museum anthropologists seek to better understand the contexts, histories and biographies that shaped both the field and the collections that contemporary curators steward.[12][13][14] Such historical concerns in turn intersect with work addressing repatriation claims and broader cultural property issues as these relate to museums.[15][16]

Use of museum collections as a resource for research aimed at understanding ethnographic and culture historical questions in the lives of particular communities has long been the core motivation for collecting by anthropology museums. Such work has been central throughout the history of the field, but new developments in digital technologies (and the rise of the so-called digital humanities) together with the transformations that have motivated the new research interests just mentioned have generated an intensification of such work. A general revitalization of material culture studies is a further factor conditioning the renewal of collections-based research in the present period. The fruits of this work include new digital archives and databases, as well as published studies focusing on particular groups, object forms, and collections.[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

United Kingdom and North America edit

Professional organizations central to the museum anthropology domain include the Council for Museum Anthropology (a section of the American Anthropological Association) in the United States and the Museum Ethnographers Group in the United Kingdom.[7][25]

In the United Kingdom and in North America, most universities that possess both anthropology degree programs and campus-based museums of anthropology will also offer specific training and coursework in museum anthropology. Specialized training for graduate students in collections-based research in museum anthropology (focusing on ethnographic rather than archaeological, biological, or linguistics collections) is provided in the Smithsonian Institution's Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA), an initiative funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation.[26]

Important persons edit

Further information: List of museums with major collections in ethnography and anthropology

Prominent figures in the history of museum anthropology include:

References edit

  1. ^ Laura L. Peers and Alison K. Brown, eds. (2003) Museums and Source Communities: A Routledge Reader. (London: Routledge).
  2. ^ Alison K. Brown and Laura L. Peers (2006) Pictures Bring Us Messages: Photographs and Histories from the Kainai Nation. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press).
  3. ^ Patricia Pierce Erikson with Helma Ward and Kirk Wachendorf (2002) Voices of a Thousand People: The Makah Cultural and Research Center. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press).
  4. ^ Gwyneira Isaac (2007) Mediating Knowledges: Origins of a Zuni Tribal Museum. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press).
  5. ^ Kimberly Christen (2007) Following the Nyinkka: Relations of Respect and Obligations to Act in the Collaborative Work of Aboriginal Cultural Centers. Museum Anthropology 30(2):101–124.
  6. ^ Museum Anthropology 2009-09-05 at the Wayback Machine. Wiley.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
  7. ^ a b Making connections through world collections 2010-08-31 at the Wayback Machine. Museum Ethnographers Group. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
  8. ^ Gradhiva 2010-07-11 at the Wayback Machine. Gradhiva.revues.org. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
  9. ^ Museum Anthropology Review (an open access journal) 2010-06-14 at the Wayback Machine. Scholarworks.iu.edu. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
  10. ^ Richard Handler and Eric Gable (1997) The New History in an Old Museum: Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg. (Durham: Duke University Press).
  11. ^ Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (1998) Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage. (Berkeley: University of California Press).
  12. ^ Amiria Henare (2005) Museums, Anthropology and Imperial Exchange. (New York: Cambridge University Press).
  13. ^ Shepard Krech III, ed. (1999) Collecting Native America, 1870–1960. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press).
  14. ^ Ira Jacknis (2002) The Storage Box of Tradition: Kwakiutl Art, Anthropologists, and Museums, 1881–1981. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press).
  15. ^ Kathleen S. Fine-Dare (2002) Grave injustice: The American Indian Repatriation Movement and NAGPRA. (Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press).
  16. ^ Michael F. Brown (2003) Who Owns Native Culture? (Cambridge: Harvard University Press).
  17. ^ The Chaco Research Archive. Chacoarchive.org. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
  18. ^ The Reciprocal Research Network. Overview 2010-07-30 at the Wayback Machine. Moa.ubc.ca. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
  19. ^ Plateau Peoples' Web Portal 2010-08-22 at the Wayback Machine. Libarts.wsu.edu. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
  20. ^ About GRASAC 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. Grasac.org. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
  21. ^ Ann Fienup-Riordan (2006) Yup'ik Elders at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin: Fieldwork Turned on its Head. (Seattle: University of Washington Press).
  22. ^ William L. Merrill, Marian Kaulaity Hansson, Candace S. Greene and Frederick J. Reuss (1997) A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press).
  23. ^ Daniel C. Swan (1999) Peyote Religious Art: Symbols of Faith and Belief. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi).
  24. ^ Aldona Jonaitis and Aaron Glass (2010) The Totem Pole: An Intercultural History. (Seattle: University of Washington Press).
  25. ^ The Council for Museum Anthropology 2010-03-10 at the Wayback Machine. Museumanthropology.org (2009-07-02). Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
  26. ^ Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology 2010-06-08 at the Wayback Machine. Anthropology.si.edu. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.

External links edit

  • Council for Museum Anthropology Website
  • Museum Ethnographers Group Website
  • of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge University
  • Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Website
  • Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History Website
  • Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology Website*
  • Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University Website*
  • Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia Website
  • Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Website
  • Pitt Rivers Museum Website
  • Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge Website
  • Museo Nacional de Antropología Website
  • musée du quai Branly Website

January 01, 1970
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Museum anthropology is a domain of scholarship and professional practice in the discipline of anthropology Contents 1 Characteristics 2 Other relationships 3 Journals 4 Museum anthropology and ethnography 5 United Kingdom and North America 6 Important persons 7 References 8 External linksCharacteristics editA distinctive characteristic of museum anthropology is that it cross cuts anthropology s sub fields archaeology cultural anthropology linguistic anthropology biological anthropology as these are understood in North American anthropology All of these areas are sometimes pursued in museum contexts usually on the basis of research work with systematic collections and all can be and are explicated in museum based exhibitions and public programs Some museum anthropologists work full or part time in museum contexts while others are anthropologists employed in diverse settings interested in studying museums as social institutions in cultural and historical context These two sets of concerns collections based scholarship and the study of museums provide the core around which the domain of museum anthropology has self organized One theme prominent in recent museum anthropology research concerns reconnecting older collections of ethnographic objects curated in museum contexts with the present day source communities from which these objects were gathered 1 2 Another concern is the development of museums and cultural centers by indigenous peoples in their own home communities 3 4 5 Other relationships editThere is much traffic between museum anthropology and the related overlapping and neighboring domains of general archaeology museum folklore material culture studies historical anthropology visual anthropology the anthropology of art and the history of anthropology as well as the art history of non western societies and the field of museum studies Journals editThe journals Museum Anthropology Journal of Museum Ethnography Gradhiva and Museum Anthropology Review are closely identified with museum anthropology as a field 6 7 8 9 Museum anthropology and ethnography editDrawing upon critiques of ethnographic representation in written genres museum anthropologists have asked questions about the strategies used to represent histories and cultures in museum exhibitions and related forms of display such as worlds fairs 10 11 Related is historical work in which museum anthropologists seek to better understand the contexts histories and biographies that shaped both the field and the collections that contemporary curators steward 12 13 14 Such historical concerns in turn intersect with work addressing repatriation claims and broader cultural property issues as these relate to museums 15 16 Use of museum collections as a resource for research aimed at understanding ethnographic and culture historical questions in the lives of particular communities has long been the core motivation for collecting by anthropology museums Such work has been central throughout the history of the field but new developments in digital technologies and the rise of the so called digital humanities together with the transformations that have motivated the new research interests just mentioned have generated an intensification of such work A general revitalization of material culture studies is a further factor conditioning the renewal of collections based research in the present period The fruits of this work include new digital archives and databases as well as published studies focusing on particular groups object forms and collections 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 United Kingdom and North America editProfessional organizations central to the museum anthropology domain include the Council for Museum Anthropology a section of the American Anthropological Association in the United States and the Museum Ethnographers Group in the United Kingdom 7 25 In the United Kingdom and in North America most universities that possess both anthropology degree programs and campus based museums of anthropology will also offer specific training and coursework in museum anthropology Specialized training for graduate students in collections based research in museum anthropology focusing on ethnographic rather than archaeological biological or linguistics collections is provided in the Smithsonian Institution s Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology SIMA an initiative funded by the U S National Science Foundation 26 Important persons editFurther information List of museums with major collections in ethnography and anthropology Prominent figures in the history of museum anthropology include Augustus Pitt Rivers 1827 1900 Franz Boas 1858 1942 Lev Sternberg 1861 1927 Henry Balfour 1863 1939 James W VanStone 1925 2001 William C Sturtevant 1926 2007 Michael Ames 1933 2006 References edit Laura L Peers and Alison K Brown eds 2003 Museums and Source Communities A Routledge Reader London Routledge Alison K Brown and Laura L Peers 2006 Pictures Bring Us Messages Photographs and Histories from the Kainai Nation Toronto University of Toronto Press Patricia Pierce Erikson with Helma Ward and Kirk Wachendorf 2002 Voices of a Thousand People The Makah Cultural and Research Center Lincoln University of Nebraska Press Gwyneira Isaac 2007 Mediating Knowledges Origins of a Zuni Tribal Museum Tucson University of Arizona Press Kimberly Christen 2007 Following the Nyinkka Relations of Respect and Obligations to Act in the Collaborative Work of Aboriginal Cultural Centers Museum Anthropology 30 2 101 124 Museum Anthropology Archived 2009 09 05 at the Wayback Machine Wiley com Retrieved on 2011 05 30 a b Making connections through world collections Archived 2010 08 31 at the Wayback Machine Museum Ethnographers Group Retrieved on 2011 05 30 Gradhiva Archived 2010 07 11 at the Wayback Machine Gradhiva revues org Retrieved on 2011 05 30 Museum Anthropology Review an open access journal Archived 2010 06 14 at the Wayback Machine Scholarworks iu edu Retrieved on 2011 05 30 Richard Handler and Eric Gable 1997 The New History in an Old Museum Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg Durham Duke University Press Barbara Kirshenblatt Gimblett 1998 Destination Culture Tourism Museums and Heritage Berkeley University of California Press Amiria Henare 2005 Museums Anthropology and Imperial Exchange New York Cambridge University Press Shepard Krech III ed 1999 Collecting Native America 1870 1960 Washington Smithsonian Institution Press Ira Jacknis 2002 The Storage Box of Tradition Kwakiutl Art Anthropologists and Museums 1881 1981 Washington Smithsonian Institution Press Kathleen S Fine Dare 2002 Grave injustice The American Indian Repatriation Movement and NAGPRA Lincoln University of Nebraska Press Michael F Brown 2003 Who Owns Native Culture Cambridge Harvard University Press The Chaco Research Archive Chacoarchive org Retrieved on 2011 05 30 The Reciprocal Research Network Overview Archived 2010 07 30 at the Wayback Machine Moa ubc ca Retrieved on 2011 05 30 Plateau Peoples Web Portal Archived 2010 08 22 at the Wayback Machine Libarts wsu edu Retrieved on 2011 05 30 About GRASAC Archived 2011 07 26 at the Wayback Machine Grasac org Retrieved on 2011 05 30 Ann Fienup Riordan 2006 Yup ik Elders at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin Fieldwork Turned on its Head Seattle University of Washington Press William L Merrill Marian Kaulaity Hansson Candace S Greene and Frederick J Reuss 1997 A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution Washington DC Smithsonian Institution Press Daniel C Swan 1999 Peyote Religious Art Symbols of Faith and Belief Jackson University Press of Mississippi Aldona Jonaitis and Aaron Glass 2010 The Totem Pole An Intercultural History Seattle University of Washington Press The Council for Museum Anthropology Archived 2010 03 10 at the Wayback Machine Museumanthropology org 2009 07 02 Retrieved on 2011 05 30 Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology Archived 2010 06 08 at the Wayback Machine Anthropology si edu Retrieved on 2011 05 30 External links editCouncil for Museum Anthropology Website Museum Ethnographers Group Website of Archaeology and Anthropology Cambridge University Department of Anthropology National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Website Division of Anthropology American Museum of Natural History Website Anthropology Department Field Museum Website Phoebe A Hearst Museum of Anthropology Website Mathers Museum of World Cultures Indiana University Website Museum of Anthropology University of British Columbia Website Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Website Pitt Rivers Museum Website Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology University of Cambridge Website Museo Nacional de Antropologia Website musee du quai Branly Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Museum anthropology amp oldid 1180246044, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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