Museum cultural collections: pathways to the preservation of traditional and scientific knowledge
Museums of natural and cultural history in the 21st century hold responsibilities that are vastly different from those of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the time of many of their inceptions. No longer conceived of as cabinets of curiosities, institutional priorities are in the process of undergo...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/as-2017-0001 2024-09-15T17:49:57+00:00 Museum cultural collections: pathways to the preservation of traditional and scientific knowledge Linn, Angela J. Reuther, Joshua D. Wooley, Chris B. Shirar, Scott J. Rogers, Jason S. 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0001 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/as-2017-0001 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2017-0001 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Arctic Science volume 3, issue 3, page 618-634 ISSN 2368-7460 2368-7460 journal-article 2017 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0001 2024-06-27T04:10:59Z Museums of natural and cultural history in the 21st century hold responsibilities that are vastly different from those of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the time of many of their inceptions. No longer conceived of as cabinets of curiosities, institutional priorities are in the process of undergoing dramatic changes. This article reviews the history of the University of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks, Alaska, from its development in the early 1920s, describing the changing ways staff have worked with Indigenous individuals and communities. Projects like the Modern Alaska Native Material Culture and the Barter Island Project are highlighted as examples of how artifacts and the people who constructed them are no longer viewed as simply examples of material culture and Native informants but are considered partners in the acquisition, preservation, and perpetuation of traditional and scientific knowledge in Alaska. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Barter Island Alaska Canadian Science Publishing Arctic Science 3 3 618 634 |
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Museums of natural and cultural history in the 21st century hold responsibilities that are vastly different from those of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the time of many of their inceptions. No longer conceived of as cabinets of curiosities, institutional priorities are in the process of undergoing dramatic changes. This article reviews the history of the University of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks, Alaska, from its development in the early 1920s, describing the changing ways staff have worked with Indigenous individuals and communities. Projects like the Modern Alaska Native Material Culture and the Barter Island Project are highlighted as examples of how artifacts and the people who constructed them are no longer viewed as simply examples of material culture and Native informants but are considered partners in the acquisition, preservation, and perpetuation of traditional and scientific knowledge in Alaska. |
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Museum cultural collections: pathways to the preservation of traditional and scientific knowledge |
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