Preserving the Physical Object in Changing Cultural Contexts
Has the professional conservation of museum collections, centered on safeguarding tangible materials, changed any of its practices in keeping with the transformation of museums themselves in the postcolonial context? This chapter discusses conservation in the many contemporary museums which now focu...
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crwiley:10.1002/9781118829059.wbihms417 2024-06-02T08:06:43+00:00 Preserving the Physical Object in Changing Cultural Contexts Clavir, Miriam 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118829059.wbihms417 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781118829059.wbihms417 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/9781118829059.wbihms417 en eng Wiley http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 The International Handbooks of Museum Studies page 387-412 ISBN 9781118829059 other 2015 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118829059.wbihms417 2024-05-06T07:04:37Z Has the professional conservation of museum collections, centered on safeguarding tangible materials, changed any of its practices in keeping with the transformation of museums themselves in the postcolonial context? This chapter discusses conservation in the many contemporary museums which now focus more on the needs of people and less on the needs of collections. Core conservation values are illustrated, and developments in theory and practice are discussed in relation particularly to the Canadian context and to First Nations perspectives and challenges. Direct quotations from Indigenous people illustrate these viewpoints. Discussion in this chapter also focuses on developments and trends in the conservation profession in response to changes in both internal museum and external global contexts. Other/Unknown Material First Nations Wiley Online Library 387 412 |
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Has the professional conservation of museum collections, centered on safeguarding tangible materials, changed any of its practices in keeping with the transformation of museums themselves in the postcolonial context? This chapter discusses conservation in the many contemporary museums which now focus more on the needs of people and less on the needs of collections. Core conservation values are illustrated, and developments in theory and practice are discussed in relation particularly to the Canadian context and to First Nations perspectives and challenges. Direct quotations from Indigenous people illustrate these viewpoints. Discussion in this chapter also focuses on developments and trends in the conservation profession in response to changes in both internal museum and external global contexts. |
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