COLLECTING FOR A COLLEGE MUSEUM: Exchange Practices and the Life History of a 19th‐Century Arctic Collection
Abstract The central role of exchange in museum collecting merits greater scholarly attention. We present an anthropological framework for analyzing exchange practices that illuminates the complex and shifting meanings collections accrue through their life histories. We illustrate this by examining...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1548-1379.2011.01112.x 2024-06-02T08:02:00+00:00 COLLECTING FOR A COLLEGE MUSEUM: Exchange Practices and the Life History of a 19th‐Century Arctic Collection Margaris, Amy V. Grimm, Linda T. 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1379.2011.01112.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1548-1379.2011.01112.x https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1548-1379.2011.01112.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Museum Anthropology volume 34, issue 2, page 109-127 ISSN 0892-8339 1548-1379 journal-article 2011 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1379.2011.01112.x 2024-05-03T11:51:40Z Abstract The central role of exchange in museum collecting merits greater scholarly attention. We present an anthropological framework for analyzing exchange practices that illuminates the complex and shifting meanings collections accrue through their life histories. We illustrate this by examining the series of late 19th‐century exchanges that produced a small, but historically important, ethnological collection at the O berlin College Museum from the N orth A merican A rctic. The analysis sheds new light on the uneasy development of ethnology from its natural history roots, and on the role of small colleges in furthering the modern sciences curriculum. Examining collection life histories by way of exchange practices also highlights new interpretive challenges that accompany old collections. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Wiley Online Library Arctic Museum Anthropology 34 2 109 127 |
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Abstract The central role of exchange in museum collecting merits greater scholarly attention. We present an anthropological framework for analyzing exchange practices that illuminates the complex and shifting meanings collections accrue through their life histories. We illustrate this by examining the series of late 19th‐century exchanges that produced a small, but historically important, ethnological collection at the O berlin College Museum from the N orth A merican A rctic. The analysis sheds new light on the uneasy development of ethnology from its natural history roots, and on the role of small colleges in furthering the modern sciences curriculum. Examining collection life histories by way of exchange practices also highlights new interpretive challenges that accompany old collections. |
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Margaris, Amy V. Grimm, Linda T. COLLECTING FOR A COLLEGE MUSEUM: Exchange Practices and the Life History of a 19th‐Century Arctic Collection |
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Margaris, Amy V. Grimm, Linda T. |
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COLLECTING FOR A COLLEGE MUSEUM: Exchange Practices and the Life History of a 19th‐Century Arctic Collection |
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COLLECTING FOR A COLLEGE MUSEUM: Exchange Practices and the Life History of a 19th‐Century Arctic Collection |
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COLLECTING FOR A COLLEGE MUSEUM: Exchange Practices and the Life History of a 19th‐Century Arctic Collection |
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COLLECTING FOR A COLLEGE MUSEUM: Exchange Practices and the Life History of a 19th‐Century Arctic Collection |
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COLLECTING FOR A COLLEGE MUSEUM: Exchange Practices and the Life History of a 19th‐Century Arctic Collection |
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collecting for a college museum: exchange practices and the life history of a 19th‐century arctic collection |
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