Making kin is more than metaphor: Implications of responsibilities toward Indigenous knowledge and artistic traditions for museums
Abstract Many Indigenous communities do not regard objects as inanimate, but rather as animate kin. Based on our work as a collaborative group of museum coordinators and Hopi, Anishinaabe, and Penobscot artists, we explore narratives and kinship concepts emerging from working with collections of bas...
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crwiley:10.1111/muan.12283 2024-06-23T07:45:35+00:00 Making kin is more than metaphor: Implications of responsibilities toward Indigenous knowledge and artistic traditions for museums Isaac, Gwyneira Burgio‐Ericson, Klint McChesney, Lea Green, Adriana Greci Charley, Karen Kahe Church, Kelly Dillard, Renee Wasson Smithsonian Institution 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/muan.12283 https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/muan.12283 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Museum Anthropology ISSN 0892-8339 1548-1379 journal-article 2024 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/muan.12283 2024-06-04T06:39:02Z Abstract Many Indigenous communities do not regard objects as inanimate, but rather as animate kin. Based on our work as a collaborative group of museum coordinators and Hopi, Anishinaabe, and Penobscot artists, we explore narratives and kinship concepts emerging from working with collections of baskets and pottery. We question how recent theoretical conceptualizations of kinship have become overly rhetorical and, therefore, risk diminishing the tangible responsibilities that Indigenous knowledge systems teach. We explore how the new social networks forged through collaborative practices implicate museum personnel in kinship‐like relationships, which raises the question: What are the critical lessons museums can learn from the work of making and sustaining kin? Conventional western museology rarely contemplates these imperatives. The implications for museums that come with recognizing such networks are not only about conceptualizing kin in new ways, but also developing shared ethical protocols and responsibilities toward Indigenous knowledge and the environment over multiple generations. Article in Journal/Newspaper anishina* Wiley Online Library Museum Anthropology |
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Abstract Many Indigenous communities do not regard objects as inanimate, but rather as animate kin. Based on our work as a collaborative group of museum coordinators and Hopi, Anishinaabe, and Penobscot artists, we explore narratives and kinship concepts emerging from working with collections of baskets and pottery. We question how recent theoretical conceptualizations of kinship have become overly rhetorical and, therefore, risk diminishing the tangible responsibilities that Indigenous knowledge systems teach. We explore how the new social networks forged through collaborative practices implicate museum personnel in kinship‐like relationships, which raises the question: What are the critical lessons museums can learn from the work of making and sustaining kin? Conventional western museology rarely contemplates these imperatives. The implications for museums that come with recognizing such networks are not only about conceptualizing kin in new ways, but also developing shared ethical protocols and responsibilities toward Indigenous knowledge and the environment over multiple generations. |
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Isaac, Gwyneira Burgio‐Ericson, Klint McChesney, Lea Green, Adriana Greci Charley, Karen Kahe Church, Kelly Dillard, Renee Wasson Making kin is more than metaphor: Implications of responsibilities toward Indigenous knowledge and artistic traditions for museums |
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Making kin is more than metaphor: Implications of responsibilities toward Indigenous knowledge and artistic traditions for museums |
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Making kin is more than metaphor: Implications of responsibilities toward Indigenous knowledge and artistic traditions for museums |
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