Histories, heritage, museums . London, New York, Routledge, 1999. This book gathers key contributions on how the nation is constructed and represented. With an international perspective, the contributors investigate whether cultural artefacts can represent individuals equally, as members of a given nation. This volume presents 14 essays which constitute case studies from countries such as Nigeria, Brazil, Australia, Saudi Arabia, etc., and examine the role of museums in creating and maintaining cultural and national identity.
Museums are social institutions and, as such, agents of social change.
Thought-provoking questions, considered in the context of different possible responses and solutions, are the core of this work. An opening conversation about museums and community. Museums and community initiative, May 10, 2000. Museums and the community in West Africa . London, Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995.