Title: From imperial museum to communication centre? :
Authors: Guzy, Lidia.; Hatoum, Rainer.; Kamel, Susan.; Fliedner, Andreas.; Weber, Daniela,
Date: 2010
Publisher: Königshausen & Neumann,
Physical description: 192 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 21 x 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: A
Abstract: "Are museums symbols of cultural dominance or spaces of social inclusion? The project ´From Imperial Museum to Communication Centre? On the New Role of Museums as a Mediator between Science and Non-Western Societies´ explores alternative non-European museum concepts. The editors of this volume, Lidia Guzy, Rainer Hatoum and Susan Kamel, conducted research in India, North America and Egypt, investigating different contexts of a major global shift in museum theory and practise. Marginalised groups demand a more active part in the representation and interpretation of their own cultural heritage. In consequence, Western forms of scholarship, collecting practices and strategies of mediation are called into question. Presenting the results of an international conference which brought together museum professionals from the three respective regions, the present volume offers a compendium of contemporary perspectives on museum work."--
Contents: Introduction : the Berlin debate : Humboldt Forum versus Museum Island / Lidia Guzy, Rainer Hatoum, Susan Kamel -- Museums, culture and sustainable development / Ossama Abdel Meguid -- The Coptic Museum in old Cairo : Egypt's Christian heritage : a new policy for Egypt's museums / Nadja Tomoum -- Coming back from Egypt : working on exhibitions and audience development in museums today / Susan Kamel -- Whom are they talking to? : Egyptian museums and their visitors / Christine Gerbich -- Collective memory and cultural storage : tasks and opportunities for the Museum of Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museum / Stefan Weber -- Photos in dialogue : Egypt-Berlin -- Photos in dialogue : North America-Berlin -- The "other" and ourselves : the deconstruction of distance / Stephen Inglis -- The Navajo Nation Museum : a Navajo way of researching and presenting culture / Manuelito Wheeler -- Ethnic art or fine art? : twenty years of collecting Native American art for the Ethnological Museum Berlin / Peter Bolz -- Musealizing dialogue / Rainer Hatoum -- The living museum movement in India : from heritage interpretation to heritage action? / Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty -- The song of Orpheus : reflection on the Museum of Voice / Ganesh Devy -- Some biographical memories on the Museum of Mankind / Vikas Bhatt -- New forms of representation and documentation of Asian cultures with special reference to music / Lars-Christian Koch -- After museum : on museums and de-musealisation in India / Lidia Guzy -- Photos in dialogue : India-Berlin.
Notes: Papers presented at a conference held in Berlin on 2009.
Subject headings (LCSH): Cultural property--Protection--Congresses; Ethnological museums and collections--Congresses.; Museums and community--Congresses.; Museums--Social aspects--Congresses.; Museums.