Museums, anthropology and imperial exchange
By: Amiria J.M. Henare.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Ethnological museums and collections -- New Zealand; Ethnological museums and collections -- Scotland; Material culture -- New Zealand -- Research; Material culture -- Scotland -- Research; Ceremonial exchange -- New Zealand; Ceremonial exchange -- Scotland; Maori (New Zealand people) -- Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting; New Zealand -- Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting; Scotland -- Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting
Description: "Amiria Henare explores the role of material cultural research in anthropology and related disciplines from the late eighteenth century to the present. Grounded in a historical ethnography of museums in New Zealand and Scotland, the work traces the movement of artefacts now held in contemporary collections through space and time, demonstrating how and why things were bought, exchanged and stolen, and carried across oceans to arrive in present-day museums. The collecting of artefacts and their study both in museums and in the field are emphasised as key strategies in the development of anthropological thought. While much late-twentieth-century writing in anthropology has employed analytic models and methodologies derived from the study of language, this work belongs to a growing body of research drafting on the epistemological potency of artefacts, the distinctive insights afforded by engagement with material things."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references p. (295-320) and index.