Museums, Heritage And Indigenous Voice: Decolonizing Engagement (Routledge Research In Museum Studies)
Routledge
ISBN13:
9780815346777
$56.25
Current discourse on Indigenous engagement in museum studies is often dominated by curatorial and academic perspectives, in which community voice, viewpoints, and reflections on their collaborations can be under-represented. This book provides a unique look at Indigenous perspectives on museum community engagement and the process of self-representation, specifically how the First Nations Elders of the Blackfoot Confederacy have worked with museums and heritage sites in Alberta, Canada, to represent their own culture and history. Situated in a post-colonial context, the case-study sites are places of contention, a politicized environment that highlights commonly hidden issues and naturalized inequalities built into current approaches to community engagement. Data from participant observation, archives, and in-depth interviewing with participants brings Blackfoot community voice into the text and provides an alternative understanding of self and cross-cultural representation. Focusing on the experiences of museum professionals and Blackfoot Elders who have worked with a number of museums and heritage sites, Indigenous Voices in Cultural Institutions unpicks the power and politics of engagement on a micro level and how it can be applied more broadly, by exposing the limits and challenges of cross-cultural engagement and community self-representation. The result is a volume that provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the nuances of self-representation and decolonization.
- | Author: Bryony Onciul
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Dec 15, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 268 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0815346778
- | ISBN-13: 9780815346777
- Author:
- Bryony Onciul
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication Date:
- Dec 15, 2017
- Number of pages:
- 268 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0815346778
- ISBN-13:
- 9780815346777