Description: Further DetailsTitle: Preserving What Is ValuedCondition: NewSubtitle: Museums, Conservation, and First NationsISBN-10: 0774808616EAN: 9780774808613ISBN: 9780774808613Publisher: University of British Columbia PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/01/2002Description: Preserving What Is Valued explores the concept of preserving heritage. It presents the conservation profession's code of ethics and discusses four significant contexts embedded in museum conservation practice: science, professionalization, museum practice, and the relationship between museums and First Nations peoples. Museum practice regarding handling and preservation of objects has been largely taken as a given, and it can be difficult to see how these activities are politicized. Clavir argues that museum practices are historically grounded and represent values that are not necessarily held by the originators of the objects. She first focuses on conservation and explains the principles and methods conservators practise. She then discusses First Nations people's perspectives on preservation, quoting extensively from interviews done throughout British Columbia, and comparing the British Columbia situation with that in New Zealand. In the face of cultural repatriation issues, museums are attempting to become more culturally sensitive to the original owners of objects, forming new understandings of the “right ways” of storage and handling of materials. Miriam Clavir's work is important for museum professionals, conservators, those working with First Nations collections in auction houses and galleries, as well as students of sociology and anthropology.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: CAItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 159mmItem Weight: 520gAuthor: Miriam ClavirGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Language & ReferenceRelease Year: 2002 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Preserving What Is Valued
Title: Preserving What Is Valued
Subtitle: Museums, Conservation, and First Nations
ISBN-10: 0774808616
EAN: 9780774808613
ISBN: 9780774808613
Release Date: 08/01/2002
Release Year: 2002
Country/Region of Manufacture: CA
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Language & Reference
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Name: Preserving What Is Valued : Museums, Conservation, and First Nations
Language: English
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2002
Subject: Archaeology, Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Museum Studies, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, History / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Miriam Clavir
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Art, Political Science, Social Science
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
