Description: This is an exploration of 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. Miriam 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 conducted throughout British Columbia, and comparing the BC situation with that in New Zealand.
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EAN: 9780774808613
UPC: 9780774808613
ISBN: 9780774808613
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Book Title: Preserving What is Valued: Museums, Conservation a
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
Subject: Archaeology, Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Museum Studies, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, History / General
Publication Year: 2002
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
