商品簡介
This work empowers museum professionals in New Zealand to work in a way that is informed by Maori values, with ideas on museum practices of management, collections, and display that can apply to the relationship between all museums and indigenous peoples. The author draws on a wealth of interviews conducted during 2008-2010 with indigenous and non-indigenous museum professionals and Maori leaders. The first part of the book focuses on the impact of the groundbreaking Te Maori exhibition in New Zealand, and the second section describes reforms carried out during the 1990s and the creation of New Zealand's national museum. A section on the future explores more autonomous models of cultural development and considers topics such as the repatriation of remains and artifacts. The book contains 39 b&w photos of exhibitions, meetings, and ceremonies, and two b&w maps of New Zealand. An appendix presents an 1840 treaty and a 1993 declaration on the cultural and intellectual property rights of indigenous peoples. The book's readership includes museum professionals, indigenous communities, cultural centers, and researchers and students in museum, indigenous, and heritage studies. Information on the author is not given. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Conal McCarthy is director of the Museum and Heritage Studies Program at the Victoria University of Wellington. He has worked as an art educator, curator, and exhibition interpreter at the New Zealand National Art Gallery, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and Academy of Performing Arts at the University of Waikato, and sits on the boards of the Adam Art Gallery and New Zealand Cricket Museum. Previous books include Exhibiting Maori: A History of Colonial Cultures of Display (Berg).
