Making Representations: Museums in the Post-Colonial Era

by Moira G. Simpson

Drawing upon material from Britain, Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, Making Representations explores the ways in which museums and anthropologists are responding to pressures in the field by developing new policies and practices, and forging new relationships with communities. Simpson examines the increasing number of museums and cultural centres being established by indigenous and immigrant communities as they take control of the interpretive process and challenge the traditional role of the museum. Museum studies students and museum professionals will all find this a stimulating and valuable read.

Genres: Museums

352 pages, Hardcover

First published December 6, 1996

Reviews

[Karie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Museums and galleries are finally showing non-Western art outside of the anthropology wing. But with the hybridization of cultural in an openly global world, is there really any "pure" culture than can be showcased? No. And was there ever any real, pure culture to begin with? Aren't we all "contaminated" by the influence of "outsiders", even in pre-colonial times?