Egyptian Archaeology and the Twenty-First Century Museum

Alice Stevenson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

98 Seiten

2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-07437-7 (ISBN)

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This Element addresses the cultural production of ancient Egypt in the museum as a mixture of multiple pasts and presents that cohere around collections; their artefacts, documentation, storage, research, and display. Its four sections examine how ideas about the past are formed by museum assemblages: how their histories of acquisition and documentation shape interpretation, the range of materials that comprise them, the influence of their geographical framing, and the moments of remaking that might be possible. Throughout, the importance of critical approaches to interpretation is underscored, reasserting the museum as a site of active research and experiment, rather than only exhibitionary product or communicative media. It argues for a multi-directional approach to museum work that seeks to reveal the inter-relations of collection histories and which has implications not just for museum representation and documentation, but also for archaeological practice more broadly.

1. Introduction; 2. Collecting Histories; 3. Materials; 4. Space and Place; 5. Experimental Re-assembly; 6. Concluding Remarks; References.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.09.2021
Reihe/Serie	Elements in Ancient Egypt in Context
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 228 mm
Gewicht	160 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-009-07437-7 / 1009074377
ISBN-13	978-1-009-07437-7 / 9781009074377
Zustand	Neuware