{"product_id":"collections-as-relations-9781032382555","title":"Collections as Relations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores anthropological and global art collections as a catalyst, a medium, and an expression of relations. Relations  between and among objects and media, people, and wider material and immaterial contexts  define, configure, and potentially transform collection-related social and professional networks, discourses and practices, and increasingly museums and other collecting institutions themselves. Objects and media are created, manufactured, and used; they are sold, bartered, and stolen or taken with force; and they are categorized and displayed in museums, archives, and libraries far beyond their contexts of origin. The contributors argue that a focus on the  often contested  making and remaking of relations provides an innovative conceptual entry-point for understanding collections'  and their' objects' and media's  complex histories, contemporary webs of interactions, and potential futures. The chapters examine the local, translocal, and transregional relations of co\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019019714903,"sku":"9781032382555","price":123.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032382555.jpg?v=1750779055","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/collections-as-relations-9781032382555","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}