{"product_id":"experiencing-materiality-museum-perspectives-9781789209846","title":"Experiencing Materiality: Museum Perspectives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tRepresenting a cutting-edge study of the junction between theoretical anthropology, material culture studies, religious studies and museum anthropology, this study examines the interaction between the human and the nonhuman in a museum setting usually defined as ‘non-Western’, ‘non-scientific’ and ‘religious.’ Combining an on-site analysis of exhibitive spaces with archival research and interviews with museum curators, the chapters highlight contradictions of museum practices, and suggests that museum practitioners use museum spaces and artefacts as a way of formulating new theoretical stances in material culture studies, thus viewing museums as producers of theories together with affective engagements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface and Acknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e What Thing Is This? Indian Storytelling Scrolls\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Curatorial Understanding of the Sacred within Museum Walls: Metalogues in Dialogue with Scholarship\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Manipulating Sacred Force: Scrolls and Copies\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Material Engagements in the Colony: Legacies and Changes in Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Reconstructing the Sacred: Temples or Museum Galleries?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e When Religious Power is Limiting: The World Museum in Liverpool\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e For a Reappraisal of Phenomenology: A Perspectival Approach to Materiality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Returning to Museums\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAppendix to the Pictures\u003cbr\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042568798551,"sku":"9781789209846","price":80.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789209846.jpg?v=1750954680","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/experiencing-materiality-museum-perspectives-9781789209846","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}