{"product_id":"extreme-collecting-challenging-practices-for-21st-century-museums-9781782385141","title":"Extreme Collecting: Challenging Practices for","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tBy exploring the processes of collecting, which challenge the bounds of normally acceptable practice, this book debates the practice of collecting ‘difficult’ objects, from a historical and contemporary perspective; and discusses the acquisition of objects related to war and genocide, and those purchased from the internet, as well as considering human remains, mass produced objects and illicitly traded antiquities. The aim is to apply a critical approach to the rigidity of museums in maintaining essentially nineteenth-century ideas of collecting; and to move towards identifying priorities for collection policies in museums, which are inclusive of acquiring ‘difficult’ objects. Much of the book engages with the question of the limits to the practice of collecting as a means to think through the implementation of new strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book takes the study of materials innovation and design outside the prevalent focus on Western technoscience. Its focus on Pacific societies also raises the issue of digital return and, furthermore, digital technologies in the museum and heritage sector more broadly. In this connection, Were pushes beyond debates on authenticity and instead highlights digital technology’s productive potentials.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Social Anthropology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…the chapters are well written and informative…this volume brings us back to the persistent relevance of objects and collecting to museums. Although architecture and community building have taken center stage in museum discourse, this volume reminds us of what museums continue to do: collect. The primacy of objects in making places, museums, memories, and history remains central to their endeavor.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Visual Anthropology Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This collection is an interesting concept, composed of telling case studies over a satisfying range of collecting topics... with some consideration of philosophical and theoretical perspectives.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Linda Young\u003c\/strong\u003e, Deakin University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eExtreme Collecting:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dealing with Difficult Objects\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGraeme Were\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Dificult Objects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Material Culture of Persecution: Collecting for the Holocaust Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSuzanne Bardgett\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Lyricism and Offence in Egyptian Archaeology Collections\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStephen Quirke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Contested Human Remains\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJack Lohman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eExtreme or Commonplace: The Collecting of Unprovenanced Antiquities\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKathryn Walker Tubb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unfit for Society? The Case of the Galton Collection at University College London\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNatasha McEnroe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Mass Produced\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Knowing the New\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSusan Pearce\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e T he Global Scope of Extreme Collecting: Japanese Woodblock Prints on the Internet\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRichard Wilk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e A wkward Objects: Collecting, Deploying and Debating Relics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJan Geisbusch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Great Expectations and Modest Transactions: Art, Commodity and Collecting\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHenrietta Lidchi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Extreme Matters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Extremes of Collecting at the Imperial War Museum 1917–2009: Struggles with the Large and the Ephemeral\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Cornish\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Plastics – Why Not? A Perspective from the Museum of Design in Plastics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSusan Lambert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e T ime Capsules as Extreme Collecting\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBrian Durrans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Canning Cans – a Brand New Way of Looking at History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRobert Opie in conversation with J.C.H. King\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042217984343,"sku":"9781782385141","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782385141.jpg?v=1750953491","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/extreme-collecting-challenging-practices-for-21st-century-museums-9781782385141","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}