{"product_id":"material-culture-in-transit-9781032223872","title":"Material Culture in Transit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaterial Culture in Transit: Theory and Practice\u003c\/em\u003e constellates curators and scholars actively working with material culture within academic and museal institutions through theory and practice. The rich collection of essays critically addresses the multivalent ways in which mobility reshapes the characteristics of artefacts, specifically under prevailing issues of representation and colonial liabilities. The volume\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eattests to material culture as central to understanding the repercussions of problematic histories and proposes novel ways to address them. It offers valuable reading for scholars of anthropology, museum studies, history and others with an interest in material culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of figures \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving Matter: Worlds f Material Culture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZainabu Jallo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I \u003cb\u003eMuseology Representation and Colonial Liabilities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. After Interpretive Dominance \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Schmid\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. \"Wo Ist Afrika?\": Of Reflexive Museography, and Other (Productive?) Disappointments \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandra Ferracuti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. \"Out of Context\"- Translocation of West African Artefacts to European Museums: The Case of the Leo Frobenius Collection From Mali \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCécile Bründlmayer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. The Museum as a Colonial Archive. The Collection of Victor and Marie Solioz and Its Role in Forgetting the Colonial Past\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamuel B. Bachmann\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Museum Collections in Transit: Towards A History of The Artefacts Of The \u003ci\u003eEndeavour \u003c\/i\u003eVoyage \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II \u003cb\u003eHeuristic Materiality\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMeanings and Transformations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. \"To Give Away My Collection For Free Would Be Nonsense\": Decorations And The Emergence Of Ethnology In Imperial Germany \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl Deussen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Discourse On Objectification And Personification: Modern Forms Of Material Cultural Identity In The Touareg Society \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDjouroukoro Diallo \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. The Material Culture Of Vodun: Case Studies From Ghana, Togo, Germany And In-Between\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNiklas Wolf \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Ndambirkus and Ndaokus; Asmat Skulls In Transit \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJan Joris Visser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. On The Art Of Forging Gods: Techniques, Forces And Materials In An Afro-Brazilian Religion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucas Marques\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018910302551,"sku":"9781032223872","price":118.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032223872.jpg?v=1750778625","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/material-culture-in-transit-9781032223872","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}