Cuno Whose Culture?

The Promise of Museums and the Debate over Antiquities
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3304-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Cuno, James

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction by James Cuno 1

Part One: The Value of Museums 37
To Shape the Citizens of "That Great City, the World" by Neil MacGregor 39
"And What Do You Propose Should Be Done with Those Objects?" by Philippe de Montebello 55
Whose Culture Is It? by Kwame Anthony Appiah 71

Part Two: The Value of Antiquities 87
Antiquities and the Importance--and Limitations--of Archaeological Contexts by James C. Y. Watt 89
Archaeologists, Collectors, and Museums by Sir John Boardman 107
Censoring Knowledge: The Case for the Publication of Unprovenanced Cuneiform Tablets by David I. Owen 125

Part Three: Museums, Antiquities, and Cultural Property 143
Exhibiting Indigenous Heritage in the Age of Cultural Property by Michael F. Brown 145
Heritage and National Treasures by Derek Gillman 165
The Nation and the Object by John Henry Merryman 183

Select Bibliography 205
Contributors 209
Index 213

Über Autor(innen)

James Cuno is president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust and former director of the Art Institute of Chicago. His books include Who Owns Antiquity?: Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage (Princeton).