Pasts beyond memory : evolution museums colonialism /
Bennett, Tony, 1947-
Pasts beyond memory : evolution museums colonialism / Tony Bennett. - xv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - Museum meanings . - Museum meanings. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dead circuses : expertise, exhibition, government -- archaeological gaze of the historical sciences -- Reassembling the museum -- connective tissue of civilisation -- Selective memory : racial recall and civic renewal at the American Museum of Natural History -- Evolutionary ground zero : colonialism and the fold of memory -- Words, things and vision : evolution 'at a glance' -- Postscript : slow modernity -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Dead circuses : expertise, exhibition, government -- The archaeological gaze of the historical sciences -- Reassembling the museum -- The connective tissue of civilisation -- Selective memory : racial recall and civic renewal at the American Museum of Natural History -- Evolutionary ground zero : colonialism and the fold of memory -- Words, things and vision : evolution 'at a glance' -- Postscript : slow modernity. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
"This important new work explores how evolutionary museums developed in the US, UK, and Australia in the late 19th century. This historical investigation also contributes to current debates, both on relationships between culture and the social, and to the rapidly changing practices of modern museums as they seek to shed the legacies of both evolutionary conceptions and colonial science, with the goal of contributing to the development and management of cultural diversity."--Publisher description.
0415247462 9780415247467 0415247470 9780415247474 0203647068 9780203647066
2003024482
Museums--Philosophy
Museums--Historiography
Museum techniques--Historiography
Museum exhibits--Technological innovations
Evolution--History--19th century.
Evolution--History--20th century.
Science--History--19th century.
Science--History--20th century.
Colonies--History--19th century.
Colonies--History--20th century.
AM7 / .B385 2004
069.01
Pasts beyond memory : evolution museums colonialism / Tony Bennett. - xv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - Museum meanings . - Museum meanings. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dead circuses : expertise, exhibition, government -- archaeological gaze of the historical sciences -- Reassembling the museum -- connective tissue of civilisation -- Selective memory : racial recall and civic renewal at the American Museum of Natural History -- Evolutionary ground zero : colonialism and the fold of memory -- Words, things and vision : evolution 'at a glance' -- Postscript : slow modernity -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Dead circuses : expertise, exhibition, government -- The archaeological gaze of the historical sciences -- Reassembling the museum -- The connective tissue of civilisation -- Selective memory : racial recall and civic renewal at the American Museum of Natural History -- Evolutionary ground zero : colonialism and the fold of memory -- Words, things and vision : evolution 'at a glance' -- Postscript : slow modernity. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
"This important new work explores how evolutionary museums developed in the US, UK, and Australia in the late 19th century. This historical investigation also contributes to current debates, both on relationships between culture and the social, and to the rapidly changing practices of modern museums as they seek to shed the legacies of both evolutionary conceptions and colonial science, with the goal of contributing to the development and management of cultural diversity."--Publisher description.
0415247462 9780415247467 0415247470 9780415247474 0203647068 9780203647066
2003024482
Museums--Philosophy
Museums--Historiography
Museum techniques--Historiography
Museum exhibits--Technological innovations
Evolution--History--19th century.
Evolution--History--20th century.
Science--History--19th century.
Science--History--20th century.
Colonies--History--19th century.
Colonies--History--20th century.
AM7 / .B385 2004
069.01