Visualizing Native People in Philadelphia's Museums: Public Views and Student Reviews

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dc.contributor.authorBruchac, Margaret
dc.date2023-05-17T19:44:54.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T11:52:14Z
dc.date.available2019-01-18T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-17
dc.date.submitted2018-03-12T08:21:11-07:00
dc.description.abstractMaterial representations of Indigenous history in public museums do more than merely present the past. Exhibitions are always incomplete and idiosyncratic, revealing only a small window into the social worlds of diverse human communities. Museums create, in essence, staged assemblages: compositions of objects, documents, portraits, and other material things that have been filtered through an array of influences. These influences—museological missions, collection processses, curatorial choices, loan possibilities, design concepts, research specialties, funding options, consultant opinions, space limitations, time limits, logistical challenges, etc.—will be unique for each museum and each collection. Taken together, they will inevitably determine which objects are selected for display, what events will take precedence, how cultural interactions will be re-conceptualized, and whose stories will be told.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/1442
dc.legacy.articleid1177
dc.legacy.fulltexturlhttps://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1177&context=anthro_papers&unstamped=1
dc.rightsAll rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of scholarly citation, none of this work may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher.
dc.source.issue174
dc.source.journalDepartment of Anthropology Papers
dc.source.journaltitlePenn Museum Blog
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subject.otherAnthropology
dc.subject.otherArchaeological Anthropology
dc.subject.otherMuseum Studies
dc.subject.otherSocial and Behavioral Sciences
dc.titleVisualizing Native People in Philadelphia's Museums: Public Views and Student Reviews
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digcom.date.embargo2019-01-18T00:00:00-08:00
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