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Author:
Krmpotich, Cara Ann, 1978- author.
Title:
This is our life : Haida material heritage and changing museum practice / Cara Krmpotich, Laura Peers ; with the Haida Repatriation Committee and staff of the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum.
Publisher:
UBC Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xix, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Haida Indians--Museums.
Haida Indians--Material culture.
Museums and Indians--Great Britain.
Cultural property--Repatriation--Great Britain.
Museum techniques--Great Britain.
Other Authors:
Peers, Laura L. (Laura Lynn), author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-279) and index.
Summary:
"In September 2009, twenty-one members of the Haida Nation came to Oxford and London to work with several hundred heritage treasures at the Pitt Rivers Museum and the British Museum. The encounter set a new course for the relationships between the custodians of these cultural artifacts and the indigenous people for whom the objects are a direct link to their past. Emotional and illuminating, tense and challenging, it was a transformative visit that none would soon forget. Featuring contributions from Haida people -- weavers, carvers, language speakers, youth, and Elders -- and museum staff -- curators, conservators, and collections management staff -- who participated in the project, and a rich selection of illustrations, This Is Our Life details the remarkable story of the Haida Project, from the planning to the visit itself and through the years that followed. A fascinating look at the meaning behind objects, the value of repatriation, and the impact of historical trajectories like colonialism, this is also a tender story of the understanding that grew between the Haida visitors and museum staff, as conflicting ideas about subjects as difficult as the repatriation of human remains and the white-gloved institutional approach to handling historical objects became a two-way dialogue." -- Publisher's website.
ISBN:
0774825413 (pbk.)
9780774825412 (pbk.)
0774825405 (bound)
9780774825405 (bound)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)855946892
LCCN:
2013388076
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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