Whose culture? : the promise of museums and the debate over antiquities / edited by James Cuno.
Language: English Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.Description: xii, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780691133331
- Museums -- Acquisitions. -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Museum exhibits -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Cultural property -- Protection
- Cultural property -- Repatriation
- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation. -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Social aspects
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Museums -- Philosophy
- AM7 W46 2009
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-208) and index.
To shape the citizens of "that great city, the world" / Neil MacGregor -- "And what do you propose should be done with those objects?" / Philippe de Montebello -- Whose culture is it? / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Antiquities and the importance - and limitations - of archaeological contexts / James C.Y. Watt -- Archaeologists, collectors, and museums / Sir John Boardman -- Censoring knowledge : the case for the publication of unprovenanced cuneiform tablets / David J. Owen -- Exhibiting indigenous heritage in the age of cultural property / Michael F. Brown -- Heritage and national treasures / Derek Gillman -- Nation and the object / John Henry Merryman.
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