Whose culture? : the promise of museums and the debate over antiquities /
edited by James Cuno.
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
- xii, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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Museums--Moral and ethical aspects--Acquisitions. Museum exhibits--Moral and ethical aspects. Cultural property--Protection. Cultural property--Repatriation. Antiquities--Moral and ethical aspects--Collection and preservation. Antiquities--Collection and preservation--Social aspects. Excavations (Archaeology)--Moral and ethical aspects. Museums--Philosophy.