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Museums and Māori : heritage professionals, indigenous collections, current practice / Conal McCarthy.

Title
Museums and Māori : heritage professionals, indigenous collections, current practice / Conal McCarthy.
Author
McCarthy, Conal, 1961-
Publication
Wellington, N.Z. : Te Papa Press, 2011.

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Description
xvii, 315 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
A remarkable history and ethnography of the representation and involvement of Māori in museums in New Zealand and a good example of how to deal with cultural difference and identity in museums.
Subject
  • Heimatmuseum der Gemeinde Gründau
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > Antiquities > Collection and preservation
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > Material culture
  • Museums and minorities > New Zealand
  • Whare taonga
  • Mana whakairo hinengaro
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-303) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: Museum and indigenous people -- Part one. From monoculturalism to biculturalism -- 1. Before Te Māori -- 2. The Te Māori exhibition -- 3. After Te Māori -- Partt two. Biculturalism in practice -- 4. Into a new century -- 5. Reforming museology at Te Papa -- 6. Evolving museum practice -- Part three. Beyond biculturalism? -- 7. 'A new net goes fishing' -- 8. Biculturalism and its discontents -- Conclusion: The future behind us -- Afterword: Pacific voices in the bicultural museum.
ISBN
  • 1877385700 (pbk.)
  • 9781877385704 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 693553834
  • SCSB-10237095
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library