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Between memory and museum : a dialogue with folk and tribal artists / edited by Arun Wolf and Gita Wolf.
- Title
- Between memory and museum : a dialogue with folk and tribal artists / edited by Arun Wolf and Gita Wolf.
- Publication
- [Chennai] India : Tara Books, [2015]
- ©2015
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | NK1047 .B39 2015 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 151 pages : illustrations (some colour); 28 cm +
- Summary
- "The book is divided into four sections. The first features the idea of a museum and the knowledge that it produces. The second explores the notion of tradition. The third looks at the position of the individual within community art, and the final one traces the relationship of lived histories to indigenous art, with a tribute to the enduring power of the imagination."--Page 14.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings
- Video recordings
- Note
- Accompanied by DVD contains short film featuring the artists and introducing the process behind the project in English, Hindi and Hindi dialects; subtitles in English.
- " ... Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal, for making this unique project possible ..."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Beginnings -- The museum is a way of knowing -- What is tradition? -- Community and the individual imagination -- The tangible power of symbols -- Contexts -- Film.
- ISBN
- 9789383145294
- 9383145293
- OCLC
- 922864664
- SCSB-9984701
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library