2009 Course Handbook
ABST210: Aboriginal Prehistory: Comparative Analysis of Museum Exhibits
In contrast to past colonial curatorial practices some recent museum exhibitions concerning Indigenous cultural heritage collaborate with the descendants of the people whose culture is represented. This often presents interesting problems and paradoxes especially when the descendants are thought to no longer practice traditional culture. These problems are made particularly manifest when the traditional objects exhibited are specially manufactured by living people using modern technology.
This unit interrogates the concept of tradition and argues for a new and different way of understanding it. We do this by undertaking some in-depth comparative analyses of some recent museum exhibitions.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Kristina Everett |
| Prerequisites: | 12cp |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Indigenous Studies - Warawara |
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