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Overview
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2009]
©2009 - Contents
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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. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780691133331
0691133336 - Physical Description
- xii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- 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.
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