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Whose culture? the promise of museums and the debate over antiquities edited by James Cuno.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton Princeton University Press 2009.Description: 220 pages illustrations 24 cmDDC classification:
  • 069.51 WHO
Contents:
Introduction /​ James Cuno Pt. 1. The Value of Museums 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 Pt. 2. The Value of Antiquities Antiquities and the Importance - and Limitations - of Archaeological Contexts /​ James C. Y. Watt Archaeologists, Collectors, and Museums /​ John Boardman Censoring Knowledge: The Case for the Publication of Unprovenanced Cuneiform Tablets /​ David I. Owen Pt. 3. Museums, Antiquities, and Cultural Property Exhibiting Indigenous Heritage in the Age of Cultural Property /​ Michael F. Brown Heritage and National Treasures /​ Derek Gillman The Nation and the Object /​ John Henry Merryman.
Summary: "The international controversy over who "owns" antiquities has pitted museums against archaeologists and source countries where ancient artifacts are found. In his book Who Owns Antiquity?, James Cuno argued that antiquities are the cultural property of humankind, not of the countries that lay exclusive claim to them. Now in Whose Culture?, Cuno assembles preeminent museum directors, curators, and scholars to explain for themselves what's at stake in this struggle - and why the museums' critics couldn't be more wrong." "Defending the principles of art as the legacy of all humankind and museums as instruments of inquiry and tolerance, Whose Culture? brings reasoned argument to an issue that for too long has been distorted by politics and emotionalism."--BOOK JACKET.

Introduction /​ James Cuno Pt. 1. The Value of Museums 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 Pt. 2. The Value of Antiquities Antiquities and the Importance - and Limitations - of Archaeological Contexts /​ James C. Y. Watt Archaeologists, Collectors, and Museums /​ John Boardman Censoring Knowledge: The Case for the Publication of Unprovenanced Cuneiform Tablets /​ David I. Owen Pt. 3. Museums, Antiquities, and Cultural Property Exhibiting Indigenous Heritage in the Age of Cultural Property /​ Michael F. Brown Heritage and National Treasures /​ Derek Gillman The Nation and the Object /​ John Henry Merryman.

"The international controversy over who "owns" antiquities has pitted museums against archaeologists and source countries where ancient artifacts are found. In his book Who Owns Antiquity?, James Cuno argued that antiquities are the cultural property of humankind, not of the countries that lay exclusive claim to them. Now in Whose Culture?, Cuno assembles preeminent museum directors, curators, and scholars to explain for themselves what's at stake in this struggle - and why the museums' critics couldn't be more wrong." "Defending the principles of art as the legacy of all humankind and museums as instruments of inquiry and tolerance, Whose Culture? brings reasoned argument to an issue that for too long has been distorted by politics and emotionalism."--BOOK JACKET.

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