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| CfP: The Circulation of Museum Objects |
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American Anthropological Association Meeting, New Orleans, November 17th- 21st, 2010 Panel organizer: Chris Wingfield, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford / University of Birmingham - chris.wingfield(at)prm.ox.ac.uk Deadline for title and abstract: Friday 19th March. When things become museum objects, they can appear to be removed from the world of normal circulation. The process of collecting ethnographic objects has been described in terms of detachment and excision (Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 1998). Storage technologies in museums such as locked doors, alarm systems and glass cases all serve to restrict the movement of museum objects. Museum labeling and documentation can attempt to define museum objects as an immoveable a... |
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