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Using Museums to Popularise Science and Technology

Using Museums to Popularise Science and Technology (Paperback)

Edited by Errington, Sharyn; Stocklmeyer, Susan M.; Honeyman, Brenton; Introduction by Ghose, Saroj; Preface by Matlin, Stephen

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Written in response to the increasing popularity of informal centres of learning, this text is designed to share ideas and approaches for teachers in schools as well as for curators and educators in museums and centres, in order to exploit museums' potential in popularising scien ...

ISBN 9780850926682
Published 1 January 2000 by Commonwealth Secretariat
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South Pacific Museums: Experiments in Culture
  

South Pacific Museums: Experiments in Culture (Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Healy, Chris; Witcomb, Andrea

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A collection of outstanding analyses of museums in the South Pacific, written by an international team of cultural, museum and architectural critics, and historians. A series of snapshots introduce the reader to key museums in the region and longer essays explore these museums in ...

ISBN 9780975747582
Published 20 October 2006 by FOOTPRINT BOOKS
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Hunting the Collectors: Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, Art Galleries and Archives
  

Hunting the Collectors: Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, Art Galleries and Archives (Hardback, 2nd Revised edition)

Edited by Cochrane, Susan; Quanchi, Max

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This volume investigates Pacific collections held in Australian museums, art galleries and archives, and the diverse group of 19th and 20th century collectors responsible for their acquisition. The nineteen essays reveal varied personal and institutional motivations that eventual ...

ISBN 9781443826600
Published 1 February 2011 by CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARLY PUBLISHERS
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Collecting Colonialism: Material Culture and Colonial Change

Collecting Colonialism: Material Culture and Colonial Change (Hardback, illustrated edition)

By Gosden, Christopher; Knowles, Chantal

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Taking 20th-century Papua New Guinea as its focus, this work charts the changes in colonial relationships as they were expressed through material culture. It analyzes the insights that museum collections can provide into social relations.

ISBN 9781859734032
Published 1 July 2001 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Collecting Colonialism: Material Culture and Colonial Change

Collecting Colonialism: Material Culture and Colonial Change (Trade Paperback/Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Gosden, Christopher; Knowles, Chantal

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Taking 20th-century Papua New Guinea as its focus, this work charts the changes in colonial relationships as they were expressed through material culture. It analyzes the insights that museum collections can provide into social relations.

ISBN 9781859734087
Published 1 July 2001 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Museums and Maori: Heritage Professionals, Indigenous Collections, Current Practice
 

Museums and Maori: Heritage Professionals, Indigenous Collections, Current Practice (Hardback)

By McCarthy, Conal

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This groundbreaking book explores the revolution in New Zealand museums that is influencing the care and exhibition of indigenous objects around the world.

ISBN 9781611320763
Published 15 August 2011 by Left Coast Press
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The Making of Asmat Art: Indigenous Art in a World Perspective
 

The Making of Asmat Art: Indigenous Art in a World Perspective (Hardback)

By Stanley, Nick

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Why has Asmat art, from a remote and small south-coast West Papuan society, had such a significant and prolonged impact on the world stage? This book explores the way major collections were made and examines the motivations of the collectors, their relationships with those from w ...

ISBN 9781907774201
Published 15 February 2013 by Sean Kingston Publishing
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