Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies
- Cambridge Handbooks in Anthropology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Case Studies
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Suitcases, Selfies, and the Global Environment
- Part I Scholarly Genealogies
- Part II Relevant Pasts
- 4 Disciplinary Complicity: The University, Material Culture Studies, and Global Environmental Crisis
- 5 Social Justice
- 6 Engagement and the Politics of Authority
- 7 War and Violence
- 8 Material Culture and Heritage
- 9 Material Culture and the Politics and Profession of Preservation and Representation
- 10 Reenacting the Past
- 11 Indigenous Heritage
- Part III Engaging Across Cultures and Around the Globe
- Part IV Cultural Production and Reproduction
- Part V Experience
- Part VI Materiality and the Digital World
- Bibliography
- Index
9 - Material Culture and the Politics and Profession of Preservation and Representation
from Part II - Relevant Pasts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 June 2022
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies
- Cambridge Handbooks in Anthropology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Case Studies
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Suitcases, Selfies, and the Global Environment
- Part I Scholarly Genealogies
- Part II Relevant Pasts
- 4 Disciplinary Complicity: The University, Material Culture Studies, and Global Environmental Crisis
- 5 Social Justice
- 6 Engagement and the Politics of Authority
- 7 War and Violence
- 8 Material Culture and Heritage
- 9 Material Culture and the Politics and Profession of Preservation and Representation
- 10 Reenacting the Past
- 11 Indigenous Heritage
- Part III Engaging Across Cultures and Around the Globe
- Part IV Cultural Production and Reproduction
- Part V Experience
- Part VI Materiality and the Digital World
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter focuses on the institutionalization and professionalization of preservation and representation of the material past in the present. Museums, government agencies, preservation organizations, and various social and community groups collect, conserve, interpret, and present material culture of their own and of others’ past. Questions surrounding values, meanings, authority, ownership, and stewardship are examined.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies , pp. 190 - 204Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022