YEAH! Go sister! Fight the good fight.  You have no idea how delighted I am to
see this.  Sorry for the exuberance:>)

Berry, Maria wrote:

> one suggestion i might make regarding improving the exhibition/cenetre is to
> rename it.
>
> i have been quite surprised at the degree to which sexist language such as
> "man and his work" is used in the museum world..  i suspect that women did
> lots of work in ancient israel and are responsible for any amount of
> material culture left lying around.
>
> the fact is that this sort of language is not neutral and a title such as
> "man and his work" sends a very negative, exclusionist and inaccurate
> message about "daily life in the Land of Israel through all periods."
>
> maybe the language and its implications are different in the hebrew (but i
> doubt it).
>
> is it that hard to change?.........
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Tzvi SHACHAM & Regula MUELLER SHACHAM[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Reply To:     Museum discussion list
> > Sent:         Friday, 26 February 1999 8:06 AM
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      Bone as Raw Material
> >
> > I send it for a friend  :
> >
> > "Man and His Work" Center in the Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, is an
> > Ethno-archaeological museum, focusing on the material culture and daily
> > life in the Land of Israel through all periods.
> >
> > This summer we intend to open an exhibition dedicated to all kinds of
> > bone tools and artifacts and the use of bone in general , in all its
> > aspects.
> >
> > Wishing to make the exhibition more vivid and interesting, we would like
> > to include in it a film showing artisan working with bone in traditional
> > old methods (i.e. without electricity or engine), making a bone
> > artifact, etc. Such work usually included sawing, cutting, engraving,
> > polishing, decorating, designing on a lathe etc. We presume that such
> > work could be seen, for instance, in the arctic zone, among northern
> > Indians and such.
> >
> > If anyone knows about such a film and how we can obtain it, please
> > notify us and help us make a better exhibition. full credit will, of
> > course, be given.
> >
> > Etan Ayalon, Curator
> > "Man and His Work" Center
> > Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
> > POB 17068
> > 61170 Tel Aviv - Yafo / ISRAEL
> >
> > fax + 972 3 6412408
> >
> > e-mail to Tzvi Shacham : [log in to unmask]
> >