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?.........

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> From:         Tzvi SHACHAM & Regula MUELLER SHACHAM[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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> Sent:         Friday, 26 February 1999 8:06 AM
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> Subject:      Bone as Raw Material
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> 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]
>