Hi Karin,

I had done a paper on a native boycott of an exhibition in Calgary, Alberta,
Canada at the Glenbow Museum in 1988 in conjunction with the winter Olympics
there.  The paper was done quiet a while ago, but I looked up my bib and I
came across some stuff which touched on the idea of native people having the
right to participate in exhibitions on their culture.  I don't know if they
will be of any use, but it may help your friend.

Try one of these books or articles:

Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations   1990
Stephen E. Weil (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press)

Cannibal Tours and Glass Boxes: The Anthropology of Museums 1992
Michael M. Ames (Vancouver: UBC Press)

1988 Museums and Politics: The Spirit Sings and the Lubicon Boycott
(Point/Counterpoint). Muse 6(3):12-16
by Julia Harrison, Bruce G. Trigger and Michael M. Ames

1988  Sacred Trust: Cultural Obligation of Museums to Native People.
Muse 6(3):32-33 By Rick Hill

1987 Making Belief: the Museum of the American Indian as a cultural
performance. Muse 5(2):26-29  by Deidre Sklar

I hope it helps. Please keep me posted on what happens with the topic, as I
also have a personal interest in it.

Cheers,

Jasmin Mamani
graduate student of museum studies


>From: Karin Kersteter <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: indigenous artifact represenation theory
>Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:15:51 EDT
>
>Dear listers,
>     A colleague of mine in our anthropology department is developing a
>master's thesis concerning the presentation of indigenous art and
>artifacts.
>He is interested in the differences between the way native peoples display
>their own objects in their own museums, versus the way these items are
>presented in other museums. He is struggling to locate some relevant
>theoretical frameworks he could use to guide his project. Does anyone have
>any thoughts or sources concerning theory that may be useful or relevant?
>Thank you.
>
>Karin Kersteter
>anthropology graduate student
>
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