I can't beleave you could even think J.H.R. was saying

... male and nature...

you nead to open your ideas!



Mariea Fisher wrote:
>
>      Oh dear - eco museum = expression of 'man and nature'.  What kind of
>      definition is that?  Language in museums which represents people so
>      that women are part of the world is important and essential.
>
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> Subject: Re: What is an eco-museum?
> Author:  Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> at -Internet
> Date:    26/9/96 2:15 AM
>
> Sifting through some articles I've had at home from my museum studies days I
> found the following definition of an eco-museum:
>
> "An ecomuseum is an instrument conceived, fashioned and operated jointly by a
> public authority and a local population.  The public authority's involvement
is
> through the experts, facilities and resources it provides; the local
> population's involvement depends on its aspirations, knowledge and individual
> approach.
> It is a mirror in which the local population views itself to discover its own
> image..It is a mirror that the local population holds up to its visitors so
that
> it may be better understood and so that its industry, customs and identity
may
> command respect.
> It is an expression of man and nature...
> It is an expression of time...
> It is an interpretation of space...
> It is a labratory, in so far as it contributes to the study of the past and
> present of the population concerned and of its environment and promotes the
> training of specialists in these fields, in co-operation with outside
research
> bodies.
> It is a conversation centre...to preserve and develop natural and cultural
> heritage.
> It is a school, in so far as it involves the population in its work of study
and
> protection and encourages it to have a clearer grasp of its own future."
>
> Georges-Henri Riviere
> MUSEUM, no. 27, 1985
>
> Sounds like a museum doesn't it?
>
> Carla Morse
> Curator
> HMCS HAIDA Naval Museum
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> Toronto, ON