I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but there are several
good books on 'collecting theory' by Susan M. Pearce. You might check the AAM
bookstore catalog (www.aam-us.org) for at least one of them.

Kiersten


>Hello:
>
>This may be a question more appropriately asked on an anthropology list,
>but maybe someone here can help.  I'm a graduate student, finishing my
>master's thesis on a 19th century collection of Native American artifacts
>at a local museum.  My advisor mentioned a relatively new "theory on
>collecting", and couldn't remember any more details.  Does anyone here have

>any ideas about what he means?  I'd gratefully appreciate any pointers to
>articles or other suggestions, and would love to hear from anyone else here

>who has an interest in the history and/or psychology of collecting.  Many
>thanks!
>
>Molly Carocci
>History/Historical Archaeology Program
>University of Massachusetts Boston
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