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]> >Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >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 > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff >Museum-L" (without the quotes). ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).