YEAH! Go sister! Fight the good fight. You have no idea how delighted I am to see this. Sorry for the exuberance:>) Berry, Maria wrote: > 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?......... > > > ---------- > > From: Tzvi SHACHAM & Regula MUELLER SHACHAM[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Reply To: Museum discussion list > > Sent: Friday, 26 February 1999 8:06 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Bone as Raw Material > > > > 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] > >