Anthropology in the museum reflections on the curatorship of the Xikrin Collection
This article reflects upon the curatorial management process of the Xikrin ethnographic collection and proposes the importance of anthropological interest in the deepening collaboration amongst anthropologists, indigenous peoples and museums, with particular attention to the anthropological study of...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2013 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Associação Brasileira de Antropologia |
| Repositório: | Vibrant |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:scielo:S1809-43412013000100018 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-43412013000100018 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | museums indigenous peoples ethnographic collections objects material culture knowledge and recognition |
| Resumo: | This article reflects upon the curatorial management process of the Xikrin ethnographic collection and proposes the importance of anthropological interest in the deepening collaboration amongst anthropologists, indigenous peoples and museums, with particular attention to the anthropological study of ethnographic collections. This is true for the anthropological study of objects (and their various meanings and interpretations by the social actors who utilize and appropriate them) and for the understanding of the formation and conservation of ethnographic collections (with their diverse motivations and contexts). Since this type of shared curatorial management style is only now spreading throughout Brazil, the experience is a timely opportunity to develop nuanced perspectives on the anthropological significance of ethnographic collections. |
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