Museum Development and Cultural Representation

Developing the Kelabit Highlands Community Museum

Jonathan Sweet, Meghan Kelly (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

130 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-60674-9 (ISBN)

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Museum Development and Cultural Representation critically examines the development of a museum and cultural heritage centre in the indigenous Kelabit Highlands in Sarawak, Malaysia.

Building on their direct involvement in the development of the project, the authors appraise the process in retrospect through a thematic analysis. Themes covered include the project’s local and international contexts, community involvement and agency, the balance of tourism and authenticity, and the role of non-local partners. Through their analysis, the authors unpack the complexities of cultural representation and identity in heritage design practice, and investigates the relationship between capacity building and agency in cultural heritage management.

Situating the project within international trends in museology, Museum Development and Cultural Representation offers a valuable case example of a heritage-making process in an indigenous community. It will be of interest to scholars and students studying cultural representation, as well as communities and museum professionals looking to develop similar projects.

Jonathan Sweet is a researcher and teacher of Museology, Cultural Heritage and Development at Deakin University, Australia. Meghan Kelly is a Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication Design at Deakin University, Australia, and currently serves as the Associate Head of School for Teaching and Learning in the School of Communication and Creative Arts.

A unique cultural museum

Shaping Kelabit conservation processes in Southeast Asia

History, knowledge and the representation of identity

Museum development and tourism: identifying authenticity and representation

Indigenous knowledge in community museum practice

Shaping the discussion on conservation

The development of the Kelabit Highlands Community Museum

Detailed encounters

Concluding remarks

Erscheinungsdatum	01.07.2020
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	172 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-367-60674-7 / 0367606747
ISBN-13	978-0-367-60674-9 / 9780367606749
Zustand	Neuware