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Title: | African museums in the making: reflections on the politics of material and public culture in Zimbabwe |
Editors: | Mawere, Munyaradzi Thondhlana, Thomas Panganayi Chiwaura, Henry |
Year: | 2015 |
Pages: | 337 |
Language: | English |
City of publisher: | Mankon |
Publisher: | Langaa Research and Publishing CIG |
ISBN: | 9956792829; 9789956792825; 9956792713; 9789956792719 |
Geographic term: | Zimbabwe |
Subject: | museums |
Abstract: | This collective volume presents 13 essays on museums and museology in Zimbabwe. Contributions: Capturing the fading past and making nous of the present-future of African Museums: an introduction; 'Old wine in new bottles': a critical historiographical survey of Zimbabwean museum institutions; Community museums in Zimbabwe as a means of engagement and empowerment: challenges and prospects; 'Orphans in a strange land': controversies and challenges in the repatriation of African cultural property from European museums; Museum practices as perpetuators of an ideology: a Zimbabwean perspective; 'A shadow that refuses to leave': the enduring legacy of colonialismin Zimbabwean museum governance; Museums objects, relics and counter - heritage practices in postcolonial Zimbabwe; Africanising museums on the African soil: a critique of the Western concept of keeping human remains in Zimbabwean museums; Developing sustainable museums through 'greening': a case study of the Zimbabwe Military Museum; Zimbabwean museums in the digital age: a quest to increase museum visibility in public space through social media; Representation, reproduction and transmission of public culture in Zimbabwean museums, commemorations and festivals; Museums, sites and the limits of representation in Africa - a case study of 'traditional villages' at archaeological monuments and sites in Zimbabwe; Museums and formal education curriculum: the utilisation of museums by rural primary school pupils in Zimbabwe. [ASC Leiden abstract] |