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Flashcards by CharlottePower96, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by CharlottePower96
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| Question | Answer |
| Museums and Artifacts: Stocking (Author) | Stocking said that during the time of colonialism Museums were used politically and socially. This including showing how they were savages and to help assimilate local people. |
| Museums and Artifacts: Not all curators are bad, Some.... | Tried to open up peoples minds and educate them about the others. |
| Museums and Artifacts: During the times of colonialism museums were supplied by? | People that were not indigenous. In fact most of the time the artifacts were just taken without permission. |
| Museums and Artifacts: Downfalls of Museums during the colonial times? | - Quite often the artifacts were taken without permission. - The museums tried to display them as more primitive and undeveloped to them. - Quite often the displays were put together with no concept or respect of their true meaning. |
| Museums and Artifacts: Funding during Colonialism | During Colonial times the museums were funded by the rich. These people had an interest in making indigenous people look primitive in comparison to their society. |
| Museums and Artifacts: Funding in museums nowadays | Funding for museums nowadays has to be ethical and not serving the interests of another organisation. |
| Museums and Artifacts: How do museums organise collections nowadays to make it more accurate? | Museums now work in collaboration with specialists and members of the community that are included in the exhibit. |
| Museums and Artifacts: Karp and Levine (Authors) | Karp and Levine stated that even if museums collaborate with members of a community they can replicate an exhibit but never fully replicate the experience because the memory is missing meaning it can not be fully appreciated. |
| Museums and Artifacts: What do museums do? (5 Points) | -Some use the thick description method (Geetz) -Some follow strict historical accounts -Some focus on geographical representation -All try and tell something about other cultures -They all use visuals and material culture in order to do so. |
| Museums and Artifacts: What is repatriation? | Repatriation is the returning of goods to the original country or state it belongs to. |
| Museums and Artifacts: What are the problems with repatriation? | Quite often the rightful owner of the artifact is a state, not a group of people. This can leave the people more disheartened and angry. |
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