In the case of ethnographic objects, meaning and context are linked to each other. Meaning is conveyed by exhibiting institutions and interpreted by visitors. The designer of an exhibition may select « authentic art works » only or present objects representing cultures in various ways. However, the visitor is rarely reminded of the fact that exhibitions are constructions. This article suggests that one way of making people aware of the constructed nature of an exhibition, all the while maintaining some of an object's "aura of singularity", is to present an objects' biography, that is, the history of its creation and acquisition up until the time and place of the visitor's encounter with it.Dans le cas des objets ethnographiques, significati...
While the activity of collecting refers to the transformation of artefacts or products of nature int...
International audienceThis article is an ethnographic account of visitors’ reception of the Musée du...
À partir d'une enquête ethnographique sur les réceptions situées d'un tableau de Nicolas Poussin con...
In the case of ethnographic objects, meaning and context are linked to each other. Meaning is convey...
Most European ethnographie museums were founded in the colonial context and the ways objects were co...
Abstract African Reality seen through Objects: The Peter the Creat Museum of Anthropology and Ethnol...
Biographical exhibitions are a museum practice that asks for critical consideration. Grounding the a...
This article compares a present-day etsy.com African curio shop — catalogued online and linked to cr...
Abstract Africa Preserved — The way of displaying objects in folk museums tells us as much about the...
Biographical exhibitions are a museum practice that asks for critical consideration. Grounding the a...
Artifacts, Works of Art, Objects : Can Aesthetic Criteria Make the Difference ? The Western world c...
A one-day interdisciplinary workshop. The workshop brought together artists, curators, scholars, ...
This chapter explores a researcher’s early experiences with objects and the spaces of display around...
Museum collections are often perceived as static entities hidden away in storerooms or trapped behin...
Collections are artefacts—constructions that come into being when objects are physically or conceptu...
While the activity of collecting refers to the transformation of artefacts or products of nature int...
International audienceThis article is an ethnographic account of visitors’ reception of the Musée du...
À partir d'une enquête ethnographique sur les réceptions situées d'un tableau de Nicolas Poussin con...
In the case of ethnographic objects, meaning and context are linked to each other. Meaning is convey...
Most European ethnographie museums were founded in the colonial context and the ways objects were co...
Abstract African Reality seen through Objects: The Peter the Creat Museum of Anthropology and Ethnol...
Biographical exhibitions are a museum practice that asks for critical consideration. Grounding the a...
This article compares a present-day etsy.com African curio shop — catalogued online and linked to cr...
Abstract Africa Preserved — The way of displaying objects in folk museums tells us as much about the...
Biographical exhibitions are a museum practice that asks for critical consideration. Grounding the a...
Artifacts, Works of Art, Objects : Can Aesthetic Criteria Make the Difference ? The Western world c...
A one-day interdisciplinary workshop. The workshop brought together artists, curators, scholars, ...
This chapter explores a researcher’s early experiences with objects and the spaces of display around...
Museum collections are often perceived as static entities hidden away in storerooms or trapped behin...
Collections are artefacts—constructions that come into being when objects are physically or conceptu...
While the activity of collecting refers to the transformation of artefacts or products of nature int...
International audienceThis article is an ethnographic account of visitors’ reception of the Musée du...
À partir d'une enquête ethnographique sur les réceptions situées d'un tableau de Nicolas Poussin con...