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Museum Cooperation between Africa and Europe : A New Field for Museum Studies / ed. by Raphael Schwere, Marc Meyer, Thomas Laely.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Edition Museum ; 33Publisher: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2018]Copyright date: 2018Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783839443811
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 069.096 23
LOC classification:
  • AM80 .M87 2018
  • AM80 .M874 2018
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Heterodoxy and the Internationalisation and Regionalisation of Museums and Museology -- Building a Critical Museology in Africa -- Introduction -- Introduction: Rethinking Museum Cooperation between Africa and Europe Do we need a new paradigm? -- PART I. Mapping the field – the history and context of Museum Cooperation between Africa and Europe -- 2. Connected by History, Divided by Reality. Eliminating Suspicion and Promoting Cooperation between African and European Museums -- 3. Cooperation between European and African Museums: A Paradigm for Démuséalisation? -- PART II. Local communities and international networks – relations of partnership? -- 4. Shifting Knowledge Boundaries in Museums. Museum Objects, Local Communities and Curatorial Shifts in African Museums -- 5. Who Shapes the Museum? Exploring the Impact of International Networks on Contemporary East African Museums -- 6. The Road to Reconciliation. Museum Practice, Community Memorials and Collaborations in Uganda -- PART III. Accessibility of collections from Africa -- 7. The Junod Collection. A new Generation of Cooperation between Europe and Africa -- 8. The Africa Accessioned Network. ‘Museum Collections make Connections’ between Europe and Africa: A Case Study of Finland and Namibia -- 9. The Hazina Exhibition. Challenges and Lessons for International Museum Collaboration -- 10. Artworks Abroad. Ugandan Art in German Collections -- PART IV. Critique and evaluation of museum cooperation -- 11. New Considerations in Afro-European Museum Cooperation in Africa. The Examples of PREMA and Other Initiatives in Ghana -- 12. Investigating Museum Development in Africa: From Museum Cooperation to the Appropriation of Praxis -- 13. Conservation and Restoration as a Challenge for Museum Cooperation. The Case of the Palace Museum in Foumban, Cameroon -- Conclusion -- 14. What are the Opportunities, Challenges and Modalities for African and European Museum Cooperation? -- Index -- List of Contributors
Summary: At a time of major transformations in the conditions and self-conceptions of cultural history and ethnological museums worldwide, it has become increasingly important for these museums to engage in cooperative projects.This book brings together insights and analyses of a wide variety of approaches to museum cooperation from different expert perspectives. Featuring a variety of African and European points of view and providing detailed empirical evidence, it establishes a new field of museological study and provides some suggestions for future museum practice.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Heterodoxy and the Internationalisation and Regionalisation of Museums and Museology -- Building a Critical Museology in Africa -- Introduction -- Introduction: Rethinking Museum Cooperation between Africa and Europe Do we need a new paradigm? -- PART I. Mapping the field – the history and context of Museum Cooperation between Africa and Europe -- 2. Connected by History, Divided by Reality. Eliminating Suspicion and Promoting Cooperation between African and European Museums -- 3. Cooperation between European and African Museums: A Paradigm for Démuséalisation? -- PART II. Local communities and international networks – relations of partnership? -- 4. Shifting Knowledge Boundaries in Museums. Museum Objects, Local Communities and Curatorial Shifts in African Museums -- 5. Who Shapes the Museum? Exploring the Impact of International Networks on Contemporary East African Museums -- 6. The Road to Reconciliation. Museum Practice, Community Memorials and Collaborations in Uganda -- PART III. Accessibility of collections from Africa -- 7. The Junod Collection. A new Generation of Cooperation between Europe and Africa -- 8. The Africa Accessioned Network. ‘Museum Collections make Connections’ between Europe and Africa: A Case Study of Finland and Namibia -- 9. The Hazina Exhibition. Challenges and Lessons for International Museum Collaboration -- 10. Artworks Abroad. Ugandan Art in German Collections -- PART IV. Critique and evaluation of museum cooperation -- 11. New Considerations in Afro-European Museum Cooperation in Africa. The Examples of PREMA and Other Initiatives in Ghana -- 12. Investigating Museum Development in Africa: From Museum Cooperation to the Appropriation of Praxis -- 13. Conservation and Restoration as a Challenge for Museum Cooperation. The Case of the Palace Museum in Foumban, Cameroon -- Conclusion -- 14. What are the Opportunities, Challenges and Modalities for African and European Museum Cooperation? -- Index -- List of Contributors

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At a time of major transformations in the conditions and self-conceptions of cultural history and ethnological museums worldwide, it has become increasingly important for these museums to engage in cooperative projects.This book brings together insights and analyses of a wide variety of approaches to museum cooperation from different expert perspectives. Featuring a variety of African and European points of view and providing detailed empirical evidence, it establishes a new field of museological study and provides some suggestions for future museum practice.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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