Cannibal tours and glass boxes : the anthropology of museums / / Michael M. Ames

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781136003321
• Autore: Ames Michael M. <1933-2006.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Vancouver, : UBC Press, 1992
• ISBN: 9786613224910; 0-7748-5303-4; 1-283-22491-7
• Edizione: [2nd rev. ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): AmesMichael M. <1933-2006.>
• Disciplina: 306/.074
• Soggetti: Museums - Social aspects; Anthropology - Social aspects; Anthropological museums and collections
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First ed. has title: Museums, the public and anthropology.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-201) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition: Museums, the Public and Anthropology -- Introduction: The Critical Theory and Practice of Museums -- The Development of Museums in the Western World: Tensions between Democratization and Professionalization -- Dilemmas of the Practical Anthropologist: Public Service versus Professional Interests -- What Could a Social Anthropologist Do in a Museum of Anthropology? The Anthropology of Museums and Anthropology -- How Anthropologists Stereotype Other People -- How Anthropologists Help to Fabricate the Cultures They Study -- The Definition of Native Art: The Case of Willie Seaweed -- The Emerging Native View of History and Culture -- De-Schooling the Museum: A Proposal to Increase Public Access to Museums and Their Resources -- Are Museums or Anthropology Really Necessary Any More? -- World's Fairs and the Constitution of Society: The Ideology of Expo '86 -- The Big Mac Attack and the Anthropology of Everyday Life -- Cannibal Tours, Glass Boxes, and the Politics of Interpretation -- Museums in the Age of Deconstruction -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Continuing the author's alternative perspective on museology, this new ; edition includes seven new essays which argue that museums and anthropologists must analyze and offer critiques of "everyday life" - that is, the very social, political and economic systems within which they work.

Berlin : the symphony continues : orchestrating architectural, social, and artistic change in Germany's new capital / / edited by Carol Anne Costabile-Heming, Rachel J. Halverson, Kristie A. Foell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789101203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , [2004]; ©2004
• ISBN: 3-11-090680-5
• Edizione: [Reprint 2013]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations
• Altri autori (Persone): Costabile-HemingCarol Anne; FoellKristie A. <1962->; HalversonRachel J. <1961->
• Disciplina: 943/.155088
• Soggetti: Arts and society - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century; Arts - Political aspects - Germany - Berlin; Berlin (Germany) In art; Berlin (Germany) Intellectual life
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Berlin's Symphony Continues: Architectural, Social and Artistic Change / Costabile-Heming, Carol Anne / Halverson, Rachel J. -- Physical Space -- Gedächtnis and Zukunft, Remembrance and the Future: A Photo-Essay / Catchen, Gary L. -- Shifting Margins and Contested Centers: Changing Cinematic Visions of (West) Berlin / Meennel, Barbara -- Building on a Metaphor: Democracy, Transparency and the Berlin Reichstag / Jarosinski, Eric -- "Neues, altes Tor zur Welt": The New Central Station in the "New" Berlin / Ward, Simon -- Tracking Berlin: Along S-Bahn Linie 5 / Goertz, Karein / Kennedy, Mick -- ; Experiential Space -- The Collapse of Time: German History and Identity in Hubertus Siegert's Berlin Babylon (2001) and Thomas Schadt's Berlin: Sinfonie einer Großstadt (2002) / Preuss, Evelyn -- The Symphony of a Capital City: Controversies of Reunification in the Berlin Music Community / Janik, Elizabeth -- Mutual Othering: East and West Berliners Happily Divided? / Schneider, Jens -- Heinz Bude's Defining Construct for the Berlin Republic: The Generation Berlin / Sinka, Margit M. -- Living Berlin: Autobiography and the City / Halverson, Rachel J. -- Representation -- Divided and Reunited Berlin in Peter Schneider's Fiction / Brockmann, Stephen -- Berlin Snapshots: Images of the City in Short Fiction / Costabile-Heming, Carol Anne -- No History, Just Stories: Revisiting Tradition in Berlin Films of the 1990's / Ganeva, Mila -- Growing Together, Growing Apart: Berlin Love Stories as Allegories of German Unification / Foell, Kristie A. -- Weimar Project(ion)s in Post-Unification Cinema / Simon, Sunka -- Notes on Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Diese Anthologie bietet eine Vielzahl von Analysen zu den verschiedenen Veränderungen in der Stadt Berlin seit 1989. Behandelt werden Literatur, Film, Architektur, Musik und andere kulturelle Entwicklungen in der Stadt.; The sudden fall of the Berlin Wall is one of the defining images of the late twentieth century. The subsequent unification of Germany and the decision to return Berlin to its status as capital has made the constant changes within the city a matter of public interest. It also offered Berlin the opportunity to create a new image for itself, one that can serve as a counterbalance to the politically charged recent history of Berlin as the capital of Nazi Germany and former East Berlin as the capital of the German Democratic Republic. Poised between capitalist Western Europe and the former communist powers in Eastern Europe, Berlin occupies a fascinating geopolitical space. This anthology presents a unique glimpse into the various constituencies that make up Berlin and that impact the city's challenges and promises.