MUSEUMS 705

Exhibiting Cultures: Māori and Indigenous

Please note: this is archived course information from 2020 for MUSEUMS 705.

Description

An examination of key museological issues in relation to indigenous peoples, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific, Aboriginal, inuit and Native American communities. 

Availability 2020

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Associate Professor Ngarino Ellis

Reading/Texts

Coody Cooper, Karen, Spirited Encounters. American Indians Protest Museum Policies and Practices. Lanham, MD: Alta Mira Press, 2008.

Hakiwai, Arapata, "He Mana Taonga, He Mana Tangata: Māori Taonga and the Politics of Māori Tribal Identity and Development", PhD thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, 2014.

Lonetree, Amy, Decolonizing Museums. Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2012.

Mithlo, Nancy Marie, ed., Manifestations: New Native Art Criticism. Santa Fe: Museum of Contemporary Arts, 2012.

Recommended Reading

Assessment

Points

MUSEUMS 705: 15 points

Prerequisites

Restrictions

ARTHIST 715, 721, 736, MUSEUMS 701, 703, 704