Museums Urban Culture In West Africa
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Museums Urban Culture In West Africa
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Author : Alexis Adandé
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 2002
Museums Urban Culture In West Africa written by Alexis Adandé and has been published by James Currey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Art categories.
Towns were a recurrent feature of African civilizations and archaeology is a key discipline for the study of urban life before the colonial period but this volume also addresses aspects of modern urban culture: funerary arts, modern sculpture, cholera awareness and the ingenuity of the urban recycling artisan. Published in association with The West African Museums Programme and the International African Institute.
Museums History In West Africa
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Author : West African Museums Programme
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 2000
Museums History In West Africa written by West African Museums Programme and has been published by James Currey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
The contributors to this volume examine the problems of museums being perceived as warehouses for exotic objects presented in an historic way, rather than as research-related centres that are capable of developing and communicating with their public through exhibitions and outreach. Published in association with The West African Museums Programme and the International African Institute; North America: Smithsonian Institution Press
Reinventing Africa
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Author : Annie E. Coombes
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1994-01-01
Reinventing Africa written by Annie E. Coombes and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Between 1890 and 1918, British colonial expansion in Africa led to the removal of many African artifacts that were subsequently brought to Britain and displayed. Annie Coombes argues that this activity had profound repercussions for the construction of a national identity within Britain itself--the effects of which are still with us today. Through a series of detailed case studies, Coombes analyzes the popular and scientific knowledge of Africa which shaped a diverse public's perception of that continent: the looting and display of the Benin "bronzes" from Nigeria; ethnographic museums; the mass spectacle of large-scale international and missionary exhibitions and colonial exhibitions such as the "Stanley and African" of 1890; together with the critical reaction to such events in British national newspapers, the radical and humanitarian press and the West African press. Coombes argues that although endlessly reiterated racial stereotypes were disseminated through popular images of all things "African," this was no simple reproduction of imperial ideology. There were a number of different and sometimes conflicting representations of Africa and of what it was to be African--representations that varied according to political, institutional, and disciplinary pressures. The professionalization of anthropology over this period played a crucial role in the popularization of contradictory ideas about African culture to a mass public. Pioneering in its research, this book offers valuable insights for art and design historians, historians of imperialism and anthropology, anthropologists, and museologists.
National Museums In Africa
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Author : Raymond Silverman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-08-31
National Museums In Africa written by Raymond Silverman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-31 with Art categories.
National Museums in Africa brings the voices of African museum professionals into dialogue with scholars and, by so doing, is able to consider the state of African national museums from fresh perspectives. Covering all regions of the continent, the volume’s thirteen chapters allow for a deep and nuanced understanding of the intricate interplay between past and present in contemporary Africa. Taking stock of the shifting museum landscape in Africa, with new players like China and South Korea challenging the conditions of cultural exchange, the book demonstrates that national museums are being rediscovered as important sites of political engagement and cultural negotiation. This is the first book to critically examine the roles national museums in Africa have played in the societies in which they are situated, but it is also the first to consider the roles that national museums might play in current debates concerning the restitution and repatriation of cultural patrimony taken from Africa during the colonial era. Informed by a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective, this ground-breaking book will appeal to anyone interested in museums in Africa. It will be particularly useful to scholars and students working in the areas of museum and heritage studies, African studies, anthropology, archaeology, history, art history and cultural studies.
Ethnographic Collecting And African Agency In Early Colonial West Africa
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Author : Zachary Kingdon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Ethnographic Collecting And African Agency In Early Colonial West Africa written by Zachary Kingdon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Art, West African categories.
"The early collections from Africa in Liverpool's World Museum reflect the city's longstanding shipping and commercial links with Africa's Atlantic coast. A principal component of these collections is an assemblage of several thousand artefacts from western Africa that were transported to institutions in northwest England between 1894 and 1916 by the Liverpool steam ship engineer Arnold Ridyard. While Ridyard's collecting efforts can be seen to have been shaped by the steamers' dynamic capacity to connect widely separated people and places, his Methodist credentials were fundamental in determining the profile of his African networks, because they meant that he was not part of official colonial authority in West Africa. Kingdon's study uncovers the identities of many of Ridyard's numerous West African collaborators and discusses their interests and predicaments under the colonial dispensation. Against this background account, their agendas are examined with reference to surviving narratives that accompanied their donations and within the context of broader processes of trans-imperial exchange, through which they forged new identities and statuses for themselves and attempted to counter expressions of British cultural imperialism in the region. The study concludes with a discussion of the competing meanings assigned to the Ridyard assemblage by the Liverpool Museum and examines the ways in which its re-contextualization in museum contexts helped to efface signs of the energies and narratives behind its creation."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Searchlight On Urban Culture
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Searchlight On Urban Culture written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Accra (Ghana) categories.
African Museums In The Making
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Author : Mawere, Munyaradzi
language : en
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
Release Date : 2015-04-02
African Museums In The Making written by Mawere, Munyaradzi and has been published by Langaa RPCIG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-02 with Art categories.
One of the central theoretical and practical issues in post-colonial Africa is the relevance, nature, and politics at play in the management of museum institutions on the continent. Most African museums were established during the 19th and 20th centuries as European imperialists were spreading their colonial tentacles across the continent. The attainment of political independence has done little to undo or correct the obnoxious situation. Most African countries continue to practice colonial museology despite surging scholarship and calls by some Afro-centric and critical scholars the world over to address the quandaries on the continent's museum institutions. There is thus an unresolved struggle between the past and the present in the management of museums in Africa. In countries such as Zimbabwe, the struggle in museum management has been precipitated by the sharp economic downturn that has gripped the country since the turn of the millennium. In view of all these glitches, this book tackles the issue of the management of heritage in Zimbabwe. The book draws on the findings by scholars and researchers from different academic orientations and backgrounds to advance the thesis that museums and museology in Zimbabwe face problems of epic proportions that require urgent attention. It makes insightful suggestions on possible solutions to the tapestry of the inexorably enigmatic amalgam of complex problems haunting museum institutions in Zimbabwe, calling for a radical transformation of museology as a discipline in the process. This book should appeal to policy makers, scholars, researchers and students from disciplines such as museology, archaeology, social-cultural anthropology, and culture and heritage studies.
African Cultures Visual Arts And The Museum
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Author : Tobias Döring
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2002
African Cultures Visual Arts And The Museum written by Tobias Döring and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Art categories.
From the contents: Christine MATZKE: Comrades in arts and arms: stories of wars and watercolours from Eritrea. - Sabine MARSCHALL: Positioning the other': reception and interpretation of contemporary black South African artists. - Kristine ROOME: The art of liberating voices: contemporary South African art exhibited in New York. - Jonathan ZILBERG: Shona sculpture and documenta 2002: reflections on exclusions.
Africa
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Author : British Museum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Africa written by British Museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Africa categories.
The collections of the British Museum provide an exceptional resource for exploring both African antiquity and its contemporary arts and cultures. This book looks at the continent as a whole. It describes through a series of essays the history and arts of particular regions and the sources of the collections now in the Museum. Each section will be well-illustrated with a mix of archival and contemporary field photographs, and will also integrate illustrations of up to 50 important individual objects from this world-famous collection. The objects will have a commentary on their significance by leading figures in the field of African studies, many of them native to the areas from which the objects derive. The book brings to bear a mix of Western and African scholarship in an innovative collaboration to reassess one of the great African collections.
The Muse Of Modernity
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Author : Philip G. Altbach
language : en
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Release Date : 1996
The Muse Of Modernity written by Philip G. Altbach and has been published by Africa Research and Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Business & Economics categories.
Culture plays a central role in the well-being of any society. This is especially true in postcolonial Africa, where rich traditional cultures collide with complex modern realities. Cultural development and the integration of culture into contemporary society is of primary importance not only for African prosperity, but also for the strengthening of civil society and of societal integration. This book focuses on the role of culture in the process of development as well as on strategies for ensuring the growth of indigenous African culture and the strengthening of cultural industries in the African context. The prospects for filmmaking, the performing arts, publishing, radio, museums, art, and traditional storytelling in Africa are creatively examined and explored by some of Africa's most creative cultural figures. This book combines thoughtful analysis of problems and a "state of the art" assessment of key cultural industries with practical suggestions for improvement and progress.