Stewards of the sacred

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Washington, DC : American Association of Museums in cooperation with the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, ©2004

Subject:

Museums - Religious aspects
Museums - Curatorship
Museum exhibits - Religious aspects
Museum exhibits - Social aspects
Museum exhibits - Political aspects
Religious articles
Cultural property - Protection
Religion and culture
Cultural policy

Contributor:

Sullivan, Lawrence Eugene
Edwards, Alison
American Association of Museums
Harvard University. Center for the Study of World Religions

ISBN:

9780931201929 and 0931201926

Description:

xxiv, 261 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:

"The essays in this publication arose from four years of collaboration directed by the Religion and the Arts Initiative at Harvard University's Center for the Study of World Religions, including a 2001 conference titled "Stewards of the Sacred: Sacred Artifacts, Religious Culture, and the Museum as Social Institution"--Title page verso and Partly based on the 2001 "Stewards of the Sacred" symposium organized by Harvard University's Center for the Study of World Religions

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

STEWARDS OF THE SACRED: CONFERENCE ESSAYS -- The National Museum of the Amreican Indian: Steard of the Sacred, p.7 / W. Richard West -- Mission and Stewardship -- Some Thoughts about Museums, Reconciliation, and Healing, p.19 / Martin E. Sullivan -- Personal Reflections on the Preservation and Interpretation of African-American Religious and Spiritual Traditions, p.27 / Steven C. Newsome -- Why Art Museums Are Essential, p.33 / James Cuno -- Concervation and Meaning, p.41 / Douglas Greenberg -- Planning Process and Model Structures -- Do Art Museums Chnage Lives?, p.47 / Katharine Lee Ried -- Seeing and Silence: Sacred Encounter in Museum Exhibition, p.51 / Ronne Hartfield -- Understanding Collections through a Planning Process of Inclusion, p.57 / Javier Guerrero and Douglas Sharon -- The Transmission of Religious Culture through Art: The French Experience in Contemporary Europe, p.65 / Dominique Ponnau and Pierre Fortin -- Care of Religious Materials -- Embracing the Spiritual at The Newark Museum, p.71 / Mary Sue Sweeney Price -- Managing the Sacred: Collection Development at the Woodland Cultural Centre, p.81 / Tom Hill -- Singing and Dancing at Night, p.89 / Elaine Heumann Gurian -- Care of Religious Materials, p.97 / Yutaka Mino and DEVELOPING DRAFT POLICY GUIDELINES -- Project Essays -- Challenges in Maintaining Culturally Sensitive Collections at the National Museum of the AMerican Indian, p.105 / James Pepper Henry -- Culturally Sensitive Collections: A Museum Perspective, p.113 / Rubie Watson -- Understanding Sacredness: Facing the Challenges of Cultural Change, p.123 / Sven Haakenson, Jr. -- New Policy Guidelines -- National Museum of the American Indian: a) Culturally Sensitive Collections Care Program b)RepatriationProcedures, p.129 -- The Alutiiq Museum's Guidelines for the Spiritual Care of Objects, p.155 / Sven Haakanson, Jr. and Diana D. Loren -- SAMPLE INTERNATIONAL POLICY GUIDELINES & RESOURCES -- International Policy Guidelines -- National Museum of Australia, p.185 -- a)Policy on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Secret/Sacred and Private MAterial, p.185 -- b)Policy on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Human Remains, p.197 -- Woodland Cultural Centre Museum Policies, p.207 -- Porject Bibliography: Culturally Sensitive Collections, Consultation, and Museum Practice, p.211 -- Stewards of the Sacred Conference Agenda, p.241 -- Contributors, p.245 -- Index, p.253

Collection:

BGC Monograph Stacks

Call Number:

AM7 .S75 2004

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