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Title:African museums in the making: reflections on the politics of material and public culture in Zimbabwe
Editors:Mawere, MunyaradziISNI
Thondhlana, Thomas PanganayiISNI
Chiwaura, Henry
Year:2015
Pages:337
Language:English
City of publisher:Mankon
Publisher:Langaa Research and Publishing CIG
ISBN:9956792829; 9789956792825; 9956792713; 9789956792719
Geographic term:Zimbabwe
Subject:museums
Abstract:This collective volume presents 13 essays on museums and museology in Zimbabwe. Contributions: Capturing the fading past and making nous of the present-future of African Museums: an introduction; 'Old wine in new bottles': a critical historiographical survey of Zimbabwean museum institutions; Community museums in Zimbabwe as a means of engagement and empowerment: challenges and prospects; 'Orphans in a strange land': controversies and challenges in the repatriation of African cultural property from European museums; Museum practices as perpetuators of an ideology: a Zimbabwean perspective; 'A shadow that refuses to leave': the enduring legacy of colonialismin Zimbabwean museum governance; Museums objects, relics and counter - heritage practices in postcolonial Zimbabwe; Africanising museums on the African soil: a critique of the Western concept of keeping human remains in Zimbabwean museums; Developing sustainable museums through 'greening': a case study of the Zimbabwe Military Museum; Zimbabwean museums in the digital age: a quest to increase museum visibility in public space through social media; Representation, reproduction and transmission of public culture in Zimbabwean museums, commemorations and festivals; Museums, sites and the limits of representation in Africa - a case study of 'traditional villages' at archaeological monuments and sites in Zimbabwe; Museums and formal education curriculum: the utilisation of museums by rural primary school pupils in Zimbabwe. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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