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Karen Schamberger deposited ‘Still Children of the Dragon’? A review of three Chinese Australian heritage museums in Victoria in the group
Museums on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agoThe Museum of Chinese Australian History reopened on 29th August 2010 with newly refurbished exhibitions displaying Chinese Australian history and contemporary Chinese Australian identities. This article reviews the new exhibitions in comparison with the Gum San Heritage Centre at Ararat and the Golden Dragon Museum at Bendigo and specifically…[Read more]
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Karen Schamberger deposited Showing Off: Queensland at World Exhibitions 1862 to 1988 by Judith McKay in the group
Museums on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agoSHOWING OFF: QUEENSLAND AT WORLD EXPOSITIONS 1862 TO 1988 BY JUDITH
MCKAY. ROCKHAMPTON AND SOUTH BRISBANE: CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY
PRESS AND THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM, 2004; 128PP, APPENDIX, NOTES,
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Sonia Silva deposited Art and Fetish in the Anthropolgy Museum in the group
Museums on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months agoSónia Silva is an Associate Professor of anthropology at Skidmore College. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Zambia, as well as museum work in Europe and the USA, Silva’s research deals with materiality, material religion, the notion of the fetish, ritual and religion, divination, witchcraft, violence, and museums. Silva is the author of Alon…[Read more]
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SAADIA N. LAWTON started the topic Diversity Topic: Tired of Standing Up! in the discussion
Museums on Humanities Commons 8 years, 4 months agoOk, so I know I said I would not start the discussion until Tuesday but I just came across this article in the Arts and culture section of the NYT about new work from the artist Kara Walker and I just could not resist. Please feel free to read and respond at your leisure. I will definitely post a few (I hope) thought provoking comments by or…[Read more]
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SAADIA N. LAWTON started the topic Test in the discussion
Museums on Humanities Commons 8 years, 4 months agoTest
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