Stewards of the sacred / edited by Lawrence E. Sullivan and Alison Edwards
- Published:
- Washington, DC : American Association of Museums in cooperation with the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, [2004]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2004
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 261 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Sullivan, Lawrence Eugene, 1949-
Edwards, Alison, 1964-
American Association of Museums
Harvard University. Center for the Study of World Religions
- Contents:
- PART ONE STEWARDS OF THE SACRED: CONFERENCE ESSAYS -- The National Museum of the Amreican Indian: Steard of the Sacred, p.7 / W. Richard West -- Section One: 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 -- Section Two: 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 -- Section Three: 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
PART TWO: DEVELOPING DRAFT POLICY GUIDELINES -- Section One: 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. -- Section Two: 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 -- PART THREE: SAMPLE INTERNATIONAL POLICY GUIDELINES & RESOURCES -- Section One: 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 -- Section Two: Porject Bibliography: Culturally Sensitive Collections, Consultation, and Museum Practice, p.211 -- Section Three: Stewards of the Sacred Conference Agenda, p.241 -- Contributors, p.245 -- Index, p.253. - Subject(s):
- 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
- Musées—Aspect religieux
- Conservation (Muséologie)
- Objets exposés—Aspect religieux
- Objets exposés—Aspect social
- Objets exposés—Aspect politique
- Objets religieux
- Biens culturels—Protection
- Religion et culture
- Politique culturelle
- Musée
- Aspect religieux
- Conservation
- Objet exposé
- Aspect politique
- Aspect social
- Objet religieux
- Sacré
- Museum
- Religiöse Kunst
- ISBN:
- 0931201926
9780931201929 - Note:
- "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.
Partly based on the 2001 "Stewards of the Sacred" symposium organized by Harvard University's Center for the Study of World Religions. - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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