Artifacts of Collaboration at the National Museum of the American Indian

Contemporary museum anthropology is collaborative anthropology. Illustrated through the case study of the National Museum of the American Indian’s process of community curating for its inaugural exhibitions, this account provides a window into the everyday practice of collaborative anthropology in m...

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Main Author:	Jennifer Shannon
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	New Proposals Publishing Society 2015-03-01
Series:	New Proposals
Subjects:	Museum Anthropology Collaboration National Museum of the American Indian Kalinago
Online Access:	https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/newproposals/article/view/186172

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spelling	doaj-1a614bba14c64013be5f0bcb1eedc9db2020-11-24T21:40:54ZengNew Proposals Publishing SocietyNew Proposals 1715-67182015-03-0172Artifacts of Collaboration at the National Museum of the American IndianJennifer Shannon0University of Colorado - BoulderContemporary museum anthropology is collaborative anthropology. Illustrated through the case study of the National Museum of the American Indian’s process of community curating for its inaugural exhibitions, this account provides a window into the everyday practice of collaborative anthropology in museum practice through ethnographic attention to an exhibition in the making. Artifacts that are not from the collection come to the fore – artifacts of collaboration, like text panels, which signify Native voice. An attention to authorship reveals the process of collaboration between museum curators and Native community members developing the Our Lives gallery, including how exhibition contributors imagined their audiences differently and experienced the challenges and rewards of mediating (self)representations of contemporary Native identity for public consumption.https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/newproposals/article/view/186172Museum AnthropologyCollaborationNational Museum of the American IndianKalinago
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description	Contemporary museum anthropology is collaborative anthropology. Illustrated through the case study of the National Museum of the American Indian’s process of community curating for its inaugural exhibitions, this account provides a window into the everyday practice of collaborative anthropology in museum practice through ethnographic attention to an exhibition in the making. Artifacts that are not from the collection come to the fore – artifacts of collaboration, like text panels, which signify Native voice. An attention to authorship reveals the process of collaboration between museum curators and Native community members developing the Our Lives gallery, including how exhibition contributors imagined their audiences differently and experienced the challenges and rewards of mediating (self)representations of contemporary Native identity for public consumption.
topic	Museum Anthropology Collaboration National Museum of the American Indian Kalinago
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Artifacts of Collaboration at the National Museum of the American Indian

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