AMST 581 - Collecting and Exhibiting Culture

Spring 3 Staff. Note: (Not offered 2012-2013)

This course will examine the history of field collecting in different parts of the world, questions of cultural ownership, theories of acquisition and preservation used by museums and private collectors, and issues in the exhibiting of both objects and people. Readings will draw mainly on material from the Americas, Africa, and Europe. Cross-listed with [ANTH 484]