Robert R Janes
Biographic Data
| ID | 278116 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert R Janes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert R |
| FAMILY NAME | Janes |
| SIGNATURE | JANES R R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-9275-7474 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Value of Museums in Averting Societal Collapse
Current research suggests that societal collapse is in progress. The indicators of societal collapse include untenable economic inequality; the spread of authoritarian governments; the collapse of biodiversity; an economic system dependent on the fallacy of endless growth, consumption, and debt, and the failure of governments institutions to respond to these crises. This article explores the implications of societal decline for museums as civil s…
Museums in perilous times
I write this commentary as a messenger – an impatient and bewildered messenger. Impatient because it has now been 41 years of ignoring the scientific warnings about global warming and its consequen
Museum Activism
Only a decade ago, the notion that museums, galleries and heritage organisations might engage in activist practice, with explicit intent to act upon inequalities, injustices and environmental crises, was met with scepticism and often derision. Seeking to purposefully bring about social change was viewed by many within and beyond the museum community as inappropriately political and antithetical to fundamental professional values. Today, although …
Posterity has arrived
This chapter provides to encourage further experimentation and enrich the debate in this nascent and uncertain field of museum practice. It aims to provide the global museum community’s growing awareness of the world around them, and explores how this awareness is beginning to embrace the aspirations, challenges, horrors and misfortunes that mark human society everywhere. The chapter describes the work as museum activism, in the sense of museum p…
The politics of museums
The contribution of museums in periods of major turmoil is always of a secondary form – instead of being in the vanguard of change and change mechanisms they are always in a position of minor playe
Museums for all seasons
In Memoriam
Commentary
Economic growth in North America is essentially finished because of the depletion of natural resources, the proliferation of environmental impacts, and the inability of governments and banks to deal with the enormous debt that has accumulated over the last 20 years. The end of economic growth is the harbinger of a new societal context for museums, because the implications for continued prosperity are profound and immensely challenging. Underlying…
The Mindful Museum
The convergence of global issues—ranging from climate change to the erosion of cultural diversity—has created a watershed of opportunity or an unprecedented crisis for museums. The contemporary museum business model based on consumption, entertainment and ancillary education is increasingly unsustainable and irrelevant in this context. This article explores the concept of a more responsible museum and the need for a heightened sense of social, en…
Museums in a Troubled World: Renewal, Irrelevance, or Collapse?
Are Museums Irrelevant? Museums are rarely acknowledged in the global discussion of climate change, environmental degradation, the inevitability of depleted fossil fuels, and the myriad local issues concerning the well-being of particular communities – suggesting the irrelevance of museums as social institutions. At the same time, there is a growing preoccupation among museums with the marketplace, and museums, unwittingly or not, are embracing t…
Museum Management and Curatorship, Volume 20, Number 3
Quliaqtuat Iñupiat Nunaŋiññiñ: The Report of the Chipp-Ikpikpuk River and Upper Meade River Oral History Project, by Wendy H. Arundale and William S. Scheider
An Ethnoarchaeological Model for the Identification of Prehistoric Tepee Remains in the Boreal Forest
The deliberate observation of contemporary northern hunters is one way of enhancing the interpretation of the archaeological record in the western Canadian Subarctic. The paper is based on six months of archaeological ethnography at a residential hunting camp in the mid-Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada, followed by archaeological excavations at the same camp of Dene hunters. The conceptual framework of this research is ethnoarchaeo…
A Comment on Microdebitage Analyses and Cultural Site-Formation Processes among Tipi Dwellers
A recent report by Hull (1987) on the microdebitage analysis of soil samples from a stone-circle site in the Northern Plains indicates the utility of such analyses for the study of use and disposal in lithic-tool-manufacture areas. Its value could have been heightened through greater awareness of recent research on the ethnoarchaeology of tipi use and of site-formation studies in general. Various factors were overlooked in Hull's analysis, includ…
The Subarctic Indians and the Fur Trade, 1680-1860
Demographic Estimates in Archaeology: Contributions From Ethnoarchaeology on Mesoamerican Peasants [and Comments and Reply]
Anthropological archaeologists often employ ethnohistoric and ethnographic data to interpret the archaeological record. Of special concern to the subdiscipline of "action" or "living" archaeology is the problem of devising reasonably accurate methods for estimating the population of a site or of a prehistoric household. Techniques developed by various researchers are here summarized and critiqued. Then the available ethnographic evidence on house…
Indians, Animals and the Fur Trade: A Critique of Keepers of the Game, edited by Shepard Krech III
Athapaskan Clothing and Related Objects in the Collections of Field Museum of Natural History, by James W. VanStone
The Preservation and Ethnohistory of a Frozen Historic Site in the Canadian Arctic
In 1853 a British Naval Expedition, involved in the search for the missing British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition under the command of Sir John Franklin, constructed a stone storehouse on Dealy Island off the coast of Melville Island, Northwest Territories. This storehouse was stocked with a complete inventory of supplies used in mid-19th century arctic exploration. Excellent documentary sources pertaining to the origin and the abandonment hi…
Archaeology and Development [and Comments and Reply]
The establisment of a national site survey in the Solomon Islands provides a case study of the way in which the discipline of archaeology, developed in highly industrialised, wealthy countries, must be adapted if it is to prove meaningful in other parts of the world. Such changes are not only organisational and logistical; they extend to the conceptual basis of archaeology and to the relationship of the discipline to society. Specifically discuss…
More on Culture Contact in the Mackenzie Basin
Indian and Eskimo Contact in Southern Keewatin: An Ethnohistorical Approach
This paper examines various ethnohistorical accounts in an effort to document instances of contact between the Chipewyan Indians and the Caribou Eskimo during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Various mechanisms promoting this interaction are discussed. The results of the research indicate that conflict was but one expression of their relationship. It is further suggested that failure to realize the actual complexity of the situation tends…
What are museums for? - Revisiting “Museums in a Troubled World
Focusing on the present situation in the Nordic museum scene, entailing economic pressures and restructuring, this article introduces the thoughts and ideas of Canadian museum expert and author, Robert R. Janes, to put things in perspective. After revisiting the 2009 book “Museums in a Troubled World”, authored by Janes, a discussion between the authors is presented which focuses on the complexities of collaboration between museums and business. …
Demographic Estimates in Archaeology: Contributions From Ethnoarchaeology on Mesoamerican Peasants [and Comments and Reply]
Anthropological archaeologists often employ ethnohistoric and ethnographic data to interpret the archaeological record. Of special concern to the subdiscipline of "action" or "living" archaeology is the problem of devising reasonably accurate methods for estimating the population of a site or of a prehistoric household. Techniques developed by various researchers are here summarized and critiqued. Then the available ethnographic evidence on house…
Archaeology and Development [and Comments and Reply]
The establisment of a national site survey in the Solomon Islands provides a case study of the way in which the discipline of archaeology, developed in highly industrialised, wealthy countries, must be adapted if it is to prove meaningful in other parts of the world. Such changes are not only organisational and logistical; they extend to the conceptual basis of archaeology and to the relationship of the discipline to society. Specifically discuss…
A Comment on Microdebitage Analyses and Cultural Site-Formation Processes among Tipi Dwellers
A recent report by Hull (1987) on the microdebitage analysis of soil samples from a stone-circle site in the Northern Plains indicates the utility of such analyses for the study of use and disposal in lithic-tool-manufacture areas. Its value could have been heightened through greater awareness of recent research on the ethnoarchaeology of tipi use and of site-formation studies in general. Various factors were overlooked in Hull's analysis, includ…
Indian and Eskimo Contact in Southern Keewatin: An Ethnohistorical Approach
This paper examines various ethnohistorical accounts in an effort to document instances of contact between the Chipewyan Indians and the Caribou Eskimo during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Various mechanisms promoting this interaction are discussed. The results of the research indicate that conflict was but one expression of their relationship. It is further suggested that failure to realize the actual complexity of the situation tends…
Commentary
Economic growth in North America is essentially finished because of the depletion of natural resources, the proliferation of environmental impacts, and the inability of governments and banks to deal with the enormous debt that has accumulated over the last 20 years. The end of economic growth is the harbinger of a new societal context for museums, because the implications for continued prosperity are profound and immensely challenging. Underlying…
What are museums for? - Revisiting “Museums in a Troubled World
Focusing on the present situation in the Nordic museum scene, entailing economic pressures and restructuring, this article introduces the thoughts and ideas of Canadian museum expert and author, Robert R. Janes, to put things in perspective. After revisiting the 2009 book “Museums in a Troubled World”, authored by Janes, a discussion between the authors is presented which focuses on the complexities of collaboration between museums and business. …
Museums in perilous times
I write this commentary as a messenger – an impatient and bewildered messenger. Impatient because it has now been 41 years of ignoring the scientific warnings about global warming and its consequen
More on Culture Contact in the Mackenzie Basin
What are museums for? - Revisiting “Museums in a Troubled World
Focusing on the present situation in the Nordic museum scene, entailing economic pressures and restructuring, this article introduces the thoughts and ideas of Canadian museum expert and author, Robert R. Janes, to put things in perspective. After revisiting the 2009 book “Museums in a Troubled World”, authored by Janes, a discussion between the authors is presented which focuses on the complexities of collaboration between museums and business. …
Indian and Eskimo Contact in Southern Keewatin: An Ethnohistorical Approach
This paper examines various ethnohistorical accounts in an effort to document instances of contact between the Chipewyan Indians and the Caribou Eskimo during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Various mechanisms promoting this interaction are discussed. The results of the research indicate that conflict was but one expression of their relationship. It is further suggested that failure to realize the actual complexity of the situation tends…
More on Culture Contact in the Mackenzie Basin
Archaeology and Development [and Comments and Reply]
The establisment of a national site survey in the Solomon Islands provides a case study of the way in which the discipline of archaeology, developed in highly industrialised, wealthy countries, must be adapted if it is to prove meaningful in other parts of the world. Such changes are not only organisational and logistical; they extend to the conceptual basis of archaeology and to the relationship of the discipline to society. Specifically discuss…
Athapaskan Clothing and Related Objects in the Collections of Field Museum of Natural History, by James W. VanStone
The Preservation and Ethnohistory of a Frozen Historic Site in the Canadian Arctic
In 1853 a British Naval Expedition, involved in the search for the missing British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition under the command of Sir John Franklin, constructed a stone storehouse on Dealy Island off the coast of Melville Island, Northwest Territories. This storehouse was stocked with a complete inventory of supplies used in mid-19th century arctic exploration. Excellent documentary sources pertaining to the origin and the abandonment hi…
Indians, Animals and the Fur Trade: A Critique of Keepers of the Game, edited by Shepard Krech III
Demographic Estimates in Archaeology: Contributions From Ethnoarchaeology on Mesoamerican Peasants [and Comments and Reply]
Anthropological archaeologists often employ ethnohistoric and ethnographic data to interpret the archaeological record. Of special concern to the subdiscipline of "action" or "living" archaeology is the problem of devising reasonably accurate methods for estimating the population of a site or of a prehistoric household. Techniques developed by various researchers are here summarized and critiqued. Then the available ethnographic evidence on house…
The Subarctic Indians and the Fur Trade, 1680-1860
Quliaqtuat Iñupiat Nunaŋiññiñ: The Report of the Chipp-Ikpikpuk River and Upper Meade River Oral History Project, by Wendy H. Arundale and William S. Scheider
An Ethnoarchaeological Model for the Identification of Prehistoric Tepee Remains in the Boreal Forest
The deliberate observation of contemporary northern hunters is one way of enhancing the interpretation of the archaeological record in the western Canadian Subarctic. The paper is based on six months of archaeological ethnography at a residential hunting camp in the mid-Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada, followed by archaeological excavations at the same camp of Dene hunters. The conceptual framework of this research is ethnoarchaeo…
A Comment on Microdebitage Analyses and Cultural Site-Formation Processes among Tipi Dwellers
A recent report by Hull (1987) on the microdebitage analysis of soil samples from a stone-circle site in the Northern Plains indicates the utility of such analyses for the study of use and disposal in lithic-tool-manufacture areas. Its value could have been heightened through greater awareness of recent research on the ethnoarchaeology of tipi use and of site-formation studies in general. Various factors were overlooked in Hull's analysis, includ…
Museum Management and Curatorship, Volume 20, Number 3
Museums in a Troubled World: Renewal, Irrelevance, or Collapse?
Are Museums Irrelevant? Museums are rarely acknowledged in the global discussion of climate change, environmental degradation, the inevitability of depleted fossil fuels, and the myriad local issues concerning the well-being of particular communities – suggesting the irrelevance of museums as social institutions. At the same time, there is a growing preoccupation among museums with the marketplace, and museums, unwittingly or not, are embracing t…
The Mindful Museum
The convergence of global issues—ranging from climate change to the erosion of cultural diversity—has created a watershed of opportunity or an unprecedented crisis for museums. The contemporary museum business model based on consumption, entertainment and ancillary education is increasingly unsustainable and irrelevant in this context. This article explores the concept of a more responsible museum and the need for a heightened sense of social, en…
Commentary
Economic growth in North America is essentially finished because of the depletion of natural resources, the proliferation of environmental impacts, and the inability of governments and banks to deal with the enormous debt that has accumulated over the last 20 years. The end of economic growth is the harbinger of a new societal context for museums, because the implications for continued prosperity are profound and immensely challenging. Underlying…
In Memoriam
Museums for all seasons
The politics of museums
The contribution of museums in periods of major turmoil is always of a secondary form – instead of being in the vanguard of change and change mechanisms they are always in a position of minor playe
Museum Activism
Only a decade ago, the notion that museums, galleries and heritage organisations might engage in activist practice, with explicit intent to act upon inequalities, injustices and environmental crises, was met with scepticism and often derision. Seeking to purposefully bring about social change was viewed by many within and beyond the museum community as inappropriately political and antithetical to fundamental professional values. Today, although …
Posterity has arrived
This chapter provides to encourage further experimentation and enrich the debate in this nascent and uncertain field of museum practice. It aims to provide the global museum community’s growing awareness of the world around them, and explores how this awareness is beginning to embrace the aspirations, challenges, horrors and misfortunes that mark human society everywhere. The chapter describes the work as museum activism, in the sense of museum p…
Museums in perilous times
I write this commentary as a messenger – an impatient and bewildered messenger. Impatient because it has now been 41 years of ignoring the scientific warnings about global warming and its consequen
The Value of Museums in Averting Societal Collapse
Current research suggests that societal collapse is in progress. The indicators of societal collapse include untenable economic inequality; the spread of authoritarian governments; the collapse of biodiversity; an economic system dependent on the fallacy of endless growth, consumption, and debt, and the failure of governments institutions to respond to these crises. This article explores the implications of societal decline for museums as civil s…
Geography (12 works) · History (12 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Art (5 works) · Business (5 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (5 works)