Brian Durrans
Biographic Data
| ID | 83269 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Durrans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Durrans |
| SIGNATURE | DURRANS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | British Museum |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 186 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The future of the other: Changing Cultures on Display in Ethnographic Museums
Pilgrimage: The sacred journey Ashmolean Museum/spectacular miracles: images of supernatural power from northwest italy Ashmolean Museum
"Pilgrimage: the sacred journey Ashmolean Museum/spectacular miracles: images of supernatural power from northwest italy Ashmolean Museum." Material Religion, 2(2), pp. 253–254
BM Department of Ethnography
Anthropology and the British Museum: On the planned abolition of the Department of Ethnography
Indian subcontinent: Popular and folk art
Exhibitions: Braque's Batman: The Art Of The Ordinary
Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display
Throwing open to debate the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, Exhibiting Cultures probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how cultural differences and art objects are displayed. This innovative volume brings together museum directors and curators, art historians, anthropologists, folklorists, and historians to examine how diverse settings have appealed to au…
Behind the Scenes: Museums and Selective Criticism
A recent upsurge of interest in representational politics has led to criticism of exhibitions and museums in the ethnographic/anthropological field. It is argued that this development has been positive to the extent that it recognizes museological practice to be part of a system of power and authority. But some criticism has been unhelpful in so far as it has underestimated the complexity of what museums do and of wider social implications of evi…
The Raj: India and the British, 1600-1947 and Arts of India, 1550-1900
The Raj: India and the British, 1600-1947, National Portrait Gallery, London (October 1990 through March 1991); ARTS OF INDIA, 1550-1900, Victoria and Albert Museum, Nehru Gallery (permanent installation, opened November 1990
Competitive pragmatism: Organising the 1982 festival of India in Britain
The Penis Inserts of Southeast Asia: An Annotated Bibliography with an Overview and Comparative Perspectives
Toward a Critical Archaeology [and Comments and Reply]
Objects and Others: Essays on Museums and Material Culture
This special issue of _Man_ presents a collection of essays exploring the multifaceted relationships between objects, museums, and material culture. The essays examine how objects are imbued with meaning and value within different cultural contexts, considering the role of museums in shaping these interpretations. Topics addressed include the history of collecting, the politics of representation, and the impact of colonialism on museum collection…
Commodity Culture and Anthropology in Museums
Dance and Music in South Asian Drama: Chhau, Mahakali pyakhan and Yakshagana
Handicrafts, Ideology and the Festival of India
Indonesian collections in the Museum of mankind
Toward a Critical Archaeology [and Comments and Reply]
Handicrafts, Ideology and the Festival of India
Behind the Scenes: Museums and Selective Criticism
A recent upsurge of interest in representational politics has led to criticism of exhibitions and museums in the ethnographic/anthropological field. It is argued that this development has been positive to the extent that it recognizes museological practice to be part of a system of power and authority. But some criticism has been unhelpful in so far as it has underestimated the complexity of what museums do and of wider social implications of evi…
Exhibitions: Braque's Batman: The Art Of The Ordinary
Competitive pragmatism: Organising the 1982 festival of India in Britain
Indonesian collections in the Museum of mankind
Handicrafts, Ideology and the Festival of India
Commodity Culture and Anthropology in Museums
Dance and Music in South Asian Drama: Chhau, Mahakali pyakhan and Yakshagana
Toward a Critical Archaeology [and Comments and Reply]
Objects and Others: Essays on Museums and Material Culture
This special issue of _Man_ presents a collection of essays exploring the multifaceted relationships between objects, museums, and material culture. The essays examine how objects are imbued with meaning and value within different cultural contexts, considering the role of museums in shaping these interpretations. Topics addressed include the history of collecting, the politics of representation, and the impact of colonialism on museum collection…
The Penis Inserts of Southeast Asia: An Annotated Bibliography with an Overview and Comparative Perspectives
Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display
Throwing open to debate the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, Exhibiting Cultures probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how cultural differences and art objects are displayed. This innovative volume brings together museum directors and curators, art historians, anthropologists, folklorists, and historians to examine how diverse settings have appealed to au…
Behind the Scenes: Museums and Selective Criticism
A recent upsurge of interest in representational politics has led to criticism of exhibitions and museums in the ethnographic/anthropological field. It is argued that this development has been positive to the extent that it recognizes museological practice to be part of a system of power and authority. But some criticism has been unhelpful in so far as it has underestimated the complexity of what museums do and of wider social implications of evi…
The Raj: India and the British, 1600-1947 and Arts of India, 1550-1900
The Raj: India and the British, 1600-1947, National Portrait Gallery, London (October 1990 through March 1991); ARTS OF INDIA, 1550-1900, Victoria and Albert Museum, Nehru Gallery (permanent installation, opened November 1990
Competitive pragmatism: Organising the 1982 festival of India in Britain
Exhibitions: Braque's Batman: The Art Of The Ordinary
Indian subcontinent: Popular and folk art
BM Department of Ethnography
Anthropology and the British Museum: On the planned abolition of the Department of Ethnography
Pilgrimage: The sacred journey Ashmolean Museum/spectacular miracles: images of supernatural power from northwest italy Ashmolean Museum
"Pilgrimage: the sacred journey Ashmolean Museum/spectacular miracles: images of supernatural power from northwest italy Ashmolean Museum." Material Religion, 2(2), pp. 253–254
The future of the other: Changing Cultures on Display in Ethnographic Museums
History (11 works) · Art (8 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · History (6 works) · Anthropology (5 works) · Art history (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Ethnography (4 works)