Magic and memory
Paul Denys Montague’s collection from New Caledonia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14904336 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie Adams (0009-0003-4449-0902, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 279-292 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Collections (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-6650 • E-ISSN: 1477-8564 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jhc/fhv032 |
| OpenAlex | W2297896405 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In the archives at the University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology are the field notes, journal and handwritten catalogue that accompany a collection of 200 ethnographic artefacts made in New Caledonia in 1914. This essay considers the context of the collection’s formation as well as its present significance and salience. In particular, it explores how this collection, hardly examined in the 100 years since the death of the collector, offers a valuable opportunity to think afresh about complex issues of loss, memory and remembrance when a little-known past is curated for new, present purposes.
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Context (archaeology) · Ethnography · MAGIC (telescope) · Salience (neuroscience) · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Artificial Intelligence · Australian History and Society · Computer Science · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |