Anthropology in the museum reflections on the curatorship of the Xikrin Collection

Bibliographic Data

ID2494419
AuthorsFabíola Andréa Silva (0000-0001-5995-4704, corresponding author), Cesar Gordon
Year2013
Volume10
Issue1
Pages425-468
Publication date2013-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1809-4341 • E-ISSN: 1809-4341
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s1809-43412013000100018
OpenAlexW2006257390
SCIELO_PIDS1809-43412013000100018
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited25

This article reflects upon the curatorial management process of the Xikrin ethnographic collection and proposes the importance of anthropological interest in the deepening collaboration amongst anthropologists, indigenous peoples and museums, with particular attention to the anthropological study of ethnographic collections. This is true for the anthropological study of objects (and their various meanings and interpretations by the social actors who utilize and appropriate them) and for the understanding of the formation and conservation of ethnographic collections (with their diverse motivations and contexts). Since this type of shared curatorial management style is only now spreading throughout Brazil, the experience is a timely opportunity to develop nuanced perspectives on the anthropological significance of ethnographic collections

Archaeology · Ethnography · Indigenous · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Indigenous Studies in Latin America · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Urban and sociocultural dynamics · Ecology

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