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Decolonizing Conservation: Caring for Maori Meeting Houses outside New Zealand
Dean (Ed) Sully
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Description for Decolonizing Conservation: Caring for Maori Meeting Houses outside New Zealand
Paperback. Argues for a shift in cultural heritage conservation, from a focus on maintaining the physical fabric of material culture towards the impact that conservation work has on people's lives. This book challenges the commodification of sacred objects and places by western conservation thought and attempts to decolonize conservation practice. Editor(s): Sully, Dean. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
This book argues for an important shift in cultural heritage conservation, away from a focus on maintaining the physical fabric of material culture toward the impact that conservation work has on people’s lives. In doing so, it challenges the commodification of sacred objects and places by western conservation thought and attempts to decolonize conservation practice. To do so, the authors examine conservation activities at Maori marae—meeting houses—located in the US, Germany, and England and contrasts them with changes in marae conservation in New Zealand. A key case study is the Hinemihi meeting house, transported to England in the 1890s where ... Read more
This book argues for an important shift in cultural heritage conservation, away from a focus on maintaining the physical fabric of material culture toward the impact that conservation work has on people’s lives. In doing so, it challenges the commodification of sacred objects and places by western conservation thought and attempts to decolonize conservation practice. To do so, the authors examine conservation activities at Maori marae—meeting houses—located in the US, Germany, and England and contrasts them with changes in marae conservation in New Zealand. A key case study is the Hinemihi meeting house, transported to England in the 1890s where ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Walnut Creek, United States
ISBN
9781598743104
SKU
V9781598743104
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Ref
99-1
About Dean (Ed) Sully
Dean Sully is Lecture in Conservation at University College London Institute of Archaeology and National Trust Advisor for the Conservation of Archaeological Artefacts. He previously served as conservator at the National Heritage Board Singapore, Museum of London, and the British Museum. Sully is author of over 15 articles on conservation topics.
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