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| 100 | 1 | _aMawere, Munyaradzi. | |
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_aAfrican Museums in the Making : _bReflections on the Politics of Material and Public Culture in Zimbabwe. |
| 250 | _a1st ed. | ||
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_aOxford : _bLangaa RPCIG, _c2015. |
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| 264 | 4 | _c©2015. | |
| 300 | _a1 online resource (350 pages) | ||
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| 505 | 0 | _aCover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- List of Contributors -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - Capturing the fading past and making nous of the present-future of African Museums: An introduction -- Introduction -- The state and (re-)making of Zimbabwean museums -- A journey through the book -- References -- Chapter 2 - 'Old wine in new bottles': A critical historiographical survey of Zimbabwean museum institutions -- Introduction -- The first museum institutions in Zimbabwe -- New museum institutions in post-colonial period -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 - Community museums in Zimbabwe as a means of engagement and empowerment: Challenges and prospects -- Introduction -- Understanding museums in Zimbabwe -- Administration of museums in Zimbabwe -- The birth of community museums in Zimbabwe -- Programming in Zimbabwe community museums -- Engagement and empowerment: Who is who? -- Challenges of community museums in Zimbabwe -- The future: Zimbabwe community museums -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 - 'Orphans in a strange land': Controversies and challenges in the repatriation of African cultural property from European museums -- Introduction -- Repatriation, return and restitution: Conceptual Analysis -- Background Information to Cultural Property Repatriation -- Orphans in a strange land: How Africa has been denied the right to her cultural property? -- The creation of Universal Museums as a way of silencing the voices of the owners and perpetuating cultural imperialism -- Reversing the scenario: Placing Europe and America in the shoes of Africa -- Critical reflections on Zimbabwe's stolen legacy -- One of the exceptional success stories: The return of the lower part of the Zimbabwean Bird -- How it all happened?: Unfolding the events -- African museums challenges to repatriation -- Conclusion -- References. | |
| 505 | 8 | _aChapter 5 - Museum practices as perpetuators of an ideology: A Zimbabwean perspective -- Introduction -- Ideology: An overview -- The emergence of colonial Rhodesian museum practice: Power and identity -- Politics of representation: Segregation and exhibition -- The influence of heritage and the rise of African nationalism -- Nationalist heritage versus patriotic heritage -- The dilemma of professional heritage practitioners -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 - 'A shadow that refuses to leave': The enduring legacy of colonialism in Zimbabwean museum governance -- Introduction -- The concept of museum governance in Zimbabwe -- The enduring legacy of colonialism in Zimbabwean museums -- Museum governance in Zimbabwe: Tracing the problem to the root -- The prospects of Zimbabwean museums -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 - Museums objects, relics and counter - heritage practices in postcolonial Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- The disciplinary museum in Africa: A discourse on Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) -- The post-disciplinary museum: Museum objects in new settings -- Object ET52181 and Tudor Parfitt' Quest -- The life story of the Ngoma Lungundu (Ark of the Covenant) -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 - Africanising museums on the African soil: A critique of the Western concept of keeping human remains in Zimbabwean museums -- Introduction -- 'Humans on the shelves': Background information to the display of human remains in museums -- The morality of keeping human remains in museums: A Global Perspective -- Living and the living-dead in African cosmology: A focus on the Shona culture -- Setting a new ideological paradigm for Zimbabwean museums: Some recommendations -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9 - Developing sustainable museums through 'greening': A case study of the Zimbabwe Military Museum -- Introduction. | |
| 505 | 8 | _aThe 'Green' Museum concept -- Brief history and organisational setup of the Zimbabwe Military Museum -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 - Zimbabwean museums in the digital age: A quest to increase museum visibility in public space through social media -- Introduction -- Understanding Relationship Marketing in the museum context -- The relevance of social media in museum marketing -- NMMZ and Zimbabwean museums: Future and prospects -- Potential benefits of social media use at NMMZ -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 - Representation, reproduction and transmission of public culture in Zimbabwean museums, commemorations and festivals -- Introduction -- The production of public culture in a classic museum -- Exhibiting the 'other' in ethnographic displays -- A public culture redefined by real experiences in museums -- The vintage car rally pageantry of the Mutare Museum Golden Jubilee -- The Matendera Festival -- a participatory alternative to the display of public cultures -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 - Museums, sites and the limits of representation in Africa - A case study of 'traditional villages' at archaeological monuments and sites in Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- Museums representing African societies: Legacies, dilemmas and challenges -- Cultural villages: Opportunities and challenges -- Heritage at the margins: The limits of representation at Great Zimbabwe -- Enlivening the Village -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13 - Museums and formal education curriculum: The utilisation of museums by rural primary school pupils in Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- The matrix between museum, education and society -- The educational role of museums with a focus on Zimbabwe -- Museums and the primary school curriculum in Zimbabwe -- Research questions and methodological issues -- Research findings and discussions. | |
| 505 | 8 | _aConclusions and recommendations -- References -- Back cover. | |
| 588 | _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. | ||
| 590 | _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aMuseums--Africa. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aCultural property--Protection--Africa. | |
| 655 | 4 | _aElectronic books. | |
| 700 | 1 | _aChiwaura, Henry. | |
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