Material Culture in Transit: Theory and Practice

Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Moving Matter: Worlds of Material Culture
	Studying Material Culture Across Disciplines
	Objects in Transit
	Anthropology, Museums and Historical Liabilities
	Heuristic Materiality and Meaning-Making
	Notes
	References
Part I Museology: Representation and Colonial Liabilities
	1 After Interpretive Dominance
		Introduction
		The MKB’s Location
		Audiences of the MKB
		Imperialism/Colonialism On the Swiss Agenda
		Historicity
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	2 “Wo Ist Afrika?”: Of Reflexive Museography, and Other (Productive?) Disappointments
		Introduction
		Sharing the Ride
		Glimpses Into the Professional Disappointer’s Persona
		Take One: The Colonial Matrix of the Present
		Take Two: Performing S(O)bjects
			Karingana Karingana
		Museums of Possible Worlds
		Notes
		References
	3 “Out of Context” – Translocation of West African Artefacts to European Museums: The Case of the Leo Frobenius Collection From Mali
		Introduction
		Ci Wara – From “Ethnographic Stuff” to “Works of Art”
		Colonial Context
		Challenging Colonial Narratives
		Notes
		References
	4 The Museum as a Colonial Archive: The Collection of Victor and Marie Solioz and Its Role in Forgetting the Colonial Past
		Introduction
			Dead Ends, Missing Links, and Widening Gaps in Ethnographic Museums
		Agents of Empires
		Emphasis and Omittance in Ethnographic Collecting
		The Museum as a Colonial Archive
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	5 Museum Collections in Transit: Towards a History of the Artefacts of the Endeavour Voyage
		Artefacts
		Provenance
		Thinking Provenance, Cross-Culturally
		The Artefacts of the Endeavour Voyage
		The Voyage
		Where Did Artefacts Come From?
		How Many Were Collected?
		Where Are They Now?
		Does It Matter?
		Notes
		References
Part II Heuristic Materiality Meanings and Transformations
	6 “To Give Away My Collection for Free Would Be Nonsense”: Decorations and the Emergence of Ethnology in Imperial Germany
		Introduction
		Decorations and the Emergence of Ethnology in Imperial Germany
		Decorations and the Determination of Value
		Scientists and Decoration Hunters
		The End of Decorations as Signs of Scientific Authority
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	7 Discourse On Objectification and Personification: Modern Forms of Material Cultural Identity in the Touareg Society
		Introduction
		The Touareg Society
		Expressions of Cultural Identity in Touareg Society: Between Tradition and Modernity
		Objectification and Personification as Transcultural Forms of Touareg Identity
		Summary
		Notes
		References
	8 The Material Culture of Vodun: Case Studies From Ghana, Togo, Germany and In-Between
		Introduction
		The Shrine as an Archive
		Material and Medial Interspaces
		The Musealization of Vodun
		Notes
		References
	9 Ndambirkus and Ndaokus: Asmat Skulls in Transit
		Introduction
		Asmat
		Restitution Or Repatriation
		Ethics
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	10 On the Art of Forging Gods: Techniques, Forces and Materials in an Afro-Brazilian Religion
		Introduction
		The Jabá of Ogum
		A Request From Exu
		Forging Gods
		Forging Relations
		Conclusion, Or the Art of Making
		Notes
		References
Index