Title This is our life : Haida material heritage and changing museum practice / Cara Krmpotich and Laura Peers ; with the Haida Repatriation Committee and staff of the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum

Published Vancouver [British Columbia] : UBC Press, [2013] Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013 ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents The paths bringing us together -- Preparations for the visit -- Moments of encounter -- Why go there? An interlude / Ruth Gladstone-Davies -- Reflecting on the visit -- Maintaining relationships into the future -- Museums as they are, and museums as they might be -- Appendix : Conservation kits Summary "In September 2009, twenty-one members of the Haida Nation came to Oxford and London to work with several hundred heritage treasures at the Pitt Rivers Museum and the British Museum. The encounter set a new course for the relationships between the custodians of these cultural artifacts and the Indigenous people for whom the objects are a direct link to their past. Emotional and illuminating, tense and challenging, it was a transformative visit that none would soon forget. Featuring contributions from Haida people -- weavers, carvers, language speakers, youth, and Elders -- and museum staff -- curators, conservators, and collections management staff -- who participated in the project, and a rich selection of illustrations, This Is Our Life details the remarkable story of the Haida Project, from the planning to the visit itself and through the years that followed. A fascinating look at the meaning behind objects, the value of repatriation, and the impact of historical trajectories like colonialism, this is also a tender story of the understanding that grew between the Haida visitors and museum staff, as conflicting ideas about subjects as difficult as the repatriation of human remains and the white-gloved institutional approach to handling historical objects became a two-way dialogue."--Publisher's website Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Haida Indians -- Museums Haida Indians -- Material culture Museums and Indians -- Great Britain Cultural property -- Repatriation -- Great Britain Museum techniques -- Great Britain SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Cultural property -- Repatriation Haida Indians -- Material culture Museum techniques Museums and Indians Great Britain Form Electronic book Author Peers, Laura Lynn, 1963- author ISBN 9780774825429 0774825421 9780774825436 077482543X 9780774825412 0774825413 0774823852 9780774823852

Other Titles Haida material heritage and changing museum practice

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