Museums, ethics and cultural heritage : edited by Bernice L. Murphy.

Author(s): Murphy, Bernice L.

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Main Title
Museums, ethics and cultural heritage
Author(s)
Murphy, Bernice L.
Publisher
New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Collation
xxi, 410 p. : ill.
24 cm.
ISBN
9781138676329
Dewey Class
069
Contents
Introductions: i ICOM Turns 70: Ethics and the Value Creation Role of Museums / Hans-Martin Hinz -- ii The role of museums in the twenty-first century / Anne Catherine Robert-Hauglustaine -- iii The Work of the ICOM Ethics Committee / Martin Schärer -- iv Introduction / Bernice L Murphy --
PART I: Museums and ethics, the ICOM Code, and evolving standards for museums’ heritage care and social commitment. 1 ICOM’s present Code: ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums (2004) / Geoffrey Lewis -- 2 Ethical Issues and Standards for Natural History Museums / Eric Dorfman -- 3 Reversing the De-realisation of Natural and Social Phenomena: Ethical Issues for Museums in a Multidisciplinary Context / Michel Van-Praët --
PART II: International Action on Protection of the World’s Cultural Heritage and Biosphere. 4 UNESCO’s Actions and International Standards for Museums / Mechtild Rossler, and Nao Hayashi -- 5 The UNESCO Recommendation on the Protection and Promotion of Museums and Collections, their Diversity and Role in Society / François Mairesse -- 6 Protecting Cultural Heritage at Risk: an International Public Service Mission for ICOM / France Desmarais -- 7 Dances with Intellectual Property: Museums, Monetization and Digitization / Rina Pantalony -- 8 Stolen and Illegally Exported Artifacts in Collections: Key Issues for Museums within a Legal Framework / Marilyn Phelan -- 9 Advice and Support in the Recovery of Lost Art : The Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste / Michael Franz --
PART III: Heritage Care and Ethics Through the Lens of Multiple Cultures and Regions. 10 Unchanging Ethics in a Changing World / Gary Edson -- 11 New Models of Shared Heritage and Collection Access: Museum Island and Humboldt Forum in Berlin / Herman Parzinger -- 12 A Museum Triangle: Ethics, Standards of Care, and the Pleasure of Perception / Dorota Folga- Januszewska -- 13 The Odyssey of Nature and Science Museums from Apollo to the Anthropocene / Emlyn Koster -- 14 The Chinese Museum: Transformation and Change through Ethics Construction / An Laishun -- 15 Ethics, Museology and Professional Training in Japan / Eiji Mizushima --
PART IV: Provenance research, evolving issues and new directions across a changing landscape for collections. 16 Advocating for International Collaborations: WWII-era Provenance Research in Museums / Jane Milosch -- 17 ‘Definitely Stolen?’: Why There Is No Alternative to Provenance Research in Archaeological Museums / Markus Hilgert -- 18 Deaccessioning: some reflections / François Mairesse -- 19 Ethics in a Changing Social Landscape: Community Engagement and Public Participation in Museums / Sally Yerkovitch -- 20 Conservation – How Ethics Work in Practice / Stephanie de Roemer --
PART V: ‘Torn History’, Reshaping an Integrated Heritage, and Repatriation Issues. 21 Using the Past to Forge a Future: Challenges of Uniting a Nation against Skeletal Odds / Bongani Ndhlovu -- 22 Exhibiting Contentious and Difficult Histories: Ethics, Emotions and Reflexivity / Sharon Macdonald -- 23 Native America in the Twenty-First Century: Journeys in Cultural Governance and Museum Interpretation / W. Richard West, Jr. -- 24 Afro-descendent Heritage and its Unacknowledged Legacy in Latin American Museum Representation / Monica Gorgas -- 25 In Search of the Inclusive Museum / Amareswar Galla --
PART VI: Case-Studies, Ethical Dilemmas and Ethics-in-Action. 26 The Lombroso Museum in Turin: A Reflection on the Exhibition and Scientific Study of Human Remains / Alberto Garlandini & Stefano Montaldo -- 27 The Auschwitz-Birkenow Museum and a Claim to Portraits of Holocaust Victims Made by Artist Dinah Gottliebová Babitt / Vojtěch Blodig -- 28 The Mask of Ka-nefer-nefer / Regine Schulz -- 29 Ethics versus Law: The restitution of The Miracle of St Anthony by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo / Aedín MacDevitt -- 30 Ethics in Action: Situational Scenarios Turning the Keys to the Code of Ethics / Eva Maehre Lauritzen.
Language
English
Subject
Museums -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Museums -- Standards.
BRN
7053

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