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Offering solutions spanning traditional to more radical visions, 23 papers confront collecting issues cued by the financial and social realities facing museum professionals related to the themes of collecting in context, omissions and dilemmas, and collecting futures. Issues that may necessitate redefining collecting include: museums without collections in West Africa, collecting from deviant' groups, the ethics of the international market in fossils, collecting live performance, and deaccessioning as a management tool. Based on a conference organized by the U. of Leicester's Department of Museum Studies (date unspecified). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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- PublisherAshgate Pub Ltd
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0754600009
- ISBN 13 9780754600008
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages200
- EditorKnell Simon J.
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