Preserving What Is Valued: Museums, Conservation, and First Nations - Softcover

Clavir, Miriam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0774808616 ISBN 13: 9780774808613

Publisher: UBC Press, 2002

Synopsis

Preserving What Is Valued explores the concept of preserving heritage. It presents the conservation profession’s code of ethics and discusses four significant contexts embedded in museum conservation practice: science, professionalization, museum practice, and the relationship between museums and Native American peoples.

Clavir argues that museum practices are historically grounded and represent values that are not necessarily held by the originators of the objects. She focuses on conservation, explaining the principles and methods conservators practice and discussing First Nations peoples’ perspectives on preservation, quoting extensively from interviews done throughout British Columbia.

About this title

About the Author

Miriam Clavir is Senior Conservator at the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, and an associate of the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, UBC.

Review

"A refreshing and valuable insight .. Conservators, graduate students, academics, and those interested in better understanding of the Indigenous perspective will find Preserving What is Valued of interest. For readers who are engaged in the preservation of museum collections, this is critical scholarship. With insight from Indigenous people, Miriam Clavir has drawn a map for museum professionals to follow."―Indigenous Nations Studies

Edition details

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0774808616
• ISBN 13: 9780774808613
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320