Between memory and museum : a dialogue with folk and tribal artists / edited by Arun Wolf and Gita Wolf ; photographs, Jonathan Yamakami, Gita Wolf.

Contributor(s):

Wolf, Arun [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextCopyright date: [Chennai] India : Tara Books, [2015]Description: 151 páginas : ilustraciones (algunas a color) ; 28 cm + 1 DVD (19 min : sonido, color ; 4 3/4 in.)Content type:

texto
imagen fija

Media type:

sin mediación

Carrier type:

volumen

ISBN:

9789383145294

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

NK1047 B48 2015

Contents:

Beginnings -- The museum is a way of knowing -- What is tradition? -- Community and the individual imagination -- The tangible power of symbols -- Contexts -- Film.

Scope and content: "India is home to a range of folk and tribal artists, from rich and varied cultural backgrounds. Much of what we learn about these communities -- who often exist on the margins of mainstream society -- is through their representation in a museum. It is a space that constructs identities in very particular ways. This pioneering dialogue with 38 extraordinary folk and tribal artists from across India focuses on the idea of a museum -- particularly for communities historically regarded as anthropological subjects. In their visual responses, artists reflect on the museum as an institution, and the way it preserves, creates and disseminates knowledge. Do these representations communicate a lived life? What are the artists' own ways of remembering and passing on tradition? And finally: who has the power to put whom in a museum?" -- tomado de la contraportada

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libros	Mediateca	Bibliográfica	NK1047 B48 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Ej.1	Available		14803
CD ROM	Mediateca	Material electrónico	RE/NK1047 B48 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Ej.1	Available		RE0745

Accompanied by DVD contains short film featuring the artists and introducing the process behind the project in English, Hindi and Hindi dialects; subtitles in English.

Beginnings -- The museum is a way of knowing -- What is tradition? -- Community and the individual imagination -- The tangible power of symbols -- Contexts -- Film.

"India is home to a range of folk and tribal artists, from rich and varied cultural backgrounds. Much of what we learn about these communities -- who often exist on the margins of mainstream society -- is through their representation in a museum. It is a space that constructs identities in very particular ways. This pioneering dialogue with 38 extraordinary folk and tribal artists from across India focuses on the idea of a museum -- particularly for communities historically regarded as anthropological subjects. In their visual responses, artists reflect on the museum as an institution, and the way it preserves, creates and disseminates knowledge. Do these representations communicate a lived life? What are the artists' own ways of remembering and passing on tradition? And finally: who has the power to put whom in a museum?" -- tomado de la contraportada

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