Art of Benin
MUSEUMS AND THEIR VOICES A CONTEMPORARY STUDY OF THE BENIN BRONZES
WRITTEN BY Charlotta Dohlvik SUPERVISORS Staffan Lundén and Peter Davis
Master’s Dissertation, May 2006 International Museum Studies, Museion, Göteborg University
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ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 4 1.2 MANY HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS ...................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 LIMITED IN NUMBER BUT GEOGRAPHICALLY SCATTERED .............................................................................. 7 1.4 FOCUS ON REPRESENTATION AND ACCESSIBILITY ......................................................................................... 8 2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................................ 10 2.1 CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS: AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE .......................................................................... 10 2.2 THE DEBATE OVER REPRESENTATION .......................................................................................................... 11 2.3 APPROACHES TO EXHIBITING AND DISPLAY................................................................................................. 12 2.4 ACCESSIBILITY ............................................................................................................................................ 13 3. SCOPE AND PURPOSE
WRITTEN BY Charlotta Dohlvik SUPERVISORS Staffan Lundén and Peter Davis
Master’s Dissertation, May 2006 International Museum Studies, Museion, Göteborg University
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ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 4 1.2 MANY HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS ...................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 LIMITED IN NUMBER BUT GEOGRAPHICALLY SCATTERED .............................................................................. 7 1.4 FOCUS ON REPRESENTATION AND ACCESSIBILITY ......................................................................................... 8 2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................................ 10 2.1 CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS: AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE .......................................................................... 10 2.2 THE DEBATE OVER REPRESENTATION .......................................................................................................... 11 2.3 APPROACHES TO EXHIBITING AND DISPLAY................................................................................................. 12 2.4 ACCESSIBILITY ............................................................................................................................................ 13 3. SCOPE AND PURPOSE
References: Freyer 1987, p. 9-10. Greenfield 1995, p. 120. 60 Statens etnografiska museum, Stockholm / Etnografiska museet, Göteborg, 1947. 61 Freyer 1987, p. 18. 62 Nevadomsky 2005, p. 74.