TY  - BOOK
AU  - Onciul,Bryony
TI  - Museums, heritage and indigenous voice: decolonising engagement 
T2  - Routledge research in museum studies
SN  - 9781138781115 (hardback)
AV  - AM21.A2 O63 2015
U1  - 069.0971 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Museums
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Canada
KW  - Museums and Indians
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Ethnological museums and collections
KW  - Cultural property
KW  - Museum exhibits
KW  - ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - ART / Museum Studies
KW  - ART / Native American
KW  - Cultural policy
N2  - "Current discourse on Indigenous engagement in museum studies is often dominated by curatorial and academic perspectives, in which community voice, viewpoints, and reflections on their collaborations can be under-represented. This book provides a unique look at Indigenous perspectives on museum community engagement and the process of self-representation, specifically how the First Nations Elders of the Blackfoot Confederacy have worked with museums and heritage sites in Alberta, Canada, to represent their own culture and history. Situated in a post-colonial context, the case-study sites are places of contention, a politicized environment that highlights commonly hidden issues and naturalized inequalities built into current approaches to community engagement. Data from participant observation, archives, and in-depth interviewing with participants brings Blackfoot community voice into the text and provides an alternative understanding of self and cross-cultural representation. Focusing on the experiences of museum professionals and Blackfoot Elders who have worked with a number of museums and heritage sites, Indigenous Voices in Cultural Institutions unpicks the power and politics of engagement on a micro level and how it can be applied more broadly, by exposing the limits and challenges of cross-cultural engagement and community self-representation. The result is a volume that provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the nuances of self-representation and decolonization "--
ER  -