The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritage, and Death

NOTE EDITORE

This book provides a comprehensive examination of death, dying, and human remains in museums and heritage sites around the world. Presenting a diverse range of contributions from scholars, practitioners, and artists, the book reminds us that death and the dead body are omnipresent in museum and heritage spaces. Chapters appraise collection practices and their historical context, present global perspectives and potential resolutions, and suggest how death and dying should be presented to the public. Acknowledging that professionals in the galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM) fields are engaging in vital discussions about repatriation and anti-colonialist narratives, the book includes reflections on a variety of deathscapes that are at the forefront of the debate. Taking a multivocal approach, the handbook provides a foundation for debate as well as a reference for how the dead are treated within the public arena. Most important, perhaps, the book highlights best practices and calls for more ethical frameworks and strategies for collaboration, particularly with descendant communities. The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritage, and Death will be useful to all individuals working with, studying, and interested in curation and exhibition at museums and heritage sites around the world. It will be of particular interest to those working in the fields of heritage, museum studies, death studies, archaeology, anthropology, sociology, and history.

SOMMARIO

Introduction Trish Biers and Katie Stringer Clary Part 1: Acquisition, Curation, and Conservation of the Dead 1. Historical Contexts of Bodies, Display, and Spectacle Katie Stringer Clary 2. Conserving the Humanity of Human Remains Cat Irving 3. A Museum Archive: An Unexpected Final Resting Place but One Full of Promise Jelena Bekvalac 4. Striking a Balance: Preserving, Curating, and Investigating Human Remains from the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily Kirsty Squires and Dario Piombino-Mascali 5. The Handling of the Remains of the Ancestors in Peru: Realities, Challenges, and Wishes Guido P. Lombardi, Rubén Buitrón, Lizbeht Tepo, Clide Valladolid, Bradymir Bravo, Susana Arce, Elva Torres, Sonia Guillén, and Trish Biers 6. Engaging with Death in Museums and Collections Trish Biers Part 2: Displaying the Dead: Exhibitions and Ethical Considerations 7. Education, Preservation and Reconciliation: The J.L. Shellshear Museum and the Preservation and Display of Human Remains Denise Donlon and Fiona Gill 8. The Mummies of Guanajuato: The Tension between Ethics and Ambition Paloma Robles Lacayo 9. The Cost of Civil Rights: Loss, Grief, and Death at US Civil Rights Museums Jenny Woodley 10. Changing People, Changing Content: New Perspectives on Past Peoples Rebecca Redfern and Thomas Booth 11. Transforming Memento Mori: A Contemporary Lens Charles Clary 12. The Hollywood Museum of Death: The Commodi?cation of the Maiden, Criminal and the Corpse Tia Tudor Price Part 3: Decolonisation and Shifting the Perspective in Museums and Heritage 13. Papuan Pasts: The Origins of Papuan Human Remains Collections in the World’s Museums, the Issue of Repatriation, and Telling New Stories with Skeletal Data Jason Kariwiga, Gabriel Wrobel, and Michael C. Westaway 14. Searching for Identities through Archaeological Human Remains in Turkey Eli?fgül Dogan 15. Entangled Entitlements and Shuar Tsantsa (Shrunken Heads) Laura N.K. Van Broekhoven 16. Julia Pastrana’s Long Journey Home Laura Anderson Barbata 17. Egyptian Mummi?ed Remains: Communities of Descent and Practice Heba Abd el-Gawad and Alice Stevenson 18. The Curated Ossilegium: Museum Practices as Death and Mourning Rituals Evi Numen Part 4: Deathscapes and Heritage 19. From Dead Places to Places of the Dead: The Memorial Power of Battle?elds, Ruins, and Burials in the Warscapes of Spain and the Western Front Dacia Viejo-Rose, Layla Renshaw, and Paola Filippucci 20. From Trauma to Tourism: Balancing the Needs of the Living and the Dead Joanne Mather 21. Death, Memory, and Power: Public Memorial Culture of Moscow Necropolises Maria Kucheryavaya 22. Not Their Heritage Theme Park: Honouring the Outcast at Crossbones Graveyard Lucy Coleman Talbot 23. The Ghosts of Kukai: Virtual Heritage and Landscapes of Death in Japan’s Shikoku Pilgrimage Ronald S. Green and Susan J. Bergeron 24. A Shadow Pandemic: Protest, Mourning, and Grassroots Memorialization in Mexico City Kelsey Perreault Part 5: Public Education and Engagement in Museums and Heritage 25. Engagement That Works: Practical Insights for Inviting the Public into Cemeteries Kimberly Bearden 26. Talking About the D Word: Public Engagement in a Place of the Dead Janine Marriott 27. The Death Positive Library Stacey Pitsillides, Claire Nally, Anita Luby, Rhonda Brooks, Fiona Hill, Joanne Ghee, Katherine Ingham, and Judith Robinson 28. Haunted Houses and Horri?c History: Ghost Tours at Historic House Museums Katie Stringer Clary and David Hearnes 29. Walking, Public Engagement, and Pedagogy: Mobile Death Studies Ruth Penfold-Mounce Part 6: Death Studies and Heritage in Practice 30. The Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary Radka Krejcí 31. Memento Mori Exhibition from the Dominican Crypt, Vác (Március 15 Square, 19) Hungary Anita Csukovits and Katalin Forró 32. Our Queerly Departed – Researching, Remembering and Respecting the LGBTQ+ Deceased Sacha Coward 33. Close Encounters with Death and Disease: Young Visitors’ Perspectives at the Mütter Medical History Museum Rachel Anisha Divaker and Mary Margaret Kerr 34. The Use of CT scan for the Construction of Mummy Replicas for Museography: Social and Ethical Perspectives Verónica Silva-Pinto, Mario Castro, Yanis Valenzuela-Sánchez, Ayelén Tonko-Huenucoy, Carlos Montoya, Marcelo Gálvez, and Trish Biers Part 7: Concluding Remarks Trish Biers and Katie Stringer Clary

AUTORE

Trish Biers curates the Duckworth Laboratory (human and non-human primate remains) in the Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. Katie Stringer Clary is an Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Coastal Carolina University.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781032047041
• Collana: Routledge Handbooks on Museums, Galleries and Heritage
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.25 in Ø 2.83 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 59 b/w images, 5 tables and 59 halftones
• Pagine Arabe: 583
• Pagine Romane: xxiv