Notice catalographique « The Kwakwaka’wakw potlatch collection and its many social contexts : constructing a collection’s object biography »
- Titre
- The Kwakwaka’wakw potlatch collection and its many social contexts : constructing a collection’s object biography
- Auteur ou éditeur
- Knight, Emma Louise
- University of Toronto
- Lieu de publication
- Toronto
- Maison d'édition
- University of Toronto. Faculty of Information
- Date de publication
- 2013
- Collation
- vi, 139 pages; illustrations
- Résumé
- In 1921, the Canadian government confiscated over 400 pieces of Kwakwaka’wakw potlatch regalia and placed it in three large museums. In 1967 the Kwakwaka'wakw initiated a long process of repatriation resulting in the majority of the collection returning to two Kwakwaka’wakw cultural centres over the last four decades. Through the theoretical framework of object biography and using the museum register as a tool to reconstruct the lives of the potlatch regalia, this thesis explores the multiple paths, diversions and oscillations between objecthood and subjecthood that the collection has undergone. This thesis constructs an exhibition history for the regalia, examines processes of institutional forgetting, and adds multiple layers of meaning to the collection's biography by attending to the post-repatriation life of the objects. By revisiting this pivotal Canadian case, diversions are emphasized as important moments in the creation of subjecthood and objecthood for museum objects.
- Notes
- A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Masters of Museum Studies. Faculty of Information. University of Toronto
- Langue
- English = Anglais
- Sujet
- Potlatch - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Colombie-Britannique - Potlatch
- Autochtones - Colombie-Britannique
- Lien au document en anglais
- http://hdl.handle.net/1807/42997
- Pays
- Canada
- Type de document
- Monograph = Monographie
- Localisation
- E 78 .B9 K65 2013
- Clé
- 17731
- Collection
- Catalogue