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Interstice 2b The UBC Museum of Anthropology as Model
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- Introduction: Museums, Protest, and Cities 1
- Of Directors, Museums, and National Identity 31
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Context
- Protest at the Threshold: A Short History of Contentious Politics at Canadian Museums, 1900–96 39
- The UBC Museum of Anthropology as Model 71
- Crossing the Threshold: Counter-Histories, Museum Exteriors, Interiors, and Archives 76
- “She walked in and removed her work from the wall”: Artists against Reed Paper at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 1976 103
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Case Studies
- Reactionary Protest: The Warrior Nation and the Canadian War Museum 111
- The Postponement of The Lands within Me: Expressions by Canadian Artists of Arab Origin, 2001 142
- “It takes a lot of wrongs to make a museum of rights”: Indigenous Resistance and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights 145
- Wendy Coburn: Anatomy of a Protest 178
- When the Land Comes First: Oil, Museums, and (Missing) Protest 182
- Reversing the Flow: Yes Men Tackle the Canadian Government 219
- “Intellectual Properties”: Real Estate, Occupy Vancouver, and the Vancouver Art Gallery 223
- Stan Douglas and the Woodward’s Redevelopment 261
- Conclusion 267
- Figures 273
- Notes 277
- Bibliography 339
- Index 389
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- Introduction: Museums, Protest, and Cities 1
- Of Directors, Museums, and National Identity 31
-
Context
- Protest at the Threshold: A Short History of Contentious Politics at Canadian Museums, 1900–96 39
- The UBC Museum of Anthropology as Model 71
- Crossing the Threshold: Counter-Histories, Museum Exteriors, Interiors, and Archives 76
- “She walked in and removed her work from the wall”: Artists against Reed Paper at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 1976 103
-
Case Studies
- Reactionary Protest: The Warrior Nation and the Canadian War Museum 111
- The Postponement of The Lands within Me: Expressions by Canadian Artists of Arab Origin, 2001 142
- “It takes a lot of wrongs to make a museum of rights”: Indigenous Resistance and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights 145
- Wendy Coburn: Anatomy of a Protest 178
- When the Land Comes First: Oil, Museums, and (Missing) Protest 182
- Reversing the Flow: Yes Men Tackle the Canadian Government 219
- “Intellectual Properties”: Real Estate, Occupy Vancouver, and the Vancouver Art Gallery 223
- Stan Douglas and the Woodward’s Redevelopment 261
- Conclusion 267
- Figures 273
- Notes 277
- Bibliography 339
- Index 389