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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 3
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Curating in the Vernacular
- Making Transparency Visible: Centre William Rappard, Headquarters of the World Trade Organization, Geneva 27
- Most Disturbing Souvenirs: Curative Museology in a Cultural Conflict Zone 47
- The Alchemy of Flight: Race, Mobility, Humanity 64
- By and For Children: History and Healing in a Hospital Museum, KwaZulu-Natal 82
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Breaking Frames
- Frozen World/Mundo Congelado: AIDS, Chicano Art, and the Queer Remains of Mundo Meza 105
- The Play: Reassembling African Arts in the West 127
- But Is It Art?: Not Really 141
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Activating Art and History
- Intervention/Resurrection: Intergenerational Activations of La Cueca Sola 155
- The Terrible Gift: Difficult Memories for the Twenty-First Century 172
- Reading the World: Native Histories at the Bosque Redondo Memorial, New Mexico 187
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Establishments Revisioned
- The World in One City: The Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam 211
- Museum without Walls: After Into the Heart of Africa 231
- abNormal: Bodies in Medicine and Culture 246
- Reel Objects: Movies in Museums 265
- Afterword 284
- Notes 289
- Bibliography 335
- Contributors 369
- Index 377
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 3
-
Curating in the Vernacular
- Making Transparency Visible: Centre William Rappard, Headquarters of the World Trade Organization, Geneva 27
- Most Disturbing Souvenirs: Curative Museology in a Cultural Conflict Zone 47
- The Alchemy of Flight: Race, Mobility, Humanity 64
- By and For Children: History and Healing in a Hospital Museum, KwaZulu-Natal 82
-
Breaking Frames
- Frozen World/Mundo Congelado: AIDS, Chicano Art, and the Queer Remains of Mundo Meza 105
- The Play: Reassembling African Arts in the West 127
- But Is It Art?: Not Really 141
-
Activating Art and History
- Intervention/Resurrection: Intergenerational Activations of La Cueca Sola 155
- The Terrible Gift: Difficult Memories for the Twenty-First Century 172
- Reading the World: Native Histories at the Bosque Redondo Memorial, New Mexico 187
-
Establishments Revisioned
- The World in One City: The Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam 211
- Museum without Walls: After Into the Heart of Africa 231
- abNormal: Bodies in Medicine and Culture 246
- Reel Objects: Movies in Museums 265
- Afterword 284
- Notes 289
- Bibliography 335
- Contributors 369
- Index 377