Assignments for today
- Carol Duncan, "The Art Museum as Ritual," Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums (New York: Routledge, 1995), pp. 7-20.
- Theory Toolbox, Chapter 5 (check the menu on the right for a PDF copy of the book)
- Also read an abridged version of Yi-Fu Tuan, "The Significance of the Artifact," Geographical Review, Vol. 70, No. 4 (1980).
CULTURAL ARTIFACTS: The Art Museum
For further reading and research
- Carol Duncan, "Public Spaces, Private Interests," in Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums (Chapter 3)
- Sam Pizzigati, "Culture and Art," from Greed and Good: Understanding and Overcoming the Inequality that Limits Our Lives (The Apex Press, 2004)
- Ellen Hoobler, "'To Take Their Heritage in Their Hands': Indigenous Self-Representation and Decolonization in the Community Museums of Oaxaca, Mexico," American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 30, Nos. 3 & 4 (2006): pp. 441-460.
- Nancy Marie Mithlo, "'Red Man’s Burden': The Politics of Inclusion in Museum Settings," American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 28, Nos. 3 & 4 (2004): pp. 743-763.
- Al Jazeera, "Museum Highlights Greece's Pride and Pain."
- Al Jazeera, "Struggle to Save Iraq's Cultural Heritage."'
- "Iraq's Ruined Library Soldiers On," The Nation, April 21, 2008.
- Google 'Art Project' (interactive tour through famous art museums and their collections).
