Science, Magic and Religion : : The Ritual Processes of Museum Magic / / ed. by Mary Bouquet, Nuno Porto.

• MitwirkendeR: Bouquet, Mary,; Fairweather, Ian,; Harvey, Penelope,; Heatherington, Tracey,; Macdonald, Sharon,; Porto, Nuno,; Saunders, Barbara,; Silva, Natasha,; Wastiau, Boris,; Wieczorkiewicz, Anna,; Wolbert, Barbara,
• HerausgeberIn: Bouquet, Mary,; Porto, Nuno,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: New Directions in Anthropology ; 23
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

For some time now, museums have been recognized as important institutions of western cultural and social life. The idea of the museum as a ritual site is fairly new and has been applied to the art museums in Europe and the United States so far. This volume expands it by exploring a range of contempo...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF FIGURES
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• INTRODUCTION: SCIENCE, MAGIC AND RELIGION: THE RITUAL PROCESSES OF MUSEUM MAGIC
• PART I OBJECTS OF SCIENCE? BABY AND THE MUMMIES
• CHAPTER 1 MEMORIALISING THE FUTURE – THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY IN MANCHESTER
• CHAPTER 2 UNWRAPPING MUMMIES AND TELLING THEIR STORIES: EGYPTIAN MUMMIES IN MUSEUM RHETORIC
• PART II SITE SPECIFICS: THE CASE OF TERVUREN
• CHAPTER 3 CONGO-VISION
• CHAPTER 4 THE SCOURGE OF CHIEF KANSABALA: THE RITUAL LIFE OF TWO CONGOLESE MASTERPIECES AT THE ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA (1884–2001)
• PART III ENCOUNTERS, PERFORMANCES AND UNPREDICTABLES
• CHAPTER 5 PARADISE IN THE MAKING AT ARTIS ZOO, AMSTERDAM
• CHAPTER 6 THE NATURAL MAGIC OF MONTE SAN GIOVANNI: AUTHORITY, AUTHENTICITY AND RITUAL IN SARDINIA
• CHAPTER 7 THE PERFORMANCE OF HERITAGE IN A RECONSTRUCTED, POST-APARTHEID MUSEUM IN NAMIBIA
• CHAPTER 8 HAUNTED ART: VISITING AN EXHIBIT IN WEIMAR
• PART IV DILEMMAS OF ENCHANTMENT
• CHAPTER 9 ENCHANTMENT AND ITS DILEMMAS: THE MUSEUM AS A RITUAL SITE
• NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
• INDEX