Experiencing Materiality(English, Electronic book text, Gamberi Valentina)

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Experiencing Materiality(English, Electronic book text, Gamberi Valentina) is written by Gamberi Valentina and published by Berghahn Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1800730357 (ISBN 10) and 9781800730359 (ISBN 13).

Representing a cutting-edge study of the junction between theoretical anthropology, material culture studies, religious studies and museum anthropology, this study examines the interaction between the human and the nonhuman in a museum setting usually defined as 'non-Western', 'non-scientific' and 'religious.' Combining an on-site analysis of exhibitive spaces with archival research and interviews with museum curators, the chapters highlight contradictions of museum practices, and suggests that museum practitioners use museum spaces and artefacts as a way of formulating new theoretical stances in material culture studies, thus viewing museums as producers of theories together with affective engagements.