The Material Culture of Zimbabwe
Author | : H. Ellert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : H. Ellert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Pathisa Nyathi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Barrie Reynolds |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Ethnology |
ISBN | : 9780719012419 |
Author | : Munyaradzi Mawere |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2015-04-03 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9956792713 |
One of the central theoretical and practical issues in post-colonial Africa is the relevance, nature, and politics at play in the management of museum institutions on the continent. Most African museums were established during the 19th and 20th centuries as European imperialists were spreading their colonial tentacles across the continent. The attainment of political independence has done little to undo or correct the obnoxious situation. Most African countries continue to practice colonial museology despite surging scholarship and calls by some Afro-centric and critical scholars the world over to address the quandaries on the continents museum institutions. There is thus an unresolved struggle between the past and the present in the management of museums in Africa. In countries such as Zimbabwe, the struggle in museum management has been precipitated by the sharp economic downturn that has gripped the country since the turn of the millennium. In view of all these glitches, this book tackles the issue of the management of heritage in Zimbabwe. The book draws on the findings by scholars and researchers from different academic orientations and backgrounds to advance the thesis that museums and museology in Zimbabwe face problems of epic proportions that require urgent attention. It makes insightful suggestions on possible solutions to the tapestry of the inexorably enigmatic amalgam of complex problems haunting museum institutions in Zimbabwe, calling for a radical transformation of museology as a discipline in the process. This book should appeal to policy makers, scholars, researchers and students from disciplines such as museology, archaeology, social-cultural anthropology, and culture and heritage studies.
Author | : Pathisa Nyathi |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 147 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0797428976 |
Zimbabwe's Cultural Heritage won first prize in the Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association Awards in 2006 for Non-fiction: Humanities and Social Sciences. It is a collection of pieces of the culture of the Ndebele, Shona, Tonga, Kalanga, Nambiya, Xhosa and Venda. The book gives the reader an insight into the world view of different peoples, through descriptions of their history and life events such as pregnancy, marriage and death. "...the most enduring book ever on Zimbabwean history. This book will help people change their attitude towards each other in Zimbabwe." - Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association Awards citation
Author | : Lu Ann De Cunzo |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 932 |
Release | : 2022-06-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 110865987X |
Material culture studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the relationships between people and their things: the production, history, preservation, and interpretation of objects. It draws on theory and practice from disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, such as anthropology, archaeology, history, and museum studies. Written by leading international scholars, this Handbook provides a comprehensive view of developments, methodologies and theories. It is divided into five broad themes, embracing both classic and emerging areas of research in the field. Chapters outline transformative moments in material culture scholarship, and present research from around the world, focusing on multiple material and digital media that show the scope and breadth of this exciting field. Written in an easy-to-read style, it is essential reading for students, researchers and professionals with an interest in material culture.
Author | : Sophia-Karin Psarras |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2015-02-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 110706922X |
This book analyzes Han dynasty Chinese archaeology based on a comparison of the forms of vessels found in positively dated tombs.
Author | : Joanna R. Sofaer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2006-02-16 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1316584097 |
Bodies intrigue us. They promise windows into the past that other archaeological finds cannot by bringing us literally face to face with history. Yet 'the body' is also highly contested. Archaeological bodies are studied through two contrasting perspectives that sit on different sides of a disciplinary divide. On one hand lie science-based osteoarchaeological approaches. On the other lie understandings derived from recent developments in social theory that increasingly view the body as a social construction. Through a close examination of disciplinary practice, Joanna Sofaer highlights the tensions and possibilities offered by one particular kind of archaeological body, the human skeleton, with particular regard to the study of gender and age. Using a range of examples, she argues for reassessment of the role of the skeletal body in archaeological practice, and develops a theoretical framework for bioarchaeology based on the materiality and historicity of human remains.
Author | : Chris Tilley |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2006-01-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1446206432 |
The study of material culture is concerned with the relationship between persons and things in the past and in the present, in urban and industrialized and in small-scale societies across the globe. The Handbook of Material Culture provides a critical survey of the theories, concepts, intellectual debates, substantive domains and traditions of study characterizing the analysis of things. It is cutting-edge: rather than simply reviewing the field as it currently exists. It also attempts to chart the future: the manner in which material culture studies may be extended and developed. The Handbook of Material Culture is divided into five sections. • Section I maps material culture studies as a theoretical and conceptual field. • Section II examines the relationship between material forms, the human body and the senses. • Section III focuses on subject-object relations. • Section IV considers things in terms of processes and transformations in terms of production, exchange and consumption, performance and the significance of things over the long-term. • Section V considers the contemporary politics and poetics of displaying, representing and conserving material and the manner in which this impacts on notions of heritage, tradition and identity. The Handbook charts an interdisciplinary field of studies that makes an unique and fundamental contribution to an understanding of what it means to be human. It will be of interest to all who work in the social and historical sciences, from anthropologists and archaeologists to human geographers to scholars working in heritage, design and cultural studies.
Author | : William Joseph Dewey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |