Macmillan Brown Lecture: Indigenous Heritage and Museums

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Thu 2 Dec ’10, 7:00pm–8:00pm

Where: Christchurch Art Gallery - Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Cnr Worcester Boulevard and Montreal St, Christchurch City Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

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2010 Macmillan Brown Lectures: The World Under One Roof – who owns the past?

Lecture 3:Indigenous Heritage and Museums Today - by Associate Professor Roger Fyfe (Canterbury Museum)

Encyclopaedic museums were institutions born of ‘Enlightenment” values and committed to a belief that through the study of things from all over the world, truth would emerge. A corollary belief was that museums would broaden cultural horizons and foster greater understanding of cultural diversity.

For the last quarter-century however, emerging social forces have called these principles into question. A worldwide rise in ethnic assertion and ever intensifying debates surrounding cultural property issues have converged on museums – even raising questions over legitimacy and public mission.