The complex trajectories of heritage objects

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Abstract

In museums, objects are under constant scrutiny and surveillance. To keep and understand them, multidisciplinary teams of heritage scientists, historians and educators collaborate to unravel their physical and inherent cultural values. These scholars glean a myriad of results that, again filtered, they make available to mixtures of visitors, only a fraction of whom are acquainted with the making and meaning of the displayed objects. This chapter considers the complexities of dealing with these activities, whether hands-on or more intellectually, in relation to the complicated notions of cultural, sacred and secular values. A broad variety of philosophical and pragmatic approaches to keeping museum objects underscores how complex it can be to ensure that heritage objects can be viewed for the joy and inspiration they offer – sacred or secular – and without precluding pleasure and reflection, that they will also remain extraordinary resources for a broader understanding of civilization.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelMedieval Church Art & Its Afterlife in Scandinavia : Tracing Material & Cultural Transformations
RedaktørerNoëlle Streeton, Tine Frøysaker, Peter Bjerregaard
Antal sider17
Vol/bind98
ForlagBrill Academic Publishers
Publikationsdato16 dec. 2024
Sider385-401
Kapitel12
ISBN (Trykt)9789004707573
ISBN (Elektronisk)9789004712034
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 16 dec. 2024
NavnNorthern World
Vol/bind98
ISSN1569-1462

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