In:
Arctic Science, Canadian Science Publishing, Vol. 3, No. 3 ( 2017-09-01), p. 618-634
Abstract:
Museums of natural and cultural history in the 21st century hold responsibilities that are vastly different from those of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the time of many of their inceptions. No longer conceived of as cabinets of curiosities, institutional priorities are in the process of undergoing dramatic changes. This article reviews the history of the University of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks, Alaska, from its development in the early 1920s, describing the changing ways staff have worked with Indigenous individuals and communities. Projects like the Modern Alaska Native Material Culture and the Barter Island Project are highlighted as examples of how artifacts and the people who constructed them are no longer viewed as simply examples of material culture and Native informants but are considered partners in the acquisition, preservation, and perpetuation of traditional and scientific knowledge in Alaska.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2368-7460
,
2368-7460
DOI:
10.1139/as-2017-0001
Language:
English
Publisher:
Canadian Science Publishing
Publication Date:
2017
detail.hit.zdb_id:
3037411-X
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