You Are Here: The NMAI as Site of Identification

Autor/in	Caro, Mario A.
Titel	You Are Here: The NMAI as Site of Identification
Quelle	In: American Indian Quarterly, 30 (2006) 3-4, S.543-557 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-182X
Schlagwörter	Identification; American Indians; Museums; American Indian Culture; Cultural Context; Political Attitudes; Ethnicity; Political Socialization; Nationalism; District of Columbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Identifikation; Identifizierung; American Indian; Indianer; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Ethnizität; Politische Sozialisation; Nationalismus
Abstract	The nationalist function of museums has been the topic of much scholarly attention. The collection of museums at the heart of Washington DC serves as a prime example of how these institutions demand that visitors identify along national affiliations. In this article, the author discusses the case of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), wherein visiting the museum is a trip that makes one extremely aware of the relationships among the Native cultural products on display, the site of the museum, and one's concept of home. Whether the process is one that reaffirms one's identity as Indigenous or one that stresses the ways in which one identifies others as Native, traveling to the museum makes one conscious of the importance of location in the processes of identification. The author considers the idea of location, as both a place and the act of placing, in relation to the site occupied by the NMAI. He examines how the approach to the museum informs the visitor's experience within the museum. Among other things, he presents discussions from critics regarding the museum site. (Contains 2 figures and 34 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10