Objects or Narratives. Archaeological Exhibitions in Serbia: Foundations of Museum Archaeology

Although every local museum or parts of national museums keep archaeological finds, museums in general play a very limited role on the archaeological scene, often being passive and marginalized. Well-grounded investigation into the archaeological objects kept in museum collections and, above all, t...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Tatjana Cvjetićanin
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN FR SR
Publicado:	University of Belgrade 2016
Materias:	museum archaeology Serbia National museum museum exhibitions Anthropology GN1-890
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/0e2ae0453f6c499f94844d4e2724f14e
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:0e2ae0453f6c499f94844d4e2724f14e
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0e2ae0453f6c499f94844d4e2724f14e2021-12-02T07:13:17ZObjects or Narratives. Archaeological Exhibitions in Serbia: Foundations of Museum Archaeology10.21301/eap.v9i3.20353-15892334-8801https://doaj.org/article/0e2ae0453f6c499f94844d4e2724f14e2016-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/63https://doaj.org/toc/0353-1589https://doaj.org/toc/2334-8801 Although every local museum or parts of national museums keep archaeological finds, museums in general play a very limited role on the archaeological scene, often being passive and marginalized. Well-grounded investigation into the archaeological objects kept in museum collections and, above all, the public domain of museums, the nature of collections and exhibitions, both permanent and occasional, have not been adequately recognized, discussed or considered. In spite of the fact that museum exhibitions legitimize the dominant social and political norms of the present, museums remain marginalized, separated from the currents of various pertinent disciplines, and not prepared for the necessary changes. Archaeological theory, shaping the archaeological practice of museums as well, is not understood as its constituent part, and the interpretive context in which exhibitions are created, contents and nature of interpretation are not considered. The analysis of the exhibitions of the National Museum in Belgrade, being the paradigm of museum archaeology in Serbia up to the middle of the 20th century, has shown that the culture-historical approach, the idea of continuity and dynamic artistic presentations of alienated past have marked this public presence of museums. The Museum has developed from the storage space and knowledge presentation, over exhibition space to an ideal museum, dominated by estheticized expositions, establishing various official representations of the past. The changes in the theory of museology, somewhat coinciding with the changes in archaeological theory, have posed a new challenge to museum archaeology, that may be defined in short as the need for the new interpretation of the past. Tatjana CvjetićaninUniversity of Belgradearticlemuseum archaeologySerbiaNational museummuseum exhibitionsAnthropologyGN1-890ENFRSREtnoantropološki Problemi, Vol 9, Iss 3 (2016)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN FR SR
topic	museum archaeology Serbia National museum museum exhibitions Anthropology GN1-890
spellingShingle	museum archaeology Serbia National museum museum exhibitions Anthropology GN1-890 Tatjana Cvjetićanin Objects or Narratives. Archaeological Exhibitions in Serbia: Foundations of Museum Archaeology
description	Although every local museum or parts of national museums keep archaeological finds, museums in general play a very limited role on the archaeological scene, often being passive and marginalized. Well-grounded investigation into the archaeological objects kept in museum collections and, above all, the public domain of museums, the nature of collections and exhibitions, both permanent and occasional, have not been adequately recognized, discussed or considered. In spite of the fact that museum exhibitions legitimize the dominant social and political norms of the present, museums remain marginalized, separated from the currents of various pertinent disciplines, and not prepared for the necessary changes. Archaeological theory, shaping the archaeological practice of museums as well, is not understood as its constituent part, and the interpretive context in which exhibitions are created, contents and nature of interpretation are not considered. The analysis of the exhibitions of the National Museum in Belgrade, being the paradigm of museum archaeology in Serbia up to the middle of the 20th century, has shown that the culture-historical approach, the idea of continuity and dynamic artistic presentations of alienated past have marked this public presence of museums. The Museum has developed from the storage space and knowledge presentation, over exhibition space to an ideal museum, dominated by estheticized expositions, establishing various official representations of the past. The changes in the theory of museology, somewhat coinciding with the changes in archaeological theory, have posed a new challenge to museum archaeology, that may be defined in short as the need for the new interpretation of the past.
format	article
author	Tatjana Cvjetićanin
author_facet	Tatjana Cvjetićanin
author_sort	Tatjana Cvjetićanin
title	Objects or Narratives. Archaeological Exhibitions in Serbia: Foundations of Museum Archaeology
title_short	Objects or Narratives. Archaeological Exhibitions in Serbia: Foundations of Museum Archaeology
title_full	Objects or Narratives. Archaeological Exhibitions in Serbia: Foundations of Museum Archaeology
title_fullStr	Objects or Narratives. Archaeological Exhibitions in Serbia: Foundations of Museum Archaeology
title_full_unstemmed	Objects or Narratives. Archaeological Exhibitions in Serbia: Foundations of Museum Archaeology
title_sort	objects or narratives. archaeological exhibitions in serbia: foundations of museum archaeology
publisher	University of Belgrade
publishDate	2016
url	https://doaj.org/article/0e2ae0453f6c499f94844d4e2724f14e
work_keys_str_mv	AT tatjanacvjeticanin objectsornarrativesarchaeologicalexhibitionsinserbiafoundationsofmuseumarchaeology
_version_	1718399557020155904

Objects or Narratives. Archaeological Exhibitions in Serbia: Foundations of Museum Archaeology

Ejemplares similares