Pragmatic Imagination and the New Museum Anthropology

Christina J. Hodge, Christina Kreps

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Routledge
14 March 2024

Museums & museology; Society & culture: general; Social & cultural anthropology; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides

Series: Routledge Studies in Anthropology and Museums

Pragmatic Imagination and the New Museum Anthropology shifts museum anthropology’s relationship to the broader field from marginal to central by revealing the sophisticated transdisciplinary praxis (theory + practice) at the heart of current museum anthropologies. The book features international case studies that operate at the interfaces of critical museology, anthropology, material culture studies, art practice, and more. The theory of pragmatics proposes that meaning-making is collaborative and best evaluated through its impact in the world. Collectively the chapters in this volume evidence a ‘pragmatic imagination’ at work as museum anthropology practitioners ingeniously combine inventiveness (the possible) and practicality (the actual) in ways that drive the field forward. Defining museum anthropology as a pragmatic practice explicitly theorizes this work in order to mark its significance; demystify its processes of knowledge production; connect it more readily to debates within and beyond anthropology; and facilitate critique.

Edited by: Christina J. Hodge, Christina Kreps
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 9780367641832
ISBN 10: 0367641836
Series: Routledge Studies in Anthropology and Museums
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 14 March 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christina J. Hodge is Associate Director of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Christina Kreps is Professor of Anthropology and the Director of the Museum of Anthropology and Museum and Heritage Studies at the University of Denver in Colorado.