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Posterity Is Now
Author(s) -
Shan Jen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
museum anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.197
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1548-1379
pISSN - 0892-8339
DOI - 10.1111/muan.12201
Subject(s) - indigenous , statement (logic) , identity (music) , work (physics) , cultural heritage , history , sociology , media studies , anthropology , political science , aesthetics , archaeology , art , engineering , law , ecology , mechanical engineering , biology
Guided by the notion that posterity is now, this is a call to take seriously the experiences of museum staff working in collaboration and consultation with Native peoples and to reorient the purpose of the museum to the values embedded in these interactions. Namely, this statement recognizes that heritage work in museum collections is not only about cultural identity and the past, but more often it is oriented toward the present and future of Indigenous communities to benefit their health and well‐being.