Fall 2024 Anthropology GR5361 section 001

ETHICAL ISSUES IN MUSEUMS

Call Number 10303
Day & Time
Location
F 2:10pm-4:00pm
963 EXT Schermerhorn Hall [SCH]
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Sally Yerkovich
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description Ethical questions about museum activities are legion, yet they are usually only discussed when they become headlines in newspapers. At the same time, people working in museums make decisions with ethical and legal issues regularly and seldom give these judgments even little thought. In part, this is due to the fact that many of these decisions are based upon values that become second nature. This course will explore ethical issues that arise in all areas of a museum's operations from governance and management to collections acquisition, conservation, and deaccessioning. We will examine the issues that arise when the ownership of objects in a museum's are questioned; the ethical considerations involved in retention, restitution and repatriation; and what decolonization means for museums.
Web Site Vergil
Department Anthropology
Enrollment 16 students (16 max) as of 10:07AM Friday, December 13, 2024
Status Full
Subject Anthropology
Number GR5361
Section 001
Division Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Note Reqd for MUSA students. others w/ instructors permission.
Section key 20243ANTH5361G001