Tibetan Monastery Collections and Museums: Traditional Practices and Contemporary Issues - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9937733413 ISBN 13: 9789937733410

Publisher: Vajra Publications, 2024

Synopsis

“This is a fascinating book on a subject that has not previously received concerted academic attention. The editors have done an excellent job in bringing together the recent scholarship on this topic in a collection of 10 essays written by specialists, many of whom have hands-on experience of working with or in the museums under discussion. With its detailed chapters, ranging from close-focus art historical analysis of Tibetan objects to theorised discussion of the processes of curating in Tibetan/ Himalayan contexts, I think the volume will be greatly appreciated by academics and students of Tibetan Buddhism and of Tibetan and Himalayan history and culture, as well as those in art history and in museum studies. It will also be invaluable for members of the communities where these museums have been created (especially in Nepal and Ladakh).”

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About the Authors

Christian Luczanits studied Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna, Austria, with a focus on art historical subjects.There he completed his PhD under the external supervision of the late Maurizio Taddei, Istituto Universitario Orientale, Napoli. Following his PhD he held research positions at the University of Vienna until 2000, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2000 to 2003, and the Lumbini International Research Institute, 2005/06.

Ms Tythacott Louise is a Chinese-speaking anthropologist and a museum curator and currently lectures in Museology at The University of Manchester. She specializes in the interpretation of Chinese material culture in Western Museums. She is Managing Editor of Museum and Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vajra Publications
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9937733413
• ISBN 13: 9789937733410
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 314
• Editor: Luczanits Christian, Tythacott Louise