Unsettling native art histories on the Northwest coast / edited by Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse and Aldona Jonaitis.

Seattle : Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Native Art, Burke Museum, in association with University of Washington Press, [2020]

334 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

"This edited collection focuses on "unsettling" Northwest Coast art studies, bringing forward voices that uphold Indigenous priorities, engage with past and ongoing effects of settler colonialism, and advocate for practices for more accountable scholarship. Featuring authors with a variety of perspectives, backgrounds, and methodologies, Unsettling Art Histories offers new insights for the field of Northwest Coast art studies. Key themes include discussions of cultural heritage protections and long-standing defenses of natural resources and territory; re-centering women and the critical role they play in transmitting cultural knowledge across generations through materials, techniques, and creations; reflecting on the decolonization work being undertaken in museums; and examining how artworks function beyond previous scholarly framings as living documents carrying information critical to today's inquiries. Re-examining previous scholarship and questioning current institutional practices by prioritizing information gathered in Native communities, the essays in this volume exemplify various methods of "unsettling" and demonstrate how new methods of research have reshaped scholarship and museum practices."-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Unsettling Native art histories on the Northwest coast Seattle : Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art, Burke Museum, in association with University of Washington Press, [2020]

English

October 21, 2020

Includes bibliographical references and index.