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Jewish Aramaic Curse Texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia
In this book, Dan Levene analyses a corpus of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic incantation bowls from Mesopotamia, whose purpose was to curse or return curses against human adversaries. He presents new editions of thirty texts, with an introduction, commentary and glossaries.
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Global Samurai
One hundred and fifty years since their abolition as a social class, the samurai warriors of premodern Japan survive today as an immediately recognizable, truly global icon. The samurai are an important element of popular culture both produced and consumed not only in Japan, but around the world. These developments do not simply reflect the recent globalization and commodification of an ancient and purely Japanese tradition. Instead, from their very origins, the samurai were influenced by developments beyond Japan’s borders, especially China and Korea, and later Europe and many other parts of the world. The evolution of the samurai has always been influenced by external factors, and the samurai have in turn had a dramatic effect on views of Japan in other societies. In this introductory article, we argue that the emergence of the samurai as a global icon in the twentieth century is directly related to the fact that the development of the samurai image was not “purely” Japanese, but was heavily influenced by, and in dialogue with, views of the samurai and Japan in other countries. From a very early stage, the samurai were taking on elements from other societies and cultures, or defining themselves against them in constructing their identities. From the late nineteenth century onward, the samurai were increasingly identified with Japanese society as a whole and have become a global icon in a way that few other regional or national figures have matched.
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Joseph Banks and the British Museum: The World of Collecting, 1770-1830
Concentrating on the explorer and naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820), this book explores the early history of collections at the British Museum. Taking Banks' extraordinary career as its basis, it examines the changes that took place during a period of transition that led to collecting on an increasingly global scale.
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Enhanced Exhibitions? Discussing Museum Apps after a Decade of Development
The introduction of the smartphone into the private and professional lives of humans has provided a channel to real-time and place-specific information that can enhance (and disturb) day-to-day living. Given such impact, many museums and archaeological exhibitions have chosen to develop digital applications to enhance the visitor experience via accompanying the visitor through the exhibitions. Yet after a decade, these applications still seem understudied and, in practice, very undeveloped. This review aims to shed some light on the possibilities and shortcomings of museum apps. I discuss and critically evaluate the technical efficiency, practical utility, and user experience of the British Museum Guide (Museums Guide Ltd.) and My Visit to the Louvre (Musée du Louvre) applications. These two mobile apps represent the contemporary standard for museum apps, thereby allowing me to generalize about this genre of digital media.
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Restitution vs. Retention: Reassessing Discourses on the African Cultural Heritage
In order to reappraise discourses on the restitution vs. retention of Africa’s cultural heritage, Eyssette examines the Musée du Quai Branly (France), the AfricaMuseum (Belgium), the British Museum (UK), and the Humboldt Forum (Germany) as one representative spectrum for analysis showing the mutual imbrications of their changing strategies and practices. After detecting biases in retentionist arguments on security, accessibility, law, and ethics, Eyssette stresses symmetrical shortcomings in restitutionist discourses on provenance research and the instrumentalization of heritage for economic gains or post-colonial rebranding. The conclusion determines whether these four institutions are retentionists, rhetorical restitutionists, or truly reformed restitutionists.
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