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Active Collections- Front Cover 1 Active Collections 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Lists of Illustrations 11 Figures 11 Tables 11 Boxes 11 Notes on Contributors 12 Foreword by Jim Vaughn 16 References 18 Introduction 20 Who Are We to Write This Book? 21 The Active Collections Story 21 Why Now Is the Time for Some Tough Love 23 How to Use this Book 24 Continuing the Conversation 25 Acknowledgments 25 A Manifesto for Active History Museum Collections 26 A Path toward Change 28 Reference 29 SECTION I: Conceptual Frameworks 30 Chapter 1: Ten Principles for an Anti-Racist, Anti-Orientalist, Activist Approach to Collections 32 Notes 38 References 38 Chapter 2: Objects or People? 40 People Need Equity 41 People Need a Healthy Relationship with the Material World 42 People Need a Sustainable Earth 45 People Need Attention to the Whole Self 46 People Need Poetry 48 Conclusion 50 Note 51 References 51 Interlude: Sensory Deprivation: A Short Play Based on a Real-Life Scenario 53 Chapter 3: Museum Collections and Public Feelings 55 The Mother Hubbard Dress 57 Ivory Objects 60 References 64 Interlude: What Happens When Audiences “Talk” to Objects? 66 References 67 Chap

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Wood, Elizabeth E.,Tisdale, Rainey,Jones, Trevor
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