Negotiating Materiality: International and Local Museum Practices at the Vanuatu Cultural Centre and National Museum

Oceania

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 170-188

  Geismar, Haidy ^a   Tilley, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346898066     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2003.tb02816.x     Document Type: Article

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