Critical and reflective uses of new media technologies in tribal museums

Museum Management and Curatorship

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-181

  Srinivasan, Ramesh ^a   Enote, Jim ^b   Becvar, Katherine M ^a   Boast, Robin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Heritage Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community collaboration; Digital heritage; Native Americans; Technology; Traditional knowledge; Tribal museums

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650635392     PISSN: 09647775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647770902857901     Document Type: Article

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