Cosmopolitics, border crossings and the complex museum

International Journal of Heritage Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 637-653

  Cameron, Fiona R ^a   Mengler, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

borders; chaos theory; cosmopolitics; material culture; museums

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869174341     PISSN: 13527258     EISSN: 14703610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2011.614629     Document Type: Conference Paper

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