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The book is certain to set standards in anthropology and museum studies for many years to come. --Journal of Folklore Research This study offers important insights for oral historians as well as for ethnographers, public historians, and anyone interested in complex philosophical issues of just who can be said to 'own' knowledge --Oral History Review Isaac is a gifted writer. Her analysis is historically grounded, theoretically sophisticated, and subtly tuned to the intricate cultural dynamics at Zuni. --Wicazo Sa Review

Using a sophisticated theoretical perspective grounded in knowledge systems, this masterful ethnography examines how the Zuni people have developed their tribal museum to mediate between tribal and non-tribal values of history and culture.

Using a sophisticated theoretical perspective grounded in knowledge systems, this masterful ethnography examines how the Zuni people have developed their tribal museum to mediate between tribal and non-tribal values of history and culture. Isaac brings into focus how Zuni formal and informal systems of knowledge are structured, and what that means in terms of establishing a museum. . . . By acknowledging the diversity of perspectives and the contested relations of power that inform this museum, Isaac provides critical insight into how cultural institutions achieve and maintain relevance within their communities. --Journal of Anthropological Research Isaac is a gifted writer. Her analysis is historically grounded, theoretically sophisticated, and subtly tuned to the intricate cultural dynamics at Zuni. --Wicazo Sa Review This study offers important insights for oral historians as well as for ethnographers, public historians, and anyone interested in complex philosophical issues of just who can be said to 'own' knowledge. --Oral History Review Isaac's account of this unique institution raises important questions about knowledge and power that are at the center of colonialism, Native American history, and public history. --American Studies The book is certain to set standards in anthropology and museum studies for many years to come. --Journal of Folklore Research A well-researched and readable account of the museum's struggles to find its identity. . . . Isaac's discussion of the difficulties of mediation is as rich as her exploration of epistemology. --American Ethnologist A rich, dense, and often evocative book . . . [that] casts light both on Zuni and Anglo-American concepts of knowledge. It is heartily recommended. --Journal of Museum Ethnography The book is certain to set standards in anthropology and museum studies for many years to come. --Journal of Folklore Research This study offers important insights for oral historians as well as for ethnographers, public historians, and anyone interested in complex philosophical issues of just who can be said to 'own' knowledge. --Oral History Review Isaac is a gifted writer. Her analysis is historically grounded, theoretically sophisticated, and subtly tuned to the intricate cultural dynamics at Zuni. --Wicazo Sa Review Isaac's account of this unique institution raises important questions about knowledge and power that are at the center of colonialism, Native American history, and public history. --American Studies A well-researched and readable account of the museum's struggles to find its identity. . . . Isaac's discussion of the difficulties of mediation is as rich as her exploration of epistemology. --American Ethnologist Isaac brings into focus how Zuni formal and informal systems of knowledge are structured, and what that means in terms of establishing a museum. . . . By acknowledging the diversity of perspectives and the contested relations of power that inform this museum, Isaac provides critical insight into how cultural institutions achieve and maintain relevance within their communities. --Journal of Anthropological Research A rich, dense, and often evocative book . . . [that] casts light both on Zuni and Anglo-American concepts of knowledge. It is heartily recommended. --Journal of Museum Ethnography

Isaac brings into focus how Zuni formal and informal systems of knowledge are structured, and what that means in terms of establishing a museum. . . . By acknowledging the diversity of perspectives and the contested relations of power that inform this museum, Isaac provides critical insight into how cultural institutions achieve and maintain relevance within their communities. --Journal of Anthropological Research Isaac is a gifted writer. Her analysis is historically grounded, theoretically sophisticated, and subtly tuned to the intricate cultural dynamics at Zuni. --Wicazo Sa Review This book serves as an excellent account of the formation of a community museum. --Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology Mediating Knowledges is an example of the best in decolonized, community participatory ethnography. --Collaborative Anthropologies This study offers important insights for oral historians as well as for ethnographers, public historians, and anyone interested in complex philosophical issues of just who can be said to 'own' knowledge. --Oral History Review Isaac's account of this unique institution raises important questions about knowledge and power that are at the center of colonialism, Native American history, and public history. --American Studies The book is certain to set standards in anthropology and museum studies for many years to come. --Journal of Folklore Research A well-researched and readable account of the museum's struggles to find its identity. . . . Isaac's discussion of the difficulties of mediation is as rich as her exploration of epistemology. --American Ethnologist A rich, dense, and often evocative book . . . [that] casts light both on Zuni and Anglo-American concepts of knowledge. It is heartily recommended. --Journal of Museum Ethnography A nuanced ethnography that explores with great care the tensions, contradictions, and possibilities of knowing and showing in the contemporary (Native) American West. --Journal of the West Intended for an audience of cultural anthropologists and museum professionals, this book is very good at giving a thorough examination of the history of the Pueblo and a detailed account about the growth of the museum. --Museum and Society This book provides a much-needed contemporary ethnography of a Pueblo community recognized for its restrictive approach to outside observers. --Native American Times

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Gwyneira Isaac is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Museum of Anthropology at the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University. She worked at the A: shiwi A: wan Museum and Heritage Center in New Mexico for eighteen months in the late 1990s.

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