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As part of its commitment to an interactive process of learning, the Arna-Jharna
Museum has been visited by artists, researchers, academicians, and curators from
the Philippines, South Africa, the United States, and Mexico. Presented in this
section are some of their reflections and creative impressions in relation to the
museum.
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We also include writings by those who have not yet visited the museum, but whose
knowledge of the desert and its cultural and ritual practices is a source of inspiration.
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If you have visited the museum
and wish to express your responses, or have written something that resonates or
speaks to the concerns of this museum, please send them to
info@arnajharna.org
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Teresa Morales
of the National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico, has provided support for local communities to create their own museums in the state of Oaxaca in the south of Mexico. Together with Cuauhtémoc Camarena, she has helped to establish a state-wide non-profit association of community museums in 1991, and a national network of museums in Mexico in 1994. Since 2000 Morales and Camarena have developed an international network of community museums, which includes communities from Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, USA and Canada. They have published a book and various articles on the subject of community museums. |
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Parasmoni Dutta
received his Masters degree in Cultural Studies from Tezpur University in 1997. His Ph D. dissertation is on "Concept of Ecomuseum: A Study with Special Reference to Majuli as a Heritage Site" - in which he explored the heritage potential of the Majuli river-island from a new museological perspective. Presently, he is serving as Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies in Tezpur University. His areas of interests are Cultural Studies, Heritage Studies and the traditional culture of North-East India. |
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David Yetman
is a desert expert and scientist based at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Apart from his numerous books and publications on the plant life, geology, history and culture of the deserts in the Americas, he is best known as the producer and commentator of a popular television series of documentaries entitled The Desert Speaks.
Here he offers a brief reflection on his trip to Rajasthan, with an unusual perspective on livestock.
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The ‘Reflections’ section of the
website invites all kinds of contributions, ranging from the impressionistic to
the theoretical, which can respond to the principles of the museum and the legacy
of Komal Kothari in a broad holistic context. |
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