Museums, Collections and Social Repair in Vietnam

Museums, Collections, and Social Repair in Vietnam analyses the relationship between museums, collections, and social repair in contemporary Vietnam.

Graeme Were is Chair and Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Bristol. His research interests include museums, heritage and material culture, and he has a regional specialism in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea.

1. Introduction: Museums, Collections and Social Repair; 2. Museums, Maritime Threats and Witnessing; 3. Museums, Relics and the Work for the Dead; 4. Museums, Documents and Social Repair; 5. Museums, Testimony and Curating the Dead; 6. Conclusion: Re-making the Future; Index