DOC The Pocket Guide to English Architecture by Philip Wilkinson in Arts-Photography

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By exploring the processes of collecting; which challenge the bounds of normally acceptable practice; this book debates the practice of collecting difficult objects; from a historical and contemporary perspective; and discusses the acquisition of objects related to war and genocide; and those purchased from the internet; as well as considering human remains; mass produced objects and illicitly traded antiquities. The aim is to apply a critical approach to the rigidity of museums in maintaining essentially nineteenth-century ideas of collecting; and to move towards identifying priorities for collection policies in museums; which are inclusive of acquiring difficult objects. Much of the book engages with the question of the limits to the practice of collecting as a means to think through the implementation of new strategies.