ARTH 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Physical Security, Complex System, Violent City
8 Mar 2017
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An instinctive drive for most human beings, as well as, for various beasts, birds, dogs, ants stor grain, birds collect bright objects. Physical security is crucial in terms of collecting practices in msms: granary, bin, cellar, and vault, financial security. Owners of collections and their social power social distinction, prestige, status: ie ashmolean museum, name msm after prestigious. Collector is connected to dealers: problem of hoarding. Institutions there to preserve objects, future generations, to enlighten the public. Most collect bc belief that objects are important and evocative survivals of human civilization worthy of careful study and educational impact. Aesthetic, documentary, scientific objects tell much about the universe, nature, human heritage, and human condition. Museums carefully study and preserve their holdings so as to transmit important information to the present generation and posterity. Ie modern british library cafeteria: encased important collection of books beside king"s library. House msms: nelson mandela"s house, soweto.
