This Is Our Life

Cara Krmpotich is an assistant professor in the Museum Studies program at the University of Toronto. Laura Peers is a curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum and a reader in material anthropology in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford.

• Dramatis Personae: Participants in the Haida ProjectPreface1 The Paths Bringing us Together2 Preparations for the Visit3 Moments of EncounterWhy Go There? An Interlude / Ruth Gladstone-Davies4 Reflecting on the Visit5 Maintaining Relationships into the Future6 Museums As They Are, and Museums As They Might BeAppendixNotesReferencesIndex

This inspirational book offers a fascinating ethnography .., The innovative multivocal presentation incorporates a range of opinions and emotions expressed by named curators, conservators, researchers, Elders, cultural descendants, and artists. The authors demonstrate the historical richness of museum collections and highlight their potential for community revitalization and cross-cultural understanding. - Anita Herle, Senior Curator for Anthropology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge This book offers honest insight into the logistics, dilemmas, anxieties, anger, and joy, which combined for a "bittersweet" experience for museum professionals and the Haida through the six months' preparations and during the three-week visit.- Gillian Crowther (BC Studies)