THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL COGNITIVITY ON THE
CONCEPT OF MUSEUM ARTIFACT: FROM THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF TIME TO CONTEMPORARY MUSEOLOGICAL SCIENCE Cover Image

УТИЦАЈ КУЛТУРНЕ КОГНИТИВНОСТИ НА КОНЦЕПТ ВРЕДНОСТИ МУЗЕЈСКОГ ПРЕДМЕТА - Од антропологије времена ка савременој музеологији -
THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL COGNITIVITY ON THE CONCEPT OF MUSEUM ARTIFACT: FROM THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF TIME TO CONTEMPORARY MUSEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Author(s): Aleksandra Momčilović
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Институт за етнологију и антропологију
Keywords: time; cognitivity; museum artifact; value; continuity; identity; identification;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, museum artifacts are taken as a point of intersection between concepts of continuity and identity formation. The metaphoric and metonymic symbolism of the artifact were interpreted in the context of perception of time, taken to be the cognitive background of the perceived value of the artifact. Having in mind that museums are institutions dedicated to preserve and promote cultural identity, it was necessary to build a connection between cognitivity and contemporary concepts of museology. Theoretical starting points were structuralism and semiotic analysis. The approach is deductive and comparative, starting from the anthropology of time, over issues in museology, to the introduction of a cognitivist perspective. The character of the study is hypothetical, with the goal of being applied in museology.

  • Issue Year: 8/2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 34-53
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Serbian