Living Religious Heritage and Challenges to Museum Ethics: Reflections from the Monastic Community of Mount Athos

Living Religious Heritage and Challenges to Museum Ethics: Reflections from the Monastic Community of Mount Athos

This paper reflects on the challenges living religious heritage poses to contemporary museum ethics and specifically with regard to public display and accessibility. Drawing on extensive research conducted in the monastic community of Mount Athos, Greece, this study outlines the development of the m...

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Main Author: Georgios Alexopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2013-11-01
Series:Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies
Subjects:
Mount Athos, Greece, monastic communities, Orthodox heritage, living religious heritage, museum ethics, treasury exhibitions, public display, public accessibility
Online Access:http://www.jcms-journal.com/articles/80

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