ABSTRACT
Museums are important sites for the assembly, generation, structuring and mobilization of knowledge, tasks that are usually undertaken in reference to an established network of interests and agencies (Lord and Lord 2009: 63–72). In recent years, like many organizations, museums have been pushed to extend their reach into wider-ranging interdisciplinary and multi-partner collaborations (Hill and Nicks 1992; Tien 2006; Waibel and Erway 2009). The effects of this trend have been subject to critical analysis for some organizational sectors (e.g. Hall 1999), but rarely for museums. This chapter traces the complexity of one international museum collaboration, the Ancient Nomads project, which was aimed at mobilizing archaeological knowledge across two very different cultures.
