Ecomuseums [[electronic resource] ] : a sense of place / / Peter Davis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465358603321
• Autore: Davis Peter <1947 November 15->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-08915-7; 9786613089151; 1-4411-5744-1
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Disciplina: 069
• Soggetti: Museums; Community museums; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previous edition: Leicester University Press, 1999.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the second edition; Introduction to the first edition; PART I: HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND; PART II: ECOMUSEUMS: AN OVERVIEW; PART III: RE-EVALUATING THE ECOMUSEUM; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The ecomuseum phenomenon has grown dramatically in recent years. There is now no one ecomuseum model, but rather a philosophy that has been adapted and moulded for use in a variety of situations. With many more ecomuseums being established, the international appeal and reach of the idea grows; these changes are reflected in the 'geographical' sections of this volume. Of particular significance is the rise in ecomuseology in India, China (including Taiwan), Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, as well as significant increases in Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic and Turkey. This edition has