1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910511686603321

Autore

Gramling David <1976->

Titolo

The invention of monolingualism / / David Gramling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2016

ISBN

1-5013-1806-3

1-5013-1807-1

1-5013-1808-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 253 pages)

Disciplina

418.0071

Soggetti

Education, Bilingual

Interdisciplinary approach in education

Language experience approach in education

Languages, Modern - Scholarships, fellowships, etc

Languages, Modern - Study and teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Monolingualism: A Users' Guide -- 2 Kafka's Well-Tempered Piano -- 3 The Passing of World Literaricity -- 4 Right of Languages, Rites of Untranslatability Epilogue: Into the Linguacene -- Works Cited -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"The Invention of Monolingualism harnesses literary studies, applied-linguisitics, translation studies, and cultural studies to offer a ground-breaking investigation of monolingualism. After briefly describing what "monolingual" currently means in scholarship and public discourse, and the pejorative effects this common use may have on non-elite, non-cosmopolitan populations, Gramling sets out, across four chapters, to discover a new conception of monolingualism. Along the way, he explores how writers-Arabic, Latin American, German, and English-language-have in recent decades confronted monolingualism in their texts, and how they have critiqued the World Literature industry's increasing hunger for "translatable" novels. Moving from surprising and



startlingly original case studies to brilliant reappraisals of widely-taught concepts in literary studies, The Invention of Monolingualism is a book to be reckoned with for students and scholars of literary theory, world literature, and the political and cultural implications of translation."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

"The first book in the humanities and social sciences to offer an extensive conceptual definition of monolingualism, based on literary, applied-linguistic, technological, and translational examples"--Bloomsbury Publishing.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780290703321

Autore

Keene Suzanne

Titolo

Managing conservation in museums / / Suzanne Keene

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002

ISBN

1-138-13577-1

9786611028442

0-08-051086-8

1-136-38555-X

1-281-02844-4

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 258 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

069.53

Soggetti

Material culture - Conservation and restoration

Museum conservation methods

Museum techniques

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Managing Conservation in Museums ""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Collections, conservation, and management""; ""Museums""; ""Management and information""; ""Case study""; ""References""; ""2 Museums, collections, and people""; ""Museums""; ""Paradigms for collections""; ""Museum users and their needs""; ""Conservation and museums""; ""Professional roles""; ""References""; ""3 Management and



information""; ""Views from general management studies""; ""Information in management""; ""The management of museums""

""Issues in museum management""""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""4 Management tools: quantitative planning""; ""Management science and conservation""; ""Conservation costs and benefits""; ""Deciding priorities""; ""Quantifying collections preservation""; ""Quantification: do we need it?""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""5 Management tools: options and priorities""; ""Risk analysis""; ""Contextual analysis: PEST and SWOT""; ""Strategy development""; ""Case study""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""6 A systems view of museums""; ""The systems approach""; ""The soft systems methodology""

""Museums as systems""""Real world and system contrast""; ""The changing scene""; ""References""; ""7 The preservation system""; ""The real world: the Rich Picture and Analyses 1, 2 and 3""; ""Relevant systems""; ""Root definitions""; ""The conceptual model""; ""Real world and system contrast""; ""From analysis into management""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""8 Preservation""; ""Preservation standards and policies""; ""Reviews and reports""; ""Case study""; ""Environmental monitoring""; ""Presenting and using environmental data""; ""Case study""; ""Tales of the environment""

""Conclusions""""References""; ""9 Collections condition""; ""Surveying collections""; ""Existing work""; ""Defining the data""; ""The audit method""; ""Gathering the data: the survey itself""; ""Analysing and presenting data""; ""Reporting audit results""; ""Monitoring condition over time""; ""Case study""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""10 Direction and strategy""; ""Terminology""; ""Statements of purpose""; ""Policies""; ""Strategy and planning""; ""Approaches to strategic planning""; ""Case study""; ""Performance""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""11 Planning and monitoring work""

""Planning work and communicating plans""""Management-by-objectives""; ""Project planning""; ""Allocating resources""; ""Monitoring and reporting""; ""Presenting and using management information""; ""Case study""; ""Planning for skills and quality""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""12 Conservation and digitization""; ""Conservation records on computer""; ""Information for preservation""; ""The conservation information requirement""; ""Case study""; ""Digital preservation""; ""Case study""; ""References""; ""13 Future, present, past""; ""Information for all""; ""The value of information""

""Evaluation""

Sommario/riassunto

Explaining and critically reviewing management procedures such as performance indicators and strategic planning, this book shows how techniques from mainstream management can be used to facilitate a holistic and professional approach to the business of conservation and collection preservation. It offers practical guidance on strategy, quantitative planning and condition surveying, and presents many solutions to the challenges faced by museum staff and conservation specialists.This new edition takes into account changes such as the arrival of the Heritage Lottery Fund, policies for access and t