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Record Nr.

UNISA996201979603316

Titolo

A companion to museum studies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sharon Macdonald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-78268-621-5

1-281-30837-4

9786611308377

1-4051-6414-X

0-470-99683-8

1-4051-5729-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (592 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions in cultural studies ; ; 12

Altri autori (Persone)

MacdonaldSharon

Disciplina

069

069.07

Soggetti

Museums - Philosophy

Museums - Social aspects

Museum techniques

Museus

Museologia

Condicions socials

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Companion to Museum Studies; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Bibliographical Note; 1 Expanding Museum Studies: An Introduction; Part I Perspectives, Disciplines, Concepts; Introduction; 2 Cultural Theory and Museum Studies; 3 Sociology and the Social Aspects of Museums; 4 Art History and Museology: Rendering the Visible Legible; 5 Museums and Anthropologies: Practices and Narratives; 6 Collecting Practices; 7 The Conundrum of Ephemerality: Time, Memory, and Museums; Part II Histories, Heritage, Identities; Introduction

8 The Origins of the Public Museum9 World Fairs and Museums; 10



Making and Remaking National Identities; 11 Museums and Community; 12 Re-staging Histories and Identities; 13 Heritage; Part III: Architecture, Space, Media; Introduction; 14 Museum Architecture: A Brief History; 15 Insight versus Entertainment: Untimely Meditations on the Architecture of Twentieth-century Art Museums; 16 Civic Seeing: Museums and the Organization of Vision; 17 Space Syntax: The Language of Museum Space; 18 New Media; Part IV  Visitors, Learning, Interacting; Introduction

19 Living in a Learning Society: Museums and Free-choice Learning20 Museum Education; 21 Interactivity: Thinking Beyond; 22 Studying Visitors; Part V Globalization, Profession, Practice; Introduction; 23 Globalization: Incorporating the Museum; 24 Cultural Economics; 25 The Museum Profession; 26 Museum Ethics; 27 Museum Practice: Legal Issues; 28 Non-Western Models of Museums and Curation in Cross-cultural Perspective; Part VI Culture Wars, Transformations, Futures; Introduction; 29 Incivilities in Civil(-ized) Places: "Culture Wars" in Comparative Perspective

30 Science Museums and the Culture Wars31 Postmodern Restructurings; 32 Exposing the Public; 33 The Future of the Museum; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A Companion to Museum Studies captures the multidisciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society.Collects first-rate original essays by leading figures from a range of disciplines and theoretical stances, including anthropology, art history, history, literature, sociology, cultural studies, and museum studiesExamines the complexity of the museum from cultural, political, curatorial, historical and representational perspectivesCovers traditional subjects, such as space, display, buildings, objects and collec