05665nam 2200721 450 991047692110332120170817193127.03-653-99014-93-653-03972-Xhttps://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-03972-6(CKB)3710000000104236(EBL)1666226(SSID)ssj0001193108(PQKBManifestationID)11813350(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001193108(PQKBWorkID)11135800(PQKB)10953632(MiAaPQ)EBC1666226(ScCtBLL)21c9f99a-2a49-46e4-85b9-e11f9c0ad119(PPN)229135013(EXLCZ)99371000000010423620140506h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDemocratising the museum reflections on participatory technologies /Pille Runnel, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, editors ; Daniel Edward Allen, english language editor ; Tuuli Kaalep, Ivi Tammaru, copy editors1 ed.Frankfurt am Main, [Germany] :PL Academic Research,2014.©20141 online resource (242 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-631-64916-9 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Cover; Table of Contents; Authors; The Challenge of Democratising the Museum; 1. The project; 2. The journey; 3. The concepts; 4. The new era; Acknowledgements; References; THEORISING AND ANALYSING PARTICIPATION; Who Authors the Nation? The Debate Surround the Building of the New Estonian National Museum; 1. Authoring the nation; 2. Participation; 3. Towards innovation and participation; Acknowledgements; References; When the Museum Becomes the Message for Participating Audiences; 1. Introduction; 2. A short and non-comprehensive history of museums3. Museums in their contesting and intersecting fields4. Museum is a voice is a message is a medium; 4.1. The museum as a communicator - positioning ""Who?""; 4.2. Participating in what?; 4.3. Naming thy partner - to whom does the message go?; 5. By way of conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; A Multi-Method and Multi-Site Interventionist Approach to Studying Audience Participation in Museums; 1. Audience participation in museum as a research method; 2. (Insider) action research and ethnographic research; 2.1. Action research; 2.2. Insider action research3. Intervention as a method to investigate participation4. Multi-method approach in data collection; 5. Online and on-site; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; MUSEUM AUDIENCES AS PARTICIPANTS; Handicraft Hobbyists in an Ethnographic Museum - Negotiating Expertise and Participation; 1. Introduction; 2. The role of experts in cultural participation; 3. Context and method; 4. Estonian hobbyist crafters' perceptions of the Estonian National Museum's expertise; 5. Estonian hobbyist crafters in relation to the Estonian National Museum6. Hobbyist crafters as cultural participants in an ethnographic museum7. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Analysis of Participatory Activities in the Museums of Latvia; 1. Introduction; 2. The concept of participation in museums; 3. The methods; 4. Participation activities in Latvian museums; 5. Detailed description of activities in Latvian museums; 6. Conclusion: Participation in Latvian museums; Acknowledgements; References; STRUGGLES OF MUSEUM PROFESSIONAL; Facing the Death of the Author. Cultural Professional's Identity Work and the Fantasies of Control; 1. Introduction2. Identities at work3. The subject position of the cultural professionals; 4. The opening up of the cultural realms; 5. Cultural professionals, fantasy and their identity work; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Identity Struggles of Museum Professionals: Autonomous Expertise and Audience Participation in Exhibition Production; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Situating the theoretical issues and research object; 4. Identity formation of the museum professional in 'traditional' exhibition production5. Challenges to the museum professional's identity in the Open Curatorship projectDemocratising the museum is a collection of articles reflecting upon the problem of how participation, technologically mediated or not, can support the museum in the process of becoming more accessible. The open museum shares power with its visitors while negotiating professionalism and the role of the museum in a modern society. The book looks at the roles and struggles of audiences/visitors and professionals and the role of digital technologies in supporting the participatory museum. While different chapters draw on a variety of empirical examples, the main analytical backbone of the book coMuseums and communityMuseumsTechnological innovationsMuseum techniquesMuseumsEducational aspectsMuseums and community.MuseumsTechnological innovations.Museum techniques.MuseumsEducational aspects.069Runnel PillePruulmann-Vengerfeldt PilleAllen Daniel EdwardKaalep TuuliTammaru IviMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910476921103321Democratising the museum2011848UNINA