The essays examine the complexity of the museum from cultural, political governance, curatorial, historical, and representational perspectives. From traditional subjects, including space, display, buildings, and collection, to more contemporary challenges and concerns, such as visiting, commerce, community, and experimental exhibition forms, this companion proves itself an indispensable reference for art historians, museum curators, and art and culture lovers.' - from back cover.
Includes biographies of contributors.
Companions in Cultural Studies
Onsite
English
2011
570
9781444334050
1
anthology
Expanding Museum Studies: An Introduction - Sharon MACDONALD
Part I: Perspectives, Disciplines, Concepts
Cultural Theory and Museum Studies - Rhiannon MASON
Sociology and the Social Aspects of Museums - Gordon FYFE
Art History and Museology: Rendering the Visible Legible - Donald PREZIOSI
Museums and Anthropologies: Practices and Narratives - Anthony SHELTON
Collecting Practices - Sharon MACDONALD
The Conundrum of Ephemerality: Time, Memory, and Museums - Susan A. CRANE
Part II: Histories, Heritage, Identities
The Origins of the Public Museum - Jeffrey ABT
World Fairs and Museums - Robert W. RYDELL
Making and Remaking National Identities - Flora Edouwaye S. KAPLAN
Museums and Community - Elizabeth CROOKE
Re-staging Histories and Identities - Rosmarie BEIER-DE HAAN
Heritage - Steven HOELSCHER
Part III: Architecture, Space, Media
Museum Architecture: A Brief History - Michaela GIEBELHAUSEN
Insight versus Entertainment: Untimely Meditations on the Architecture of Twentieth-century Art Museums - Vittorio MAGNAGO LAMPUGNANI
Civic Seeing: Museums and the Organisation of Vision - Tony BENNETT
Space Syntax: The Language of Museum Space - Bill HILLIER, Kali TZORTZI
New Media - Michelle HENNING
Part IV: Visitors, Learning, Interacting
Living in a Learning Society: Museums and Free-choice Learning - John H. FALK, Lynn D. DIERKING, Marianna ADAMS
Museum Education - George E. HEIN
Interactivity: Thinking Beyond - Andrea WITCOMB
Studying Visitors - Eilean HOOPER-GREENHILL
Part V: Globalization, Profession, Practice
Globalisation: Incorporating the Museum - Mark W. RECTANUS
Cultural Economics - Bruno S. FREY
The Museum Profession - Patrick BOYLAN
Museum Ethics - Tristram BESTERMAN
Museum Practice: Legal Issues - Patty GERSTENBLITH
Non-Western Models of Museums and Curation in Cross-cultural Perspective - Christina KREPS
Part VI: Culture Wars, Transformations, Futures
Incivilities in Civil(-ised) Places: 'Culture Wars' in Comparative Perspective - Steven C. DUBIN
Science Museums and the Culture Wars - Steven CONN
Postmodern Restructurings - Nick PRIOR
Exposing the Public - Mieke BAL
The Future of the Museum - Charles SAUMAREZ SMITH
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