Browsing by Subject "Museums"
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    The British Museum : a history
    (British Museum Press, 2002) Wilson, David M.
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    The disobedient museum : writing at the edge
    (Routledge, 2018-07-05) Message, Kylie
    The Disobedient Museum: Writing at the Edge aims to motivate disciplinary thinking to reimagine writing about museums as an activity where resistant forms of thinking, seeing, feeling, and acting can be produced, and to theorize this process as a form of protest against disciplinary stagnation. Drawing on a range of cultural, theoretical, and political approaches, Kylie Message examines potential links between methods of critique today and moments of historical and disciplinary crisis, and asks what contribution museums might make to these, either as direct actors or through activities that sit more comfortably within their institutional remit. Identifying the process of writing about museums as a form of activism, that brings together and elaborates on cultural and political agendas for change, the book explores how a process of engaged critique might benefit museum studies, what this critique might look like, and how museum studies might make a contribution to discourses of social and political change.
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    Exhibiting the Past
    (University of Hawaii Press, 2013, 2024-01-02) KIRK A. DENTON
    During the Mao era, China’s museums served an explicit and uniform propaganda function, underlining official Party history, eulogizing revolutionary heroes, and contributing to nation building and socialist construction. With the implementation of the post-Mao modernization program in the late 1970s and 1980s and the advent of globalization and market reforms in the 1990s, China underwent a radical social and economic transformation that has led to a vastly more heterogeneous culture and polity. Yet China is dominated by a single Leninist party that continues to rely heavily on its revolutionary heritage to generate political legitimacy. With its messages of collectivism, self-sacrifice, and class struggle, that heritage is increasingly at odds with Chinese society and with the state’s own neoliberal ideology of rapid-paced development, glorification of the market, and entrepreneurship. In this ambiguous political environment, museums and their curators must negotiate between revolutionary ideology and new kinds of historical narratives that reflect and highlight a neoliberal present. In Exhibiting the Past, Kirk Denton analyzes types of museums and exhibitionary spaces, from revolutionary history museums, military museums, and memorials to martyrs to museums dedicated to literature, ethnic minorities, and local history. He discusses red tourism—a state sponsored program developed in 2003 as a new form of patriotic education designed to make revolutionary history come alive—and urban planning exhibition halls, which project utopian visions of China’s future that are rooted in new conceptions of the past. Denton’s method is narratological in the sense that he analyzes the stories museums tell about the past and the political and ideological implications of those stories. Focusing on “official” exhibitionary culture rather than alternative or counter memory, Denton reinserts the state back into the discussion of postsocialist culture because of its centrality to that culture and to show that state discourse in China is neither monolithic nor unchanging. The book considers the variety of ways state museums are responding to the dramatic social, technological, and cultural changes China has experienced over the past three decades.
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    Foundations of museum studies : evolving systems of knowledge
    (Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2014) Latham, Kiersten F. ; Simmons, John E.
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    Heritage, museums and galleries : an introductory reader
    (Routledge, 2005) Corsane, Gerard, editor
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    The international handbooks of museum studies v.2 : Museum Practice
    (John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2015) McCarthy, Conal, editor
    Museum Practice covers the professional work carried out in museums and art galleries of all types, including the core functions of management, collections, exhibitions, and programs. Some forms of museum practice are familiar to visitors, yet within these diverse and complex institutions many practices are hidden from view, such as creating marketing campaigns, curating and designing exhibitions, developing fundraising and sponsorship plans, crafting mission statements, handling repatriation claims, dealing with digital media, and more. Focused on what actually occurs in everyday museum work, this volume offers contributions from experienced professionals and academics that cover a wide range of subjects including policy frameworks, ethical guidelines, approaches to conservation, collection care and management, exhibition development and public programs. From internal processes such as leadership, governance and strategic planning, to public facing roles in interpretation, visitor research and community engagement and learning, each essential component of contemporary museum practice is thoroughly discussed.
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    Introduction to museum work
    (Altamira Press, 1997) Burcaw, George Ellis
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    Law-bubulu
    (Taiwan Museum Foundation, 2022-11-17) Li Zining
    This exhibition, "The Precious of Rukai People, Homecoming Exhibition of Early Artifacts of the Budai Co he Collection of NTM," consists of 110 items. They from three different sources, including NTM (64 pcs), Rukai Museum of Budai County (32 pcs), and local villages requisition (14 pcs). This assemblage amounts to be the largest feature exhibition of Rukai artifacts in recent years. Moreover, it's the first homecoming exhibition that aims to embrace traditional Rukai artifacts as the main feature, thus bearing profound significance. The exhibition consists of six main topics pertaining to different aspects of material culture of Rukai people, such as the symbolism of lily, weaponry of men, textiles and decorations made by women, household posts and eves, rattan basketry, and ritual objects. As a result, it highlights the broader spectrum of material culture of Rukai people from different sources, and also emphasizes the values of re-presentation and rediscovery of the conventional wisdom of Rukai people. NTM and Rukai Museum of Budai County have taken four years (2017-21) to collaborate on the planning of this exhibition. It's a rather long process of exhibition-making, relying upon the sharing and exchange of ideas between the local interface and the national museum facility regarding the knowledge of indigenous culture and the experience of approaching relevant objects. This emphasis on equal sharing and the exchange and earning during the whole collaboration process is also noting for this exhibition.
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    Museum Digitization
    (ROYAL COLLINS PUBLISHING GROUP INC, 2022-02-03) Beijing Union University and Beijing Association.
    In the rapidly developing "Internett" era, the application of digital technology in science chnology museums is becoming increasingly mature, especially in the implentation of strategies that support culture through science and technology, bringing new opportunities to the construction and development of science and technology museums. Science and technology museums of all levels throughout the world not only actively the application of information technology, but also make use of the mobile communication, Big Data, and other technology to make museums more open, inclusive, and dynamic, and to serve as public cultural and educational institutions serving the all-round development of human beings. A number of digital display projects are being launched, such as the immersive digital audio-visual program "Stepping into the Riverside scene at Qingming Festival," the large-scale virtual reality show "The Forbidden City - Juanqinzhai and Turret Tower," "Digital Yuanmingyuan," "Digital Three Mountains Five Gardens," and "Roaming the Dajue Temple." The application of WiFi technology to experience the micro Palace Museum, micro navigation, and micro video has been implemented in many science and technology museums. Facing a new situation of deepening reform and accelerating the prosperity of science, technology, and culture in China, what will the future development direction of museum digitization be? How can science and technology museums make full use of the advantages of new technology to showcase culture and services? How can they tell a positive story? How can they bring cultural relics to life? How can they increase, strengthen, and accelerate the dissemination of information in science and technology museums and improve the level of public services with the help of new media? How can they make it easier for the public to access and enjoy museums? These and other important topics created the need for the Beijing Digital Museum seminar.
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    Museum Learning
    (Routledge, 2018-07-05) Hohenstein, Jill ; Moussouri, Theano
    Museum Learning attempts to make sense of multiple learning theories whilst focusing on a set of core learning topics in museums. Importantly, learning is considered not just as a cognitive characteristic, as some perspectives propose, but also as affective, taking into consideration interests, attitudes, and emotions; and as a social practice situated in cultural contexts. This book draws attention to the development of theory and its practical applications in museum situations such as aquariums, zoos, botanical gardens and historical re-enactment sites, among others. This volume will be of interest to museum studies students, practitioners and researchers working in informal learning contexts, and will help them to reflect on what it means to learn in museums and create more effective environments for learning.
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    Museum Theory
    (Wiley Blackwell, 2020) Andrea Witcomb ; Kylie Message
    Museum Theory offers critical perspectives drawn from a broad range of disciplinary and intellectual traditions. This volume describes and challenges previous ways of understanding museums and their relationship to society. Essays written by scholars from museology and other disciplines address theoretical reflexivity in the museum, exploring the contextual, theoretical, and pragmatic ways museums work, are understood, and are experienced. Organized around three themes--Thinking about Museums, Disciplines and Politics, and Theory from Practice/Practicing Theory--the text includes discussion and analysis of different kinds of museums from various, primarily contemporary, national and local contexts. Essays consider subjects including the nature of museums as institutions and their role in the public sphere, cutting-edge museum practice and their connections with current global concerns, and the links between museum studies and disciplines such as cultural studies, anthropology, and history.
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    Museum, Immigrants, And Social Justice
    (Routledge, 2018-07-05) Labadi, Sophia
    This interdisciplinary book argues that museums can offer a powerful, and often overlooked, arena for both exploring and acting upon the interrelated issues of immigration and social justice. Based on three in-depth European case studies, spanning France, Denmark, and the UK, the research examines programs developed by leading museums to address cultural, economic, social and political inequalities. Where previous studies on museums and immigration have focused primarily on issues of cultural inequalities in collection and interpretation, Museums, Immigrants, and Social Justice adopts a more comprehensive focus that extends beyond the exhibition hall to examine the full range of programs developed by museums to address the of cultural, economic, social and political inequalities facing immigrants. Museums, Immigrants, and Social Justice offers compelling insights on the ability of museums to offer positive contributions to the issues surrounding immigration and social justice at a time when both are pressing issues in Europe. It will be of interest to scholars and students of museum studies, migration studies, sociology, human geography and politics.
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    Museums and Interactive Virtual Learning
    (Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, 2023-06-08) Allyson Mitchell ; Tami Moehring ; Janet Zanetis
    Museums and Interactive Virtual Learning provides informal educators with practical resources that will help them to build dynamic digital engagement experiences within their own cultural organizations.
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    Museums as agents of change
    (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024-01-03) Mike Murawski.
    Museums everywhere have the potential to serve as agents of change—bringing people together, contributing to local communities, and changing people’s lives. So how can we, as individuals, radically expand the work of museums to live up to this potential? How can we more fiercely recognize the meaningful work that museums are doing to enact change around the relevant issues in our communities? How can we work together to build a stronger culture of equity and care within museums ? Questions like these are increasingly vital for all museum professionals to consider, no matter what your role is within your institution. They are also important questions for all of us to be thinking about more deeply as citizens and community members. This book is about the work we need to do to become changemakers and demand that that our museums take action toward positive social change and bring people together into a more just, equitable, compassionate, and connected society. It is a journey toward tapping the energies within all of us to make change happen and proactively shape a new future.
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    Museums in China
    ( 2016-11-22) L-D Lu,Tracey
    ในช่วงเวลาต้นของการพัฒนาการประเทศจีน พิพิธภัณฑ์ในประเทศสร้างขึ้นจากอิทธิพลต่าง ๆรวมทั้งมีผลมาจากความเชื่อด้านศาสนาและกลไกของการเมือง ที่ในยุคนั้น ได้ก่อรูปเป็นรูปแบบของรัฐจีนขึ้น แต่จากกรอบการศึกษาด้านประวัติศาสตร์และมานุษยวิทยา หนังสือเล่มนี้ได้เสนอบทวิจารณ์องค์รวมของการจัดตั้งและพัฒนาการของพิพิธภัณฑ์ในจีนตั้งแต่ ค.ศ. 1840 จนถึงปัจจุบัน ซึ่งเสนอถึงสภาพสังคม การเมือง บทบาทผู้นำ เศรษฐกิจ ศาสนาและอุดมคติ ความเชื่อ ผู้เขียนคือ Tracey L-D ศาสตราจารย์แห่งมหาวิทยาลัยจีนในประเทศฮ่องกง ได้พิสูจน์ว่าบทบาทหลักของพิพิธภัณฑ์ มีต่อการสร้างแรงเสริมต่อภาคส่วนของสังคม ซึ่งส่งอิทธิพลต่อเรื่องเศรษฐกิจ การปกป้องมรดกทางวัฒนธรรม นอกจากนี้ได้มีการศึกษาและเปรียบเทียบระหว่างการศึกษาเรื่องพิพิธภัณฑ์วิทยากับการจัดการมรดกทางวัฒนธรรมด้วย
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    Museums of the Arabian Peninsula Historical Developments and Contemporary Discourses
    (Routledge, 2024-02-14) Edited By Sarina Wakefield
    Museums of the Arabian Peninsula offers new insights into the history and development of museums within the region. Recognising and engaging with varied approaches to museum development and practice, the book offers in-depth critical analyses from a range of viewpoints and disciplines. Drawing on regional and international scholarship, the book provides a critical and detailed analysis of museum and heritage institutions in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Yemen. Questioning and engaging with issues related to the institutionalisation of cultural heritage, contributors provide original analyses of current practice and challenges within the region. Considering how these challenges connect to broader issues within the international context, the book offers the opportunity to examine how museums are actively produced and consumed from both the inside and the outside. This critical analysis also enables debates to emerge that question the appropriateness of existing models and methods and provide suggestions for future research and practice. Museums of the Arabian Peninsula offers fresh perspectives that reveal how Gulf museums operate from local, regional and transnational perspectives. The volume will be a key reference point for academics and students working in the fields of museum and heritage studies, anthropology, cultural studies, history, politics and Gulf and Middle East Studies.
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    Museums,Collections and Social Repair in Vietnam
    (Routage Focus, 2023-06-07) Were, Graeme
    Haitian anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot, in his discussion on how the current global Westernized hegemony treats specific historical events, events chosen for their relevance to the text of Western dominance, has addressed absences (or silences as 'inherent in the creation of sources, the first moment of historical production' (Trouillot, 1995, p. 51). People and places that are designated 'Third World' often find their history has (or has been) 'disappeared'. He references complex historiographical occurrences of this process of historical production, whereby black and poor societies were not just physically ostracized, but in a sense mentally too as they basically 'disappeared' from the historical text. He states: 'History reveals itself only through the production of specific narratives. What matters most are the process and conditions of such narratives . ... Only through that overlap can we discover the differential exercise of power that makes some narratives possible and silences others.
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    Starting right : a basic guide to museum planning
    (AltaMira Press, 2004) George, Gerald ; Sherrell-Leo, Cindy
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    Understanding and Implementing Inclusion in Museums
    (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023-06-02) Laura-Edythe Coleman
    "This book is the pioneer text to focus solely on the notion of inclusion for museums. It is intended to demystify the much-debated idea of inclusion for museum professionals, theorists, professors, and researchers. From practical tips to theoretical know-how, this book will prepare your museum to become more inclusive"-- Provided by publisher.