Orality / Oral transmission Books
The History Press Ltd Gosport Conservation and Heritage
Book SynopsisPerspectives on the history and heritage of this unique, Defence of the Realm maritime town
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University of British Columbia Press Cannibal Tours and Glass Boxes
Book SynopsisCannibal Tours and Glass Boxes poses a number of probing questions about the role and responsibility of museums and anthropology in the contemporary world.Trade ReviewThis rich, complex, and compelling book represents a forceful scrutiny of the often polarized discourse on museums as well as an attempt to discredit one-sided arguments that prevent subtle and nuanced understandings of these institutions ... Ames spends a good deal of time challenging the ways people think about, understand, and represent Native art ... Ames raises interesting and important questions for anthropologists., for art historians, and for museum professionals ... The struggle for genuine openness to a multitude of voices is by no means over; we should be grateful to Michael Ames for providing us with such a rational and thoughtful publication which represents a major contribution to that struggle. -- Aldona Jonaitis * Museum Anthropology *Cannibal Tours has quite a bit to recommend it, and to recommend it to professional and lay readers alike. For the former, it offers some new and eminently practical insights not just about the present and future of museums, but about the relevance of anthropology to late 20th century society. In this sense the book is less true to its current subtitle than to the original “Anthropology of Anthropology,” and so is deserving of being read as a critical commentary on where the discipline has been, and where it may be heading. And for the latter, Ames’s well-written essays explain a good deal of what actually constitutes the work of museums, most importantly the production of those “cultural consumables” meant to inform and entertain the museum-going public. -- Barnett Richling, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Mount Saint Vincent UniversityMuseum curators, anthropologists, and students of popular culture will find much in Cannibal Tours and Glass Boxes to inform and provoke. It will ... encourage readers to challenge the common sense of their own particular situations and apply its lessons to the operations of their own institutions. -- Patricia McCormack * Alberta Museums Review *Table of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First Edition: Museums, the Public and Anthropology1. Introduction: The Critical Theory and Practice of Museums2. The Development of Museums in the Western World: Tensions between Democratization and Professionalization3. Dilemmas of the Practical Anthropologist: Public Services versus Professional Interests4. What Could a Social Anthropologist Do in a Museum of Anthropology?: The Anthropology of Museums and Anthropology5. How Anthropologists Stereotype Other People6. How Anthropologists Help to Fabricate the Cultures They Study7. The Definition of Native Art: The Case of Willie Seaweed8. The Emerging Native View of History and Culture9. De-Schooling the Museum: A Proposal to Increase Public Access to Museums and Their Resources10. Are Museums or Anthropology Really Necessary Any More?11. World's Fairs and the Constitution of Society: The Ideology of Expo ’8612. The Big Mac Attack and the Anthropology of Everyday Life13. Cannibal Tours, Glass Boxes, and the Politics of Interpretation14. Museums in the Age of DeconstructionNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press First Nations Museums Narrations
Book SynopsisThe story of the Franklin Motor Expedition that collected First Nations artifacts on the Prairies in 1929 as well as a larger study of the relationships between museums and the indigenous peoples whose heritage items they house.Trade ReviewFirst Nations, Museums, Narrations is a helpful and thought-provoking book that encourages the reader to explore not only museum collections but also how we describe the artifacts housed within. Coming out of more than a decade of field research, Brown’s book should be read by anyone involved in museums and Native collections. -- Jared Eberle, Oklahoma State University * Native American and Indigenous Studies *This well-crafted and compelling book contributes to a burgeoning field of literature on the roles of museums in forging productive social relationships in colonial, national, and international contexts. -- Cory Willmott, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleTable of ContentsA Note on TerminologyIntroduction1 Community Contexts: Reserve Life in the 1920s2 Collecting on the Prairies: “A Splendid Collecting Field”3 Collecting in Action: The Franklin Motor Expedition4 Representing Collecting: Images and Narratives5 Reflecting on the Franklin Motor Expedition: First Nations Perspectives 6 Curating the Rymill Collection: The Prairies on Display7 Building Relationships: British Museums and First NationsNotesReferencesIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Museums and the Past
Book SynopsisThis vibrant examination of the museum’s role as contemporary narrator of our past reveals that our perceptions of history and ourselves are shaped as much by how a museum presents information as by what information it presents.Trade ReviewViviane Gosselin and Phaedra Livingstone have created, for the first time ever, a book that looks at the relationship between museums and the concept of historical consciousness. In doing so, they are pioneering both museological and historical literature, and greatly contributing to an under-researched field. -- Cintia Velázquez Marroni * Museum Management and Curatorship *Table of Contents1 Introduction: Perspectives on Museums and Historical Consciousness in Canada / Viviane Gosselin and Phaedra LivingstonePart 1: Programming Historical Consciousness2 The Royal Ontario Museum, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Critical Public Engagement / Susan Ashley3 The Voices of the Canoe Project: Weaving Together Indigenous and Western Historical Knowledge Traditions / Jill Baird and Damara Jacobs-Morris4 The Torrington Gopher Hole Museum: A Model Institution / Lianne McTavish5 Public Pedagogy and the Museum: The Canadian Museum of Immigration at 21, for Example / Brenda TrofanenkoPart 2: Measuring Historical Consciousness6 Changing Views? Emotional Intelligence, Registers of Engagement, and the Museum Visit / Laurajane Smith7 Using Museum Resources and Mobile Technologies to Develop Teens’ Historical Thinking: Formative Evaluation of an Innovative Educational Set-up / Marie-Claude Larouche8 Museums as In-Between Institutions: Can They Be Trusted? / Lon Dubinsky and Del Muise9 The Concept of Historical Consciousness Applied to Museums: A Case Study of the Exhibition People of Québec ... Then and Now / Pierre-Luc Collin, Claire Cousson, and Lucie DaignaultPart 3: Instrumentalizing Historical Consciousness10 Controversy as Catalyst: Administrative Framing, Public Perception, and the Late-Twentieth-Century Exhibitionary Complex in Canada / Phaedra Livingstone11 The Gift of Historical Consciousness: Museums, Art, and Poverty / Simon Knell12 Museums and the Responsibility Gap / Robert R. Janes13 Out of the Box and Into the Fold: Museums, Human Rights, and Changing Pedagogical Practices / Jennifer Carter14 Epilogue: The Blossoming of Canadian Museology and Historical Consciousness / Phaedra Livingstone and Viviane GosselinIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Time Travel
Book SynopsisThis fascinating look at Canada’s living history museums – pioneer villages and old forts where actors recreate the past – shows how they reveal as much about Canadian post-war interests as they do about settler history.Trade ReviewGordon’s research is meticulous and his writing exceptionally coherent. Time Travel is an excellent study of how priorities and preoccupations guide historical interpretation, and an important addition to the study of Canada’s heritage industry. -- Ryan Porter * Canadian Literature, 236 *... Gordon pulls together a staggering amount of materials to provide a compelling glimpse into the history of living history. He illustrates the contradictions that abound—the tensions between scholarship and entertainment; between National and multicultural remembrance; between the colliding narratives of settler and Indigenous histories. There is more to be written on this story, and Gordon has made a significant contribution to this area of historical scholarship. Time Travel is a useful roadmap that scholars might utilize to explore the fascinating contradictions and interplay between narrative, history and authenticity, so exemplified in the living history museum. -- Sean MacPherson * BC Studies *As a comprehensive history of public history in Canada, Time Travel is a welcome text. … Time Travel does a wonderful job of connecting experiments in living history with that national past. -- Claire Campbell, Bucknell University * Historical Studies in Education *Time Travel is an important book that provides keen insights in the understanding of the emergence of living history museums in mid-twentieth century Canada… In a masterful way, Gordon guides the reader through some of the intellectual debates that shaped the making of the living history museum movement. -- Review by C. Kurt Dewhurst, Michigan State University Museum * Great Plains Quarterly 38.4 *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Living History Time MachinesPart 1: Foundations1 History on Display2 The Foundations of Living History in Canada3 Tourism and HistoryPart 2: Structures4 Pioneer Days5 A Sense of the Past6 Louisbourg and the Quest for AuthenticityPart 3: Connections7 Fur and Gold8 The Great Tradition of Western Empire9 The Spirit of B & B10 People and Place11 Genuine IndiansConclusion: The Limits of Time TravelNotesIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Exhibiting Nation
Book SynopsisThis exploration of museums as sites for representing and defining national identity encourages us to reconsider the idea of the multicultural nation.Trade ReviewExhibiting Nation is an accessible book that contextualizes prominent Canadian institutions within the established study of museology, making it an academic contribution that has been long overdue. Its case study approach will be valuable to both curators and academics[...] -- Cody Groat * The Canadian Historical Review *Table of ContentsPreface: A Sense of DiscomfortPart 1: Introduction1 Multicultural Nationalism and the Power of Metaphor2 Museums, Discipline, and DialoguePart 2: Feast3 The Limits of Unity in Diversity4 The Royal BC Museum’s Modern History GalleriesPart 3: Spectacle5 The Limits of Equality and Recognition6 The Royal Alberta Museum’s Cultural Communities ProgramPart 4: Border7 The Limits of Universalism and Diversity8 The Royal Ontario Museum’s World Cultures GalleriesEpilogue: Working with the ContradictionsNotes; Bibliography; Index
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Stanford University Press Museums and Memory Cultural Sitings
Book SynopsisThis volume considers museums from personal experience and historical study, and from the memories of museum visitors, curators, and scholars. Representing a variety of fields, the essays range widely over time and place, in exhibitions explored, and types of institutions.Table of ContentsContents 1. CRANE SUSAN A. PART I. 2. ERNST WOLFGANG 3. FEHR MICHAEL 4. CRANE SUSAN A. 5. AN ENCAPSULATION COURTESY OF THE MUSEUM OF JURASSIC TECHNOLOGY PART II. 6. THOMAS JULIA ADENEY 7. WILSON DIANA DRAKE 8. HAMLISH TAMARA PART III. 9. FINDLEN PAULA 10. MARCHAND SUZANNE 11. JOACHIMIDES ALEXIS
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Cornell University Press Voices from the Back Stairs
Book SynopsisExplores the interpretation of servants and other hired household help in historic house museums, one of the most prevalent types of history museums in the country. This title presents examples of successful interpretation programs, including those that have made the kitchen and servants' quarters the most popular stops on the tour.Trade ReviewVoices from the Back Stairs will be a great benefit to curators and educators who work at historic sites. It not only provides the latest scholarship on domestic servants but many practical techniques for improving the interpretation of their work and lives. -- Max van Balgooy, Director of Interpretation and Education, National Trust for Historic Preservation
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Getty Trust Publications The Use of OxygenFree Environments in the Control
Book SynopsisMuseums worldwide face the challenge of finding non-toxic methods to control insect pests. This manual focuses on practical rather than theoretical issues in the use of oxygen-free environments. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the text, along with an index with terms linked to the text.
£49.50
Glasgow Museums Publishing Towards an Engaged Gallery Contemporary Art and
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University of the Arts,Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative,US What Makes a great Exhibition
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Battle for the Museum
Book SynopsisCulture and power have been bedfellows since ancient timesin the case of exhibits and collections, now more than ever. Protests force out patrons and curators, and pressure museums to abandon fossil fuel sponsorship. Campaigners demand equality and diversity, condemn exploitation of artists and staff, and urge restitution of imperially tainted objects.Journalist Rachel Spence has watched visual arts become a flashpoint for today's social divisions. She interviews artists, activists, directors and donors, revealing elitism and injustice. Business and finance launder their reputations throughpatronage, while governments exert authority by weaponising or attacking the artsand gallery-goers and workers mobilise to demand better. How did we get here, and what awaits these institutions?From China and Russia to Helsinki and Brooklyn, from the British Museum to the Louvre and Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi,Battle for the Museumuncovers a dark nexus of capital, art and powerand
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transcript Verlag AI in Museums
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HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd Zoo
Book SynopsisA lively, behind-the-scenes look at just what it takes to keep a zoo running, perfect for sharing with the youngest zoo-goers.The zoo is a very busy place! From early in the morning until evening comes, a lot goes on to keep the animals safe and comfortable. There are kitchens where people prepare the special diets the animals need. And there are nurseries where zoo keepers raise baby animals until they are big enough to go to their exhibit areas.Before the zoo opens each day a small army of keepers, vendors, and maintenance workers perform the daily tasks of cleaning and setting up. Then the crowds flock in The busy pictures are filled with details and action. The writing is crisp, clear, and informative. (School Library Journal)Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children (NSTA/CBC)
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Columbia University Press Profitably Healthy Companies
Book SynopsisProfitably Healthy Companies lays out ten essential principles of organizational development for sustained success. Bringing together practical and academic expertise, W. Warner Burke and Michael O’Malley detail proven methods for every organization at each level.Trade ReviewThis book is organizational development for the person charged with developing the organization and initiating change. Organized to enable executives to focus on what the organization needs to do well in order to build and sustain success, it nonetheless provides a strong technical explanation for the actions being taken to implement change. By providing such perspective, Profitably Healthy Companies avoids faddism while equipping the reader to drive change with a good understanding of the principles underpinning the process. It belongs on the executive’s bookshelf. Further, it is an excellent tool for bridging the gap between academic education in organization development and the challenges of applying the subject matter in the field, and thus an excellent book to digest before diving into the business of organizational change. Burke and O’Malley have made great strides in bridging the gap between academic texts and organization/leadership self-help books. -- David Swinford, president and CEO, Pearl MeyerWhether you’re looking for practical guidance for addressing key challenges facing organizations today or a modern primer on the theory behind the practice of OD, Burke and O’Malley offer a fresh and actionable perspective. As we embrace the new realities of what it takes to lead successful organizations, having a clear understanding of which interventions work and why they work is critical. Whether you are a leader, manager or organization development and change practitioner Burke and O’Malley provide the practical guidance you need to make a difference. -- Allan Church, Senior Vice President, Global Talent Management, PepsiCoIn composing Profitably Healthy Companies, Warner Burke and Michael O’Malley have done the impossible—they’ve produced a textbook on Organization Development that is genuinely interesting to read and useful to practitioners to boot! These authors, proven giants in the field of organization development, have brought their best interpretive work into this book. Burke and O’Malley’s love for teaching is evident in the pages of this book, heart and soul. As I read the book, I found myself learning so much new content that I kept texting my colleagues, “did you know this?” I predict that Profitably Healthy Companies will be a modern OD classic, on all our shelves going forward. Aside from being well organized and useful, Profitably Healthy Companies is perhaps the most well-written textbook I’ve seen. Brilliant piece of work. -- Thomas A. Kolditz, founding director, Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University, and former head of Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, West PointNo one knows the contemporary management literature better than Michael O’Malley and no one has been on the frontiers of scholarship and practice in organizational development longer than Warner Burke. Thus it was impossible that when these two united, they would create anything but a masterpiece of fresh, practical thought anchored in smart analysis. However, they went far further than providing a “new & improved’ OD book. They knew what was missing and filled the gap. The existing best practice in OD was heavily anchored in outside interventions parachuting into the firm to catalyze change – and then leave. Alas, too many great innovations ran their course and then fizzled often amidst a leadership succession. Profitably Healthy Companies shows how the capacity to learn, grow, change, and evolve must be in the DNA of enterprise. Through examples, research citations, and clear steps, this book provides the blueprint for internalization of continual leading through structures and processes. Thus, instead of hit & run engagements, skill at OD become a vital capacity of the enterprise to read and respond to its changing strategic context regardless whom is the boss. -- Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, senior associate dean for leadership studies and Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management, Yale School of ManagementWhat makes this book a gem is the easily accessible way in which theory is presented, the extensive examples from a variety of companies, and the clarity of the writing. This book will be a valuable resource to scholars, practitioners, and students. -- John L. Bennett, Professor, Director of Graduate Programs, and Wayland H. Cato, Jr. Chair of Leadership, Queens University of CharlotteTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Organization Development Basics2. Organize for Change3. Anticipate the Future4. Encourage Cooperation5. Remain Flexible6. Create Distinctive Spacesseven7. Diversify and Inclusify the Workforce8. Promote Personal Growth9. Empower People10. Reward High Performers11. Foster a Leadership CultureNotesIndex
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Ways of Curating
Book SynopsisThe world''s most influential contemporary-art curator explores the history and practice of his craftHans Ulrich Obrist curated his first exhibit in his kitchen when he was twenty-three years old. Since then he has staged more than 250 shows internationally, many of them among the most influential exhibits of our age.Ways of Curating is a compendium of the insights Obrist has gained from his years of extraordinary work in the art world. It skips between centuries and continents, flitting from meetings with the artists who have inspired him (including Gerhard Richter, Louise Bourgeois, and Gilbert and George) to biographies of influential figures such as Diaghilev and Walter Hopps. It describes some of the greatest exhibitions in history, as well as some of the greatest exhibitions never realized. It traces the evolution of collections from Athanasius Kircher''s seventeenth-century Wunderkammer to modern museums, and points the way for projects ye
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Thames & Hudson Gateways to Art
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Rowman & Littlefield Great Tours Thematic Tours and Guide Training for
Book SynopsisThis open and engaging book will help you develop thematic tours and train your guides to lead those tours, while aiding you in managing your guide program effectively. The authors' unique approach includes clear step-by-step instructions supplemented with activities and readings.Trade ReviewGreat Tours! is a wonderful resource for sites that want to improve their interpretation and guide training. With loads of activities and practical advice, the book is designed to be adaptable for sites of varying sizes, resource levels and sophistication. Great Tours! does a good job of addressing new issues and problems facing historic sites today. . . . The book's format is easy to use and its program will help any site to strengthen and discipline its interpretation. Great Tours! provides practical help and advice for historic sites, helping them to address the increasingly important and linked questions of visitor experience, good interpretation, and changing audiences. -- Jessie McCulley, Heritage Investment Program * Insites *This is a book well worth pursuing ... The kind of book for discovering its contents and placing in a convenient slot on the shelf until an idea strikes and one remembers one of its gems and reaches for it once again. -- George D. Chapman, Living History Interpretations consultants * ALHFAM Bulletin *...this excellent resouce guide will help every site, no matter how large or small. -- Lori Cox-Paul, John Wornall House Museum * Nebraska History *Great Tours is a practical and easy-to-use training manual for anyone developing guided tours of historic sites.... It is a methodical guide to planning, implementing and managing a guided tour program. -- Kerri Button, Curator/Administrator, Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame * Inform: Newsletter From Museums Of Alberta, Winter 2002 *Bad tours are easy to parody. Great tours are hard to copy. And thus the need for this book... The book is divided into three parts: developing the thematic tour, training guides to give such tours, and finally how to manage guides effectively. It is all to the good that the organization is so clearly defined, with the subdivisions given equal care, for the wealth of material would be difficult to absorb without such orderly presentation... One cannot, in all truth, single out a single section or chapter as more useful than another, but there is no doubt that in working with enthusiastic guides the training activities, formatted as worksheets, will be invaluable. Although packed tight with information, the messages are succinct. It will be an unusual reader who does not underline constantly with a pencil or else scatter 'stickies' throughout to secure the most salient places. -- Jane Manaster * Museline, Texas Association Of Museums *Table of ContentsPart 1 Foreword Part 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Preface Part 4 Part 1: Developing the Thematic Tour Chapter 5 Introduction Chapter 6 Chapter 1. Preparation: Assemble the Facts Chapter 7 Chapter 2. Planning: The Theme Development Team and the Roundtable Workshop Chapter 8 Chapter 3. Creating: Writing, Testing, and Revising a Thematic Tour Online Chapter 9 Sample Materials Part 10 Part 2: Training Guides to Give Thematic Tours Chapter 11 Introduction Chapter 12 Chapter 4. Site Specifics and Historical Context Chapter 13 Chapter 5. Material Culture: The Physical Evidence Chapter 14 Chapter 6. Interpretive Themes and the Thematic Tour Chapter 15 Chapter 7. Communication: Audience and Presentation Techniques Part 16 Part 3: Managing Guides Effectively Chapter 17 Chapter 8. Managing Guides Effectively Part 18 Index Part 19 About the Authors
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AltaMira Press,U.S. Beyond the Turnstile
Book SynopsisBeyond the Turnstile argues that museums are indispensable to civil society, especially in an era in which museums often are reduced to cultural businesses or edu-tainment sites. Is it inevitable that a museum''s success will be measured solely by how many people come through the door and how much money they spend? The eminent contributors to this volume provide museum leaders with a different set of criteria for evaluating the success of their museums, proposing a set of sustainable values that can help museums preserve themselves and advance their social mission in hard timesand help them thrive when times improve. While attendance and money will continue to count and be counted in our museums, numbers alone can never drive sustainable success. Only the unique dynamic identity that a museum can claim will do that.Trade ReviewThe timing could hardly be better for this guide to values that can sustain museums over time. Today, under economic pressures, museums are tempted to resort to stopgap strategies - in relation to collections, exhibitions, and diverse publics - that may keep the doors open but often threaten long-term institutional credibility. Selma Holo, Mari-Tere Alvarez, and the distinguished colleagues they have gathered in Beyond the Turnstile offer those professionally involved with museums the opportunity to return to core principles. Equally importantly, they provide museum visitors and patrons guidelines about what they have a right to expect, even in difficult circumstances. -- Steven D. Lavine, President, California Institute of the Arts; co-editor, Exhibiting Cultures and Museums and CommunitiesBeyond the Turnstile does more than make the case that museums are essential for the way we need to live; it provides both clarity and multiple perspectives to help us articulate and implement the values that enrich the lives of our communities. -- John L. Gray, President and CEO, Autry National Center of the American WestSelma Holo and Mari-Tere Alvarez's book is an urgently important and compelling statement from leading authorities on museums today. More than anything I've read lately, Holo makes the case for transforming the traditional museum into a vital, creative, and groundbreaking entity that is truly relevant to the creative individual, the museum professional, contemporary society, and the issues of our time. This is absolutely must-reading for anyone in the museum field. -- Richard Koshalek, Director, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture GardenCo-editor Holo's introduction is subtitled "A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"; this reflects the theme of the book in general. It incorporates creative ideas and suggestions from a wide range of sources. . . . This is a strong collection, unique in its focus and perspective. . . . Recommended. * CHOICE, April 2010 *The last few decades saw the rise of the business model for museums, with greater accountability, financial skill, and fundraising ability on demand for directors and many others in the professions. Selma Holo argues in her introduction to Beyond the Turnstile that this shift in focus was valuable, creating stronger and more transparent institutions. Yet she believes museums must now move beyond number crunching and recognize that they need, 'first and foremost, to represent unique and sustainable values.' The book outlines 10 such principles, including public trust, relevance, globalization, and communication; each discussion is bolstered by multiple essay contributions. Only in fulfilling those values, Holo argues, can museums 'articulate and claim their indispensability to society and its continuing betterment.' * Diplo: Towards more inclusive and effective diplomacy, April 2010 *Although I normally hesitate to use the word 'masterpiece,' especially about the cultural icon of icons, the contemporary museum, in this case the word is appropriate for three big reasons. First, this book defines the contemporary state of museums and foretells what changes are necessary for a sustainable future. The second may come as a surprise, perhaps even to the editors; the book is not only about museums but offers lessons for all knowledge- and performance-based institutions: universities, symphony orchestras, theater companies, and many others. Finally, while every stakeholder of museums should make this book required reading, I believe all educated people will benefit from this compilation of indispensable essays by many of the world's most influential thinkers. -- Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, University of Southern CaliforniaHolo and Alvarez give a kaleidoscopic view of how we approach success for museums by casting nets far and wide to present our institutions in a holistic manner….Beyond the Turnstile is a timely publication that lessens the fear of trying new things with this collection of innovative museum practices. Movement towards a place off vulnerability is encouraged to propel the museum forward and reaffirm the critical role that they serve in our society. * AASLH History News, Summer 2010 *This is one of the few efforts by museum professionals that attempts to address the emerging challenge of sustainability with which societies around the world are grappling. It raises many interesting questions and offers food for thought and discussion across the museum field. * Visitor Studies *Here is an informative and thought-provoking book about that elusive "why" of museums. What is, after all, the sustainable value of our institutions? Have we placed too much emphasis on the economic measures of success and too little on how museums impact the lives of our visitors and communities?....There is a refreshing geographical and experiential diversity among the essayists, with Mexico being especially well represented, along with Iraq, Turkey, Venezuela, New Zealand, and several other countries. * Bookshelf *We have a museums crisis on our hands and this should stimulate museum and heritage professionals, as well as community activists to initiate a public debate on this matter. * South African Archaeological Bulletin *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface: International Museum Institute: Origin and Cause Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Public Trust Chapter 4 Museum Values Chapter 5 The Credibility of Museums Chapter 6 Transmitting the Legacy Chapter 7 Natural History Museums as Sentinel Observatories of Life on Earth: A Public Trust Chapter 8 Including as Aspiration to Cultural Justice in a Museum's Value System Part 9 The Primacy of Our Collections Chapter 10 It's All About the Permanent Collection Chapter 11 Bringing our Permanent Collections to Life Chapter 12 What Are We Showing in Our Museums? Chapter 13 From the perspective of Turkey... Part 14 Relevance Chapter 15 The Revitalization of the Urban Environment: A Measure of the Museum's Social Value Chapter 16 Ethnic-Specific Museums: Why they Matter and How They Make a Difference Chapter 17 What is the relevance of museums? Can you imagine a world without them? Chapter 18 Will Museums Survive? Part 19 Inclusion Chapter 20 Remembering Abolition: Britain and the Slave Trade, 1807-2007 Chapter 21 Including Contemporary Art at the Musée du Quai Branly: A Way of Coming to Terms with the Colonial Past à la Française? Chapter 22 The Huntington's Decisions about Audience and Service: How and Where Could a Children's Garden Be Brought Into Play? Chapter 23 Museums (A Rapid View of Guided Tours): The Ruins of the Future Should Be in Shop Windows Chapter 24 Grappling with Limits: Museums and Inclusion Part 25 Globalization: Finding and Claiming Your Niche Chapter 26 Defending the Universal [Encyclopedic] Museum Chapter 27 Professional Museum Training Programs at the National Gallery of Art: From the Shores of the Potomac to a World View Chapter 28 A Work in Progress: Cultural District, Abu Dhabi Chapter 29 Two Museums, Two Visions of Mexican Artes Populares in the Era of Globalization Part 30 Creativity and Experimentation Chapter 31 In Service to Artists… Chapter 32 Museums and the Creativity Chapter 33 Art and Science, Nature and Art in a Natural History Museum Chapter 34 Creativity and Experimentation in the World of Archaeology Part 35 New Alliances: Opportunities Chapter 36 Setting Precedent Chapter 37 Alliances, New and Renewed Chapter 38 The Crossing of Art and Science: Expanding the Field Chapter 39 Museums and Alliances/Allies Chapter 40 New Alliances/New Philanthropies: The Alfredo Harp Foundation Part 41 Authentic Experience Chapter 42 When I Was a Youngster Chapter 43 Authentic Experiences Chapter 44 Mezcal for the Earth Chapter 45 The 'Total' Museum, a Tool for Social Change Chapter 46 Guernica Gernikara Part 47 Generation and Dissemination of Knowledge Chapter 48 Minds in Museums - Knowledge Evolving Chapter 49 Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul and the Generation and Diffusion of Knowledge Chapter 50 Art in the Making: Another View of Art History Chapter 51 Interdisciplinary Work and Knowledge Management: A Dynamics for the Contemporary Museum Part 52 Communication Chapter 53 Reality Check Chapter 54 Communication: One Mission, One Blog Chapter 55 The Polished Edge Chapter 56 Texts And Contexts In Museology Chapter 57 Communicating Through Design and Display: The New American Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Chapter 58 Conclusion: Museumspace
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Royal British Columbia Museum Indigenous Repatriation Handbook
Book SynopsisThe first to be created by and for Indigenous people, this handbook provides practical information that will enable each of the 34 unique Indigenous language and cultural groups in BC to carry out the process of repatriation in ways that align with the cultural traditions of each respective community.Trade Review"Our late friend and brother Rod Naknakim said, 'Reconciliation and repatriation cannot and should not be separated. The two must anchor our conversation and guide our efforts as we move forward collectively with common purpose and understanding.'" -- Dan Smith, BCMA Indigenous Advisory Chair, Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre
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British Museum Press Regarding the Dead Human Remains in the British
Book SynopsisA key publication on the British Museum's approach to the ethical issues surrounding the inclusion of human remains in museum collections and possible solutions to the dilemmas relating to their curation, storage, access management and display.Trade ReviewThis book outlines how the museum curates human remains in its collection, its benefits to our understanding as well as the ethical considerations of studying the dead. -- The Arbuturian The Arbuturian a fascinating and thought-provoking insight into a museum's approach to such assemblages. -- Current World Archaeology Current World ArchaeologyTable of ContentsPreface Part One – Holding and Displaying Human Remains Introduction Simon Mays Curating Human Remains in Museum Collections: Broader Considerations and a British Museum Perspective Daniel Antoine Looking Death in the Face: Different Attitudes towards Bog Bodies and their Display with a Focus on Lindow Man Jody Joy The Scientific Analysis of Human Remains from the British Museum Collection: Research Potential and Examples from the Nile Valley Daniel Antoine and Janet Ambers Part Two – Caring For, Conserving and Storing Human Remains Introduction Gaye Sculthorpe Ancestral Remains from Oceania: Histories and Relationships in the Collection of the British Museum Natasha McKinney Collection Care: Handling, Storing and Transporting Human Remains Daniel Antoine and Emily Taylor Conservation of Human Remains from Archaeological Contexts Barbara Wills, Clare Ward and Vanessa Sáiz Gómez with contributions by Capucine Korenberg and Julianne Phippard Part Three – Researching the British Museum Collection Introduction Clark Spencer Larsen Old Bones Overturned: New Evidence for Funerary Practices from the Sasanian Empire St John Simpson and Theya Molleson Beneath the Surface: Imaging Techniques and the Jericho Skull Alexandra Fletcher, Jessica Pearson, Theya Molleson, Richard Abel, Janet Ambers and Crispin Wiles The Collection of Egyptian Mummies in the British Museum: Overview and Potential for Study John H.Taylor The Human Remains from Tell es-Sa‘idiyeh: International Custodianship, Respect and Research Jonathan Tubb and Caroline Cartwright The Bioarchaeology of Amara West in Nubia: Investigating the Impacts of Political, Cultural and Environmental Change on Health and Diet Michaela Binder and Neal Spencer Contributors Index
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British Museum Press Tell Dafana Reconsidered
Book SynopsisA comprehensive re-evaluation of the objects discovered in the 1886 excavation at Tell Dafana and a new assessment of the site's significance from the seventh to the fifth century BC.
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British Museum Press Excavations at the British Museum An
Book SynopsisThis volume presents the results of the studies undertaken by Pre-Construct Archaeology during redevelopment of the British Museum, and in so doing details the evolution of this area of London from the Roman period into modern times.
£64.47
Smithsonian Books Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations
Book SynopsisIn these 19 insightful and frequently witty meditations, Stephen E. Weil examines the purposes and functions of the museum in the late 20th century, proposing museums make encounters with a variety of visitors more central to their operation.
£18.95
Museum of Fine Arts,Boston Conservation MFA Highlights
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Museum of New Mexico Press Harwood Centennial
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American Association of Museums The Virtual and the Real Media in the Museum
Book SynopsisIn The Virtual and the Real: Media in the Museum, experts discuss the philosophy, use, and misuse of media - the confluence of words, images and sounds primarily through film, video and interactive computer technology - both from within the museum professional's perspective and from the media producer's viewpoint.
£60.30
American Association of Museums Public Institutions for Personal Learning
Book SynopsisPublic Institutions for Personal Learning: Establishing a Research Agenda is a landmark publication identifies strategies for determining the extent and content of museum learning and the visitor experience.
£59.85
American Association of Museums Excelencia E Igualdad LA Educacion Y LA Dimension
Book SynopsisSpanish-language version of Excellence and Equity.
£27.55
American Association of Museums A Museum Guide to Copyright and Trademark
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£46.55
American Association of Museums Stewards of the Sacred
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£72.20
Eliot Werner Publications Inc Personality Coherence and Incoherence
Book SynopsisThis book presents the Complex-System Approach to Personality, which seeks to promote the development of integrative theorizing and subsumes particular insights from earlier models while permitting both within-person and between-person comparisons.Trade Review Prepublication praise: 'This book represents a substantial advance. The author develops a complex theoretical edifice that combines in a judicial way the biological, psychological, and situational approaches to personality. I am certain that Fajkowska's new theory will exert much influence in the years ahead.' (Michael W. Eysenck, Roehampton University, Whitelands College) 'A masterpiece. This book includes many new ideas, presents new material, and constitutes the platform for a new approach to personality. Fajkowska has attempted a tour de force and has written a book that will be difficult- if not impossible-for anyone interested in personality to overlook.' (Shulamith Kreitler, Tel Aviv University) 'In this book Malgorzata Fajkowska presents her Complex-System Approach to Personality, a pioneering attempt to integrate personality research that proposes a model in which temperament traits and attentional processes are functionally related. An original and unique contribution to the literature on personality.' (Jan Strelau, University of Social Sciences and Humanities) Table of ContentsPersonality coherence and incoherence: An overview of the book I. A Complex-System Approach to Personality Introduction: General view of a system-based approach to personality Chapter 1. A Complex-System Approach to Personality: Related meta-theoretical issues Chapter 2. Specifying the personality architecture within the Complex-System Approach to Personality: From related meta-theory to theory II. Anxiety and depression in the Complex-System Approach to Personality Introduction: Introducing anxiety and depressed mood: The complex phenomena Chapter 3. Anxiety and depression within the System of Integration and Regulation Stimulation Chapter 4. Anxiety and depression within the structure of coherent and incoherent types of personalities Chapter 5. Coherent/incoherent personality structures and attentional stimulation processing III. Epilogue Chapter 6. Looking to the future: A need for integrative models of personality References Index
£71.25
Washington State University Press Reflecting Fifty Years
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£24.00
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd Versailles Science and Splendour
Book Synopsis A richly illustrated book that breaks new ground in exploring the relationship between science and power at the French court of Versailles published to accompany the exhibition at London's Science Museum. Between the 1660s and the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789, the royal palace of Versailles commonly associated with its architecture, gardens and courtly splendour was also a place of serious scientific enquiry. This engaging book reveals how the French monarchy harnessed science to enhance its prestige and extend its global influence.Versailles: Science and Splendour explores the relationship between science and power during the reigns of kings Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI, a period when the practice of what we now call science' changed significantly, and highlights how science and empire were connected at Versailles. This book, which accompanies a temporary exhibition at the Science Museum in London, features 16 chapters by experts from Britain, France and America. Each chapter is inspired by fascinating objects, from a stuffed rhinoceros to an exquisite astronomical clock. The stories covered range from the early days of the French Royal Academy of Sciences and the engineering behind Versailles's fountains, to the menagerie of rare animals that lived in the grounds and the first hot-air balloon flight at the palace.
£24.00
HarperCollins Publishers A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects
Book SynopsisA Waterstones Best Book of 2024: Nature WritingThe untold story of rural Britain revealed through its artefacts?''A really lovely, fascinating book. I dived straight into this clever, joyous, celebration of nature, history, and of course the countryside.'' Charles Spencer, author of The White ShipFor most of human history, we were rural folk. Our daily lives were bound up with working the land, living within the rhythm of the seasons. We poured our energies into growing food, tending to animals and watching the weather. Family, friends and neighbours were often one and the same. Life revolved around the village and its key spaces and places the church, the green, the school and the marketplace.And yet rural life is oddly invisible our historical records. The daily routine of the peasant, the farmer or the craftsperson could never compete with the glamour of city life, war and royal drama. Lives went unrecorded, stories untold.There is, though, one way in which we can learn about our rural past. The things we have left behind provide a connection that no document can match; physical artefacts are touchstones that breathe life into its history. From farming tools to children's toys, domestic objects and strange curios, the everyday items of the past reveal fascinating insights into an often-forgotten way of life. Birth, death, celebration, work, crime, play, medicine, beliefs, diet and our relationship with nature can all be read from these remnants of our past.From ancient artefacts to modern-day memorabilia, this startling book weaves a rich tapestry from the fragments of our rural past.
£10.44
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Role of Todays Museum
Book SynopsisThe Role of Today's Museum provides a thorough investigation of what museums do and why. Arguing that museums are multifunctional institutions, the book examines the consequences of this for the services that museums provide, the publics to whom they are provided and the providers themselves.Adopting a wide perspective on understandings of the roles of museums and considering the different environments within which museums operate, Gray and McCall provide a new perspective on how transformations, as well as the gaps between intended policies and the actual work that is undertaken within museums, can be both identified and understood. By differentiating between social, economic and political visions and expectations of museums, the analysis in this book allows for a fuller understanding of what these organisations do and provide for their societies and the struggles and negotiations that surround their existence.The Role of Today's Museum takes a critical,Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: What do Museums do? What are Museums for?; Chapter 3: The Multifunctional Museum; Chapter 4: Museums, Policy, Practice and the ‘Struggle over Space’; Chapter 5: Museums and Societies; Chapter 6: Museums and Economies; Chapter 7: Museums and Politics; Chapter 8: Conclusion
£35.14
Taylor & Francis Ltd Marketing and Public Relations for Museums
Book SynopsisVisitors to museums, galleries, heritage sites and other not for profit attractions receive their information in changing ways. Communications channels are shifting and developing all the time, presenting new challenges to cultural PR and Marketing teams. Marketing and Public Relations for Museums, Galleries, Cultural and Heritage Attractions, as well as providing some of the theory of marketing, provides the latest available case studies coupled with comments and advice from professionals inside and outside the cultural sector to describe the possibilities and outline strategies for the future.A strong theme of change runs through each chapter. The economic climate is already affecting the publicly funded sectors and business and private sponsorship. How will it change over the next few years? The print media is contracting; reading and viewing patterns are changing as online and mobile media grow. What are the trends here, in Europe, US and elsewhere? SustainabilitTable of ContentsPART I: MARKETING AND PR PRINCIPLES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 1. Marketing in a new dimension 2. Public Relations is more than PR 3. The Marketing Strategy - Stage One – The Internal Audit 4. The Marketing Strategy – Stage 2 – The External Audit 5. A Public Relations strategy for every occasion 6. Everything you want to know about brands and branding PART II: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE 7. Creating the Marketing Plan 8. Tactical marketing and audience development 9. Making the most of your tourism potential 10. The media overview - the future is….? 11. Engaging with media through PR 12. Events as part of the public relations mix 13. Internal communications - new ways of communicating 14. Communicating with stakeholders and developing partnerships 15. Commercial and fundraising activities – the relationship with Marketing and PR 16. Crisis Communications PART III: RESEARCH AND RESOURCES 17. Research, monitoring and evaluation in Marketing and PR 18. Resources Appendix
£45.59
Taylor & Francis Inc Collaborative Access to Virtual Museum Collection
Book SynopsisGet practical tools to successfully develop collaborative online learning projects!Virtual museums provide an opportunity to spark learning through online access to multi-sensory information, and collaboration between sources is needed to efficiently and effectively catalog and present material. Collaborative Access to Virtual Museum Collection Information: Seeing Through the Walls presents respected authorities exploring the world of virtual collections, from the identification and selection of objects to be included to providing online access using common terminology. Future possibilities and problems are fully detailed, taking into consideration the need for fixed metadata, descriptive standards, and negotiated compromise. Solutions to difficult issues are provided to allow successful development of collaborative virtual museum projects of all types.A virtual museum can provide users with direct, easy access to information, photographs, drawings, sound files,Table of Contents Foreword (Robert S. Martin) Introduction (Bernadette G. Callery) Searching for Nirvana: Cataloging and the Digital Collection at the Experience Music Project (Marsha Maguire, David E. Motson, Gwen Wilson, and Jen Wolfe) Collaborative Cataloging: Using Dublin Core to Unite Local Heritage Organizations (Kody Janney) Building a Common Catalog for Cultural Heritage Repositories: A Case Study of the Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook (Elizabeth Nelson and Laurie Gemmill) Stories Told: Tribal Communities and the Development of Virtual Museums (Mark Christal, Loriene Roy, and Antony Cherian) Chinese Collections in Museums on the Web: Current Status, Problems, and Future (Hsin-liang Chen) Patterns of Identification of Potentially Sensitive Data in Natural History Museum Online Catalogs (Bernadette G. Callery) Index Reference Notes Included
£128.25
Taylor & Francis The Routledge Handbook to the History and Society
Book SynopsisThe colonial heritage and its renewed aftermaths â expressed in the inter-American experiences of slavery, indigeneity, dependence, and freedom movements, to mention only a few aspects â form a common ground of experience in the Western Hemisphere. The flow of peoples, goods, knowledge and finances have promoted interdependence and integration that cut across borders and link the countries of North and South America together. The nature of this transversally related and multiply interconnected region can only be captured through a transnational, multidisciplinary, and comprehensive approach. The Routledge Handbook to the History and Society of the Americas explores the history and society of the Americas, placing particular emphasis on collective and intertwined experiences. Forty-four chapters cover a range of concepts and dynamics in the Americas from the colonial period until the present century: The shared histories and dynamics of Inter-American relationships are considered through pre-Hispanic empires, colonization, European hegemony, migration, multiculturalism, and political and economic interdependences. Key concepts are selected and explored from different geopolitical, disciplinary, and epistemological perspectives. Highlighting the contested character of key concepts that are usually defined in strict disciplinary terms, the Handbook provides the basis for a better and deeper understanding of inter-American entanglements. This multidisciplinary approach will be of interest to a broad array of academic scholars and students in history, sociology, political science cultural, postcolonial, gender, literary, and globalization studies. Table of ContentsGeneral Introduction Part I History and Society in the Americas from the 16th to 19th Century Introduction: History and Society in the Americas from the 16th to 19th Century. The Bigger Picture 1 America 2 Atlantic 3 Colonial Economies 4 Colonial Rule 5 Columbian Exchange 6 Conquest and Colonization 7 Enlightenment 8 Gender 9 Independence Movements 10 Indigenous Peoples 11 Inter-ethnic Relations 12 Language 13 Memorial Culture 14 Migration 15 Nation and State Building 16 Religion and Missionizing 17 Slavery 18 Unfree Labor Part II History and Society in the Americas in the 20th and 21st Century Introduction: History and Society in the Americas in the 20th and 21st Century. Inter-American Thresholds and Critical Key Concepts 19 Alter-Globalization 20 Biopolitics 21 Consumerism 22 Education 23 Ethnicity 24 Family 25 Freedom 26 Gender Identities 27 Health 28 Hybridity, Mestizaje, Creolité 29 Indigeneity 30 Intersectionality 31 Latinidad 32 Memory Politics 33 Modernization 34 Multiculturalism 35 Popular 36 Postcolonialism and Decoloniality 37 Race 38 Religious Beliefs 39 Social Movements 40 Socialism 41 Subcultures 42 Transnational Migration 43 Urbanization 44 Whiteness
£204.25
University of Arizona Press From the Skin
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£28.46
HarperCollins Publishers Dry Store Room No. 1
Book SynopsisDry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination.Behind the public façade of any great museum there lies a secret domain: one of unseen galleries, locked doors, priceless specimens and hidden lives.Through the stories of the numerous eccentric individuals whose long careers have left their mark on the study of evolutionary science, Richard Fortey, former senior paleaontologist at London''s Natural History Museum, celebrates the pioneering work of the Museum from its inception to the present day. He delves into the feuds, affairs, scandals and skulduggery that have punctuated its long history, and formed a backdrop to extraordinary scientific endeavour from Darwin to the present day. He explores the staying power and adaptability of the Museum as it responds to changes wrought by advances in technology and molecular bTrade Review‘This book is worthy of the place it tells us about, and that is a pretty lofty chunk of praise.’ The Times ‘In this loving survey of his life at the museum, Fortey…is never less than enthused by all the museum's collections.’ Financial Times ‘Fortey…sneaks us behind the scenes with all the glee of a small child seeing for the first time the museum's iconic Diplodocus skeleton. The beauty of the book is that - just like a museum - you can visit the different sections in any order you choose, lingering in the places that most take your fancy … and there is plenty of solid science to enjoy, elucidated with brilliant flair.’ Sunday Times “There is nothing dry about this exploration of life behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum…Richard Fortey is an amiable, amusing and erudite guide, with a copious supply of anecdotes…Fortey also has a more serious point: that the unglamorous scientific work of taxonomy…is vital not only for the unexpected discoveries it can lead to…but also because it is intrinsically valuable to understand our world during our short stay here.” Independent on Sunday
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers The Secret Museum
Book SynopsisThe Secret Museum is a unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artifacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world curated, brought to light, and brought to life by Molly Oldfield in a beautifully illustrated collection.
£21.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd Ghosts Landscapes and Social Memory
Book SynopsisThis book is a groundbreaking attempt to rethink the landscapes of the social world and historical practice by theorising social haunting': the ways in which the social forms, figures, phantasms and ghosts of the past become present to us time and time again. Examining the relationship between historical practices such as archaeology and archival work in order to think about how the social landscape is reinvented with reference to the ghosts of the past, the author explores the literary and historical status and accounts of the ghost, not for what they might tell us about these figures, but for their significance for our, constantly re-invented, re-vivified, re-ghosted social world. With chapters on haunted houses and castles, slave ghosts, the haunting airs of music, the prehistoric origin of spirits, Marxist spectres, Freudian revenants, and the ghosts in the machine, Ghosts, Landscapes and Social Memory adopts multi-disciplinary methods for understanding the Trade Review'This wide-ranging study of haunting as a social practice carefully excavates and illuminates the dazzling array of literal and metaphorical landscapes - from the prehistoric to the (post)colonial and from the musical to the digital - in which ghosts are sedimented, ready to re-emerge as social forces in the present.' - Esther Peeren, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 'Hudson sets out to write a sociology of haunting, to delineate the ‘social power of the ghost’. Using an associative logic that glides like a spectre through disciplinary boundaries, this book puts Marx, Brecht, Rilke and David Mitchell together, teases ghost stories from ancient landscapes and haunted houses, and even gets grumpy materialist Theodor Adorno together with wide-eyed spiritualist Sir Oliver Lodge to meditate on the capacious possibilities bound up with ideas of social haunting. An absorbing, challenging read.' - Roger Luckhurst, Birkbeck University of London, U.K"Ghosts, Landscapes and Social Memory offers wide-ranging sociological analysis of ghosts and the places in which they appear. Unlike other volumes specializing in literary, philosophical and psychoanalytic reflections on ghosts, Hudson links their ephemeral appearance with rootedness in the social context of landscapes. […] Hudson mirrors the difficulties that the living face in trying to grasp and describe the social power of ghosts. The experience of being haunted by ghosts in certain places is difficult to pin down. Hudson is to be commended for an original, interdisciplinary analysis of social ghosts and landscapes that will be of interest to readers in sociology, memory studies, philosophy, cultural studies and literature." – Siobhan Kattago, Memory Studies'This wide-ranging study of haunting as a social practice carefully excavates and illuminates the dazzling array of literal and metaphorical landscapes – from the prehistoric to the (post)colonial and from the musical to the digital – in which ghosts are sedimented, ready to re-emerge as social forces in the present.' - Esther Peeren, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 'Hudson sets out to write a sociology of haunting, to delineate the "social power of the ghost". Using an associative logic that glides like a spectre through disciplinary boundaries, this book puts Marx, Brecht, Rilke and David Mitchell together, teases ghost stories from ancient landscapes and haunted houses, and even gets grumpy materialist Theodor Adorno together with wide-eyed spiritualist Sir Oliver Lodge to meditate on the capacious possibilities bound up with ideas of social haunting. An absorbing, challenging read.' - Roger Luckhurst, Birkbeck University of London, UK"Ghosts, Landscapes and Social Memory offers wide-ranging sociological analysis of ghosts and the places in which they appear. Unlike other volumes specializing in literary, philosophical and psychoanalytic reflections on ghosts, Hudson links their ephemeral appearance with rootedness in the social context of landscapes. […] Hudson mirrors the difficulties that the living face in trying to grasp and describe the social power of ghosts. The experience of being haunted by ghosts in certain places is difficult to pin down. Hudson is to be commended for an original, interdisciplinary analysis of social ghosts and landscapes that will be of interest to readers in sociology, memory studies, philosophy, cultural studies and literature." – Siobhan Kattago, Memory StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction: Ghosts, landscapes and social memoryChapter 1. Ghost armies: Memory, landscape and social hauntingChapter 2. Dark caves: Prehistory and the origins of social ghostsChapter 3. Revolutionary spirits: Marx, Engels and catastropheChapter 4. Excavating spectres: Haunting and psychoanalysisChapter 5. Night spaces: The haunted houseChapter 6. Zong spectres: Ghosts of the slave systemChapter 7. Ghastly fictions: Writing the catastropheChapter 8. Nightvisiting songs: Performing the deadChapter 9. Spectral machines: Seeing social ghostsChapter 10. Conclusions: Arrivals from the futureReferencesIndex
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Taylor & Francis An Introductory Guide to Qualitative Research in
Book SynopsisAn Introductory Guide to Qualitative Research in Art Museums is a practice-based guide that is designed to introduce qualitative research to established and upcoming museum professionals and increase their confidence to conduct this type of research.Highlighting the work of researchers who are studying museums around the world, the book begins by explaining why there is a need for qualitative research in museums. Rowson Love and Randolph then go on to provide guidance, including theories and frameworks, on how to envision a qualitative research project that facilitates meaningful interpretation of visitor experiences. Chapters in the methodology section begin with descriptions of featured qualitative methodologies and will assist readers as they determine which are most appropriate for their projects and as they advocate for their research. The final section will prepare readers still further by demonstrating data analysis and reporting using the examples in the book.<
£128.25
Taylor & Francis The Museum in Asia
Book SynopsisThe Museum in Asia advances an understanding of the flourishing museum landscape in the region by offering a variety of conceptual tools and frameworks through which museum development can be analysed and understood.Informed by the key theoretical tenets of critical museology and heritage studies, this volume seeks to deconstruct the idea of museology and the museum phenomenon in East, South and Southeast Asia to identify common themes and trends unique to Asia. Drawing on case studies from ten different countries in Asia, including China and India, it proffers a set of analytical tools to think through how we can understand and conceptualise the study of museums and museology in Asia. Contributions to this edited volume are drawn from both Asian and Western academic contexts, thus offering both âinsideâ and âoutsideâ perspectives on the museum phenomenon in Asia.The Museum in Asia is the first academic book to explore the museum phenomenon in Asia from theoretical perspectives informed by critical museology and heritage studies, making it an essential text for the teaching of courses relating to museum studies, cultural heritage studies or Asian studies. Academics, students and professionals who are interested in learning more about the theory behind the museum phenomenon in Asia will find this book to be a useful resource.
£37.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Museums and the Working Class
Book SynopsisMuseums and the Working Class is the first book to take an intersectional and international approach to the issues of economic diversity and class within the field of museum studies. Bringing together 16 contributors from eight countries, this book has emerged from the significant global dialogue concerning museums' obligation to be inclusive, participate in meaningful engagement and advocate for social change. As part of the push for museums to be more accessible and inclusive, museums have been challenged to critically examine their power relationships and how these are played out in what they collect, whose stories they exhibit and who is made to feel welcome in their halls. This volume will further this professional and academic debate through the discussion of class. Contributions to the book will also reinforce the importance of the working class not only in collection and exhibition policy, but also for the organisational psychology of institutionTable of ContentsIntroduction - ‘Which Side Are You On'? Towards Meaningful Attention to Class in MuseumsAdele ChynowethPart I - Shut Out: Access and the Working Class 1. ‘A Permanent Civilising Effect’? The Impact of Reforming Working-Class Museum Visitors in Liverpool during the Nineteenth CenturyAlexander Scott 2. How British Museums Have Failed the Working ClassDavid Fleming 3. Seat of the Muses or the Moolah? New Working Class Demands on Elitist Archival PracticesSilvio Tamaso D’Onofrio Part II - Shut Up: the Struggle to End the Silence4. ‘One and All’? Retrieving South Australia’s Forgotten Labor History Philip Payton 5. ‘Go and Take a Look at Millie Now’: Murder, Tattooed Remains, and Museum Ethics in QuebecJamie Jelinksi 6. Museums in Late Populist Democracies: the Photographic Archive and the Working Class Paolo Magagnoli 7. Women´s Work in Coastal Galicia: Shining a Light on the Unseen at the Marea MuseumJosé Manuel Vázquez Lijó Part III - Know Your Place: Site-Specific Narratives8. Erasure of Working-Class Heritage in Conservation Plans: Absent Presence in the Walled City of LahoreRabia Nadir 9. Eugene V. Debs' Museum and the Preservation of Radical Working-Class Political Memory Wesley R. Bishop 10. Keeping Your Head Down at the Hyde Park Barracks MuseumAdele Chynoweth 11. From Factory to Museum: The Obliteration of the History of Resistance Meral Akbaş and Özge Kelekçi Part IV- Answering Back: Lessons from the Working and Poverty Classes12. Looking Backwards, Planning Forward: ‘Museum as Muck’ Advocating for the Working Class in Museums Michelle McGrath, in conversation with Adele Chynoweth 13. Changing Lives at the Scottish Maritime MuseumMartin Hughes 14. House of Memories: Care and Equality in the UK Museum SectorKerry Wilson 15. Ngintaka Songline Tracks in the MuseumDiana James
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Museums and Nationalism in Croatia Hungary and
Book SynopsisMuseums and Nationalism in Croatia, Hungary, and Turkey draws attention to museums as political productions of the nation-state and shows how they can be shaped by the political forces that rule a country. Drawing on case studies and interviews from Croatia, Hungary, and Turkey, the book investigates how the past has been exploited to serve the interests of nationalism in the twenty-first century, and how museums themselves are exploited to serve nationalist ideologies. Posocco argues that, in a world of nation-states where nationalism is the dominant ideology, all museums are national museums, even when they aren''t. In this perspective, they can (and do, in the case studies under analysis in this book) become the cultural offshoots of political wars, places where the national past is contested, rewritten, and sometimes even created from scratch, and finally exhibited. Paying particular attention to the decision-making and economic aspects of the Table of ContentsList of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Nationalism’s Way Through the Museum; Chapter 1. Nationalism and the Museum; Chapter 2. Methodology; Chapter 3. Nationalism and Museums in Hungary; Chapter 4. Nationalism and Museums in Turkey; Chapter 5. Nationalism and Museums in Croatia; Chapter 6. Final Thoughts; Bibliography; Index.
£19.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Welcoming Young Children into the Museum
Book SynopsisWelcoming Young Children into the Museum provides all of the information practitioners need to consider when making the decision to engage with this audience and their carers. Meeting the reader where they are, this guide enables professionals to work toward outcomes that fit with their needs.Working methodically from the initial stages of bringing staff on board, through to implementation and evaluation, readers are carefully steered through each phase. Big-picture needs, like adherence to mission, are considered alongside logistical components, like cleaning schedules, to ensure that museums cater to young children in a way that is beneficial to both the visitors and the institution. Drawing on current neurological research and best practices in early childhood education and development, this guide presents case studies from a variety of different institutions around the world that demonstrate that creating interesting, developmentally appropriate opportunities forTable of ContentsIntroduction: Why Young Children in Museums?; 1. Reflection and Research: Preparing the Ground; 2. Early Childhood Education: Laying the Foundation; 3. Physical Environment and Available Information: Leveling the Floor; 4. Program Planning: Framing the Walls; 5. Making Exhibits for Young Children: Designing the Interior; 6. Staff Training: Making a House a Home; 7. Reflection and Review: Why This is All Worth It; Appendix A: Story Time Resources; Appendix B: Anti-Bias Anti-Racist Learning Resources; Appendix C: Selected Resources
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