The Thing about Museums

The Thing about Museums
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 480
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ISBN-10 : 9781136634239
ISBN-13 : 1136634231
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Book Synopsis The Thing about Museums by : Sandra Dudley

Download or read book The Thing about Museums written by Sandra Dudley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Things about Museums constitutes a unique, highly diverse collection of essays unprecedented in existing books in either museum and heritage studies or material culture studies. Taking varied perspectives and presenting a range of case studies, the chapters all address objects in the context of museums, galleries and/or the heritage sector more broadly. Specifically, the book deals with how objects are constructed in museums, the ways in which visitors may directly experience those objects, how objects are utilised within particular representational strategies and forms, and the challenges and opportunities presented by using objects to communicate difficult and contested matters. Topics and approaches examined in the book are diverse, but include the objectification of natural history specimens and museum registers; materiality, immateriality, transience and absence; subject/object boundaries; sensory, phenomenological perspectives; the museumisation of objects and collections; and the dangers inherent in assuming that objects, interpretation and heritage are ‘good’ for us.


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