Return of Curiosity - What Museums Are Good for in the Twenty-First Century

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Thomas is Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths College, London. He has curated exhibitions in many countries and has been the Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge since 2006. His many books include Oceanic Art (1995), Possessions: Indigenous Art/Colonial Culture (1999), Tattoo: Bodies, Art and Exchange in the Pacific and Europe (Reaktion, 2005) and Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire (2012), which won the Wolfson History Prize, Klappentext Over the last twenty years museums have proliferated, attracting new audiences and assuming new prominence in public life. The Return of Curiosity offers a fresh perspective on museums and what they may now be good for. Zusammenfassung Over the last twenty years museums have proliferated! attracting new audiences and assuming new prominence in public life. The Return of Curiosity offers a fresh perspective on museums and what they may now be good for.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Thomas
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9781780236568
• ISBN: 978-1-78023-656-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; ART / Museum Studies, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies