Museums and Their Communities

Informationen zum Autor Sheila Watson is a lecturer in the Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester. Zusammenfassung Using case studies drawn from all areas of museum studies, Museums and their Communities explores the museums as a site of representation, identity and memory, and considers how it can influence its community. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Changing Roles of Museums Over Time and Current Challenges 2. Who Controls the Museum? 3. Museums and Identities 4. Communities Remembering and Forgetting 5. Challenges: Museums and Communities in the Twenty-First Century

Product details

• Authors: Sheila Watson
• Assisted by: Sheila Watson (Editor), Watson Sheila (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.07.2007
• EAN: 9780415402590
• ISBN: 978-0-415-40259-0
• No. of pages: 592
• Series: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc