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Zusatztext 'The twenty-eight essays included in Museum Revolutions are written by an impressive international body of contributors?Museum Revolutions also clearly contributes to the literature in museum ethics! as the essays are rich in ethical topics such as the politics of representation! ecomuseums! repatriation! social responsibility! indigenous peoples and new museum models! treatment of human remains! and learning and difference ? I believe that Museum Revolutions is not only an ideal text for any museum history curriculum it is an important addition to any museum studies library.' - Erin Peters! Institute of Museum Ethics Informationen zum Autor Simon Knell, Suzanne MacLeod, Sheila Watson Klappentext This single-volume museum studies reference title explores the ways in which museums are shaped and configured and how they themselves attempt to shape and change the world around them. Written by a leading group of museum professionals and academics from around the world and including new research, the chapters reveal the diverse and subtle means by which museums engage and in so doing change and are changed. The authors span over 200 years discussing national museums, ecomuseums, society museums, provincial galleries, colonial museums, the showman's museum, and science centres. Topics covered include: disciplinary practices, ethnic representation, postcolonial politics, economic aspiration, social reform, indigenous models, conceptions of history, urban regeneration, sustainability, sacred objects, a sense of place, globalization, identities, social responsibility, controversy, repatriation, human remains, drama, learning and education. Capturing the richness of the museum studies discipline, Museum Revolutions is the ideal text for museum studies courses, providing a wide range of interlinked themes and the latest thought and research from experts in the field. It is invaluable for those students and museum professionals who want to understand the past, present and future of the museum. Zusammenfassung Capturing the richness of the museum studies discipline, Museum Revolutions is the ideal text for museum studies courses, providing a wide range of interlinked themes and the latest thought and research from experts in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Simon Knell Shaping museums and manifestos 1 Establishing the paradigmatic museum: Georges Cuvier's Cabinet d'anatomie comparée in Paris Philippe Taquet 2 William Bullock: inventing a visual language of objects Susan Pearce 3 Museums, fossils and the cultural revolution of science: mapping change in the politics of knowledge in early nineteenth-century Britain Simon J. Knell 4 Establishing the manifesto: art histories in the nineteenth-century museum Christopher Whitehead 5 Economic logic versus Enlightenment rationality: evolution of the museum-zoo-garden complex and the modern Indian city, 1843-1900 Savithri Preetha Nair 6 Occupying the architecture of the gallery: spatial, social and professional change at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1877-1933 Suzanne MacLeod 7 Modernity and identity: the National Museum of Iran Ali Mozaffari 8 Science centres: a museums studies approach to their development and possible future direction Richard Toon 9 Before 'Te Maori': a revolution deconstructed Conal McCarthy 10 Museums, social responsibility and the future we desire Robert R. Janes Changing places, changing people 11 Making Pakeha histories in New Zealand museums: community and identity in the post-war period Bronwyn Labrum 12 History museums, community identities and a sense of place: rewriting histories Sheila Watson 13 Museums and the shaping of cultural identities: visitors' recollections in local museums in Taiwan Chia-Li Chen 14 Political and social influences affecting the sense of place in municipal museums in Portugal Marta Anico and Elsa Peralta 15 Ecomuseums and sustainability in Italy, Japan an...
