Analysing Museum Display - Theory and Method

Analysing Museum Display is the first comprehensive book to bring together approaches to studying museum display. Drawing on global examples, it reviews different theoretical frameworks & methods, charting major contributions to the field & exploring their potentials and limitations

List of contents

Walkthrough I: First Australians, Canberra, 2019; 1. Introduction: What is display?; Walkthrough II: Atrocity and trauma, Oslo, 2015; Walkthrough III: A world of shape and colour, Corfu Town, 2021; 2. Why analyse display?; Walkthrough IV: In the shadow of colonialism, Heldenplatz, Vienna, 2023; 3. Script, ritual, performance; Walkthrough V: Your face, Bratislava, 2023; 4. Text, narrative, exposure; Walkthrough VI: Atmospheres of deep time, London, 2022; 5. Affect, assemblage, atmosphere; Walkthrough VII: The web of life, Lyon, France, 2022; Walkthrough VIII: Momentous encounters, Verona, 2023; 6. Map, space, positioning; Walkthrough IX: A long-gone display, London, 1878; 7. Orientations for analytical practice; 8. References; Index.

About the author

Christopher Whitehead is Professor of Museology at Newcastle University, UK, where he is the current Dean of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, and Honorary Professor of Humanities at the Australian National University. He teaches museum and heritage studies and has trained generations of students in curatorship and exhibition development. He has published extensively on museum history, theory, and practice, and on the politics and experience of heritage and memory. He is series editor of Routledge Critical Heritages of Europe.

Summary

Analysing Museum Display is the first comprehensive book to bring together approaches to studying museum display. Drawing on global examples, it reviews different theoretical frameworks & methods, charting major contributions to the field & exploring their potentials and limitations

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Whitehead, Christopher (Newcastle University Whitehead, Whitehead Christopher
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9781138545915
• ISBN: 978-1-138-54591-5
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, ART / Museum Studies, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Commercial & Corporate, Industrial / commercial art & design, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc