Museums and Community - Ideas, Issues and Challenges

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Crooke Klappentext Explores the dynamics of the relationship between the community and the museum. This work examines one of the museum's primary responsibilities - working with different communities and using collections to encourage people to learn about their own histories! and to understand other people's. Zusammenfassung Combining research that stretches across all of the social sciences, her own personal research and international case studies, Elizabeth Crooke’s book here explores the dynamics of the relationship between the community and the museum. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The appeal of community! museums and heritage 2. Understanding community 3. Community development and the UK museum sector 4. Social capital and the cultural sector 5. Museums! cultural diversity and multiculturalism 6. Museums and community relations in Northern Ireland 7. Museums and community movements Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Crooke, Elizabeth (University of Ulster Crooke, Crooke Elizabeth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.02.2008
• EAN: 9780415336574
• ISBN: 978-0-415-33657-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Museum Meanings; Museum Meanings
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc