Presents an introduction to some of the ideas, texts and histories relevant to the museum in the 21st century. This book explores how historical and contemporary museums restage the relationship between people and material things.
Michelle Henning. IN CULTURAL AND MEDIA STUDIES SERIES EDITOR : STUART ALLAN. Museums. Media. and. Cultural. Theory. as Museums can work to reproduce ideologies and confirm the existing order of things, or instruments of social reform. Yet ...
This succinct and enlightening overview is a required reading for advanced graduate-level students. We hope you find this book useful in shaping your future career.
This book explores how digital culture is transforming museums in the 21st century.
Focusing on formal, theoretical and technical aspects of exhibition practice, this in-depth volume explores questions of temporality, attachment to objects, atmospheric and immersive exhibition design, the reinvention of the exhibition ...
The essays examine the complexity of the museum from cultural, political governance, curatorial, historical, and representational perspectives.
This volume offers a holistic picture of museum online activities that can serve as a starting point for cross-disciplinary discussion.
Emerging technologies in museums have the potential to reveal unheard or silenced stories, challenge preconceptions, encourage emotional responses, introduce the unexpected, and overall provide alternative experiences.
The collection also discusses alternative exhibition forms, the involvement of some museums with the more spectacular practices of mass media culture, and looks at how museums construct their public.
