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Reculturing Museums

Author : Doris B. Ash
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000536173
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Reculturing Museums written by Doris B. Ash and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-27 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reculturing Museums takes a unified sociocultural theoretical approach to analyze the many conflicts museums experience in the 21st century. Embracing conflict, Ash asks: What can practitioners and researchers do to create the change they want to see when old systems remain stubbornly in place? Using a unified sociocultural, cultural-historical, activity-theoretical approach to analyzing historically bound conflicts that plague museums, each chapter is organized around a central contradiction, including finances ("Who will pay for museums?"), demographic shifts ("Who will come to museums?"), the roles of narratives ("Whose story is it?"), ownership of objects ("Who owns the artifact?"), and learning and teaching ("What is learning and how can we teach equitably?"). The reculturing stance taken by Ash promotes social justice and equity, ‘making change’ first, within museums, called inreach, rather than outside the museum, called outreach; challenges existing norms; is sensitive to neoliberal and deficit ideologies; and pays attention to the structure agency dialectic. Reculturing Museums will be essential reading for academics, students, museum practitioners, educational researchers, and others who care about museums and want to ensure that all people have equal access to the activities, objects, and ideas residing in them.

Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums

Author : Franklin D Vagnone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315435047
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums written by Franklin D Vagnone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these days of an aging traditional audience, shrinking attendance, tightened budgets, increased competition, and exponential growth in new types of communication methods, America’s house museums need to take bold steps and expand their overall purpose beyond those of the traditional museum. They need not only to engage the communities surrounding them, but also to collaborate with visitors on the type and quality of experience they provide. This book is a groundbreaking manifesto that calls for the establishment of a more inclusive, visitor-centered paradigm based on the shared experience of human habitation. It draws inspiration from film, theater, public art, and urban design to transform historic house museums while providing a how-to guide for making historic house museums sustainable, through five primary themes: communicating with the surrounding community, engaging the community, re-imagining the visitor experience, celebrating the detritus of human habitation, and acknowledging the illusion of the shelter’s authenticity. Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums offers a wry, but informed, rule-breaking perspective from authors with years of experience and gives numerous vivid examples of both good and not-so-good practices from house museums in the U.S.

Museums and Social Responsibility

Author : Kevin Coffee
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000818470
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Museums and Social Responsibility written by Kevin Coffee and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-23 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Museums and Social Responsibility examines inherent contradictions within and effecting museum practice in order to outline a museological theory of how museums are important cultural practices in themselves and how museums shape the socio-cultural dynamics of modern societies, especially our attitudes and understandings about human agency and creative potential. Museums are libraries of objects, presenting thematic justification that dominant concepts of normativity and speciality, as well as attitudes of cultural deprecation. By sorting culture into hierarchies of symbolic value, museums cloak themselves in supposed objectivity, delivered with the passion of connoisseurship and the surety of scholarly research. Ulterior motives pertaining to socio-economic class, racial and ethnic othering, and sexual subjugation, are shrouded by that false appearance of objectivity. This book highlights how the socially responsive practitioner can challenge and subvert taken-for-granted motivations by undertaking liberatory museum work that engages subaltern narratives, engages historically disadvantage populations, and co-creates with them dialogical practices of collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting. It points to examples in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, not as self-contained entities but as practices within a global web of relationships, and as microcosms that define normality and abnormality, that engage users in critical dialogue, and that influence, are conditioned by, and disrupt taken-for-granted understandings and practices of class, ethnicity, sex, gender, thinking and being. Suitable for students, researchers, and museum professionals, Museums and Social Responsibility presents a comprehensive argument and proposes critical, reflective processes to the practitioner, so that their museum work may more effectively engage with and change their societies and the world.

The Reflective Museum Practitioner

Author : Laura W. Martin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429655703
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book The Reflective Museum Practitioner written by Laura W. Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reflective Museum Practitioner explores a range of expansive and creative ways in which the concept of “reflective practice” has been applied in the informal STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning environments of museums and zoos. It seeks to demonstrate how such a process can inspire lifelong learning in practitioners, to the benefit of practitioners and visitors alike. Presenting six projects that employed reflective practice, the contributors examine how each project has encouraged and sustained reflection, and the outcomes thereof. The projects cover a wide range of different practitioners—including administrators, scientists, educators, and other front-line and back-room staff—who work at different junctures of their organizations. Collectively, they raise key questions about changing communities of practice in Informal Science Learning institutions. The projects and concept of “reflective practice” are fully defined and contextualized by the editors, who offer in-depth analysis, along with a cultural-historical activity theory framework, for understanding how changes in museum practice unfold in an institutional context. The Reflective Museum Practitioner offers museum professionals insight into “reflective practice,” as practiced by other institutions in their sector, providing practical examples that can be adapted to their needs. It will also be of interest to scholars and students focusing on science museums, or professional practice development in museums.

Public Gardens and Livable Cities

Author : Donald A. Rakow
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 150175176X
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Public Gardens and Livable Cities written by Donald A. Rakow and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Gardens and Livable Cities changes the paradigm for how we conceive of the role of urban public gardens. Donald A. Rakow, Meghan Z. Gough, and Sharon A. Lee advocate for public gardens as community outreach agents that can, and should, partner with local organizations to support positive local agendas. Safe neighborhoods, quality science education, access to fresh and healthy foods, substantial training opportunities, and environmental health are the key initiative areas the authors explore as they highlight model successes and instructive failures that can guide future practices. Public Gardens and Livable Cities uses a prescriptive approach to synthesize a range of public, private, and nonprofit initiatives from municipalities throughout the country. In doing so, the authors examine the initiatives from a practical perspective to identify how they were implemented, their sustainability, the obstacles they encountered, the impact of the initiatives on their populations, and how they dealt with the communities' underlying social problems. By emphasizing the knowledge and skills that public gardens can bring to partnerships seeking to improve the quality of life in cities, this book offers a deeper understanding of the urban public garden as a key resource for sustainable community development.

Creating Digital Exhibits for Cultural Institutions

Author : Emily Marsh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000852180
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Creating Digital Exhibits for Cultural Institutions written by Emily Marsh and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Digital Exhibits for Cultural Institutions will show you how to create digital exhibits and experiences for your users that will be informative, accessible and engaging. Illustrated with real-world examples of digital exhibits from a range of GLAMs, the book addresses the many analytical aspects and practical considerations involved in the creation of such exhibits. It will support you as you go about: analyzing content to find hidden themes, applying principles from the museum exhibit literature, placing your content within internal and external information ecosystems, selecting exhibit software, and finding ways to recognize and use your own creativity. Demonstrating that an exhibit provides a useful and creative connecting point where your content, your organization, and your audience can meet, the book also demonstrates that such exhibits can provide a way to revisit difficult and painful material in a way that includes frank and enlightened analyses of issues such as racism, colonialism, sexism, class, and LGBTQI+ issues. Creating Digital Exhibits for Cultural Institutions is an essential resource for librarians, archivists, and other cultural heritage professionals who want to promote their institution’s digital content to the widest possible audience. Academics and students working in the fields of library and information science, museum studies and digital humanities will also find much to interest them within the pages of this book.

How People Learn in Informal Science Environments

Author : Patricia G. Patrick
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031132912
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book How People Learn in Informal Science Environments written by Patricia G. Patrick and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-04-01 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume brings together an international perspective of 22 diverse learning theories applied to a range of informal science learning environments. The book is divided into 7 sections: community of practice, critical theory, identity theory, sociocultural, socioscientific, and social entrepreneurship, systems theory, and theory development. The chapters present how researchers from diverse backgrounds and cultures use theories in their work and how these may be applied as theoretical frameworks for future research. The chapters bridge theory and practice and collectively address a wide range of ages (children-adults) and contexts. The book is written to engage a broad audience of researchers in universities and museums, while appealing to the growing number of researchers and educators who recognize the importance of informal learning to the development of environmental and scientific literacy. It is essential reading for inexperienced researchers and those seeking new theoretical perspectives.

Preparing Informal Science Educators

Author : Patricia G Patrick
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319503987
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Preparing Informal Science Educators written by Patricia G Patrick and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a diverse look at various aspects of preparing informal science educators. Much has been published about the importance of preparing formal classroom educators, but little has been written about the importance, need, and best practices for training professionals who teach in aquariums, camps, parks, museums, etc. The reader will find that as a collective the chapters of the book are well-related and paint a clear picture that there are varying ways to approach informal educator preparation, but all are important. The volume is divided into five topics: Defining Informal Science Education, Professional Development, Designing Programs, Zone of Reflexivity: The Space Between Formal and Informal Educators, and Public Communication. The authors have written chapters for practitioners, researchers and those who are interested in assessment and evaluation, formal and informal educator preparation, gender equity, place-based education, professional development, program design, reflective practice, and science communication. Readers will draw meaning and usefulness from the array of professional perspectives and be stimulated to begin a quest to scaffold programs and professional development around the frameworks described in this book.

Natural History Dioramas

Author : Sue Dale Tunnicliffe
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401794960
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Natural History Dioramas written by Sue Dale Tunnicliffe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together in a unique perspective aspects of natural history dioramas, their history, construction and rationale, interpretation and educational importance, from a number of different countries, from the west coast of the USA, across Europe to China. It describes the journey of dioramas from their inception through development to visions of their future. A complementary journey is that of visitors and their individual sense making and construction of their understanding from their own starting points, often interacting with others (e.g. teachers, peers, parents) as well as media (e.g. labels). Dioramas have been, hitherto, a rather neglected area of museum exhibits but a renaissance is beginning for them and their educational importance in contributing to people’s understanding of the natural world. This volume showcases how dioramas can reach a wide audience and increase access to biological knowledge.

Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning

Author : Emily Dawson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351971085
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning written by Emily Dawson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning explores how some people are excluded from science education and communication. Taking the role of science in society as a starting point, it critically examines the concept of equity in science learning and develops a framework to support inclusive change. This book presents a theoretically informed, empirically detailed analysis of how people from minoritised groups in the UK experience science and everyday science learning resources in their daily lives. The book draws on two years of ethnographic research carried out in London with five community groups who identified as Asian, Somali, Afro-Caribbean, Latin American and Sierra Leonean. Exploring their experiences of everyday science learning from a sociological perspective, with social justice as a guiding concern, this book opens with a theory of exclusion and closes with a theory of inclusion. Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning is not only an essential text for postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers of Science Education, Science Communication and Museum Studies, but for any professional working in museums, science centres and institutional public engagement.

Design Make Play for Equity, Inclusion, and Agency

Author : Harouna Ba
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351333151
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Design Make Play for Equity, Inclusion, and Agency written by Harouna Ba and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the hot-button issue of STEM education and how to effectively—and equitably—stimulate student interest in STEM fields Supported by the lead author’s extensive speaking schedule and media contacts Features leading-edge research and practical advice and provides appealing and accessible forms of engagement that will support a diverse range of audiences and deepen their approach to creative STEM learning Contributions from program developers, facilitators, educators, exhibit designers, and researchers

Inclusive Science Communication in Theory and Practice

Author : Thomas Hayden
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889766829
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Inclusive Science Communication in Theory and Practice written by Thomas Hayden and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Exhibiting Cultures

Author : Ivan Karp
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1560980214
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Exhibiting Cultures written by Ivan Karp and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 1991-05-17 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debating the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, Exhibiting Cultures probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how art and artifacts are displayed and understood. The contributors—museum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropology—represent a variety of stances on the role of museums and their function as intermediaries between the makers of art or artifacts and the eventual viewers.

Exhibiting Cultures

Author : Ivan Karp
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588343693
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Exhibiting Cultures written by Ivan Karp and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debating the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, Exhibiting Cultures probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how art and artifacts are displayed and understood. The contributors—museum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropology—represent a variety of stances on the role of museums and their function as intermediaries between the makers of art or artifacts and the eventual viewers.

Museums as Cultures of Copies

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367663292
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book Museums as Cultures of Copies written by Taylor & Francis Group and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few institutions are warier of copies than museums. Few fields of knowledge are more prone to denounce copies as fake than the heritage field. Few discourses are as concerned with authenticity, aura, originals and provenance as those concerning exhibiting and collecting. So why is it that these are institutions, fields and discourses where copies proliferate and copying techniques have thrived for hundreds of years? Museums as Cultures of Copies aims to make the copying practices of museums visible and to discuss, from a range of interrelated perspectives, precisely what function copies fulfil in the heritage field and in museums today. With contributions from Europe and Canada, the book interrogates the meaning of copies and presents copying as a fully integrated part of museum work. Including chapters on ethnographic mannequins, digitalized photos, death masks, museum documentation and mechanical models, contributors consider how copying as a cultural form changes according to time and place and how new forms of copying and copy technologies challenge and expand museum work today. Arguing that copying is at the basis of museum practice and that new technologies and practices have been taken up and developed in museums since their inception, the book presents both heritage work and copies in a new light. Museums as Cultures of Copies should be of great interest to academics, scholars and postgraduate students working in the fields of museum and heritage studies, as well as visual studies, cultural history and archaeology. It should also be essential reading for museum practitioners.

The Museum Time-machine

Author : Robert Lumley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Museum Time-machine written by Robert Lumley and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Museums are an international growth industry. Not only are they increasing in numbers, but they are acquiring new functions in the organization of cultural activities. It is through museums that societies represent their relationship to their own history and to that of other cultures and peoples. Today, there are great differences and conflicts both inside and outside museums about how this should best be done, leading those concerned with running them to question the traditional concepts of what a museum is, what it can offer its public, and how history is conceived and presented. Although The Museum Time -Machine deals with recent public controversies, such as those over charges, sponsorship, and political interference, it is primarily concerned with broader cultural and social questions. The debate is an international one, and The Museum Time-Machine contains contributions from France and Australia as well as Britain. Comparisons are also drawn with the USA and Canada. The contributors include both museum professionals and academics, thus providing perspectives from both 'inside' and 'outside' the museum itself."--

Matters of Belonging

Author : Wayne Modest
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789088907784
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Matters of Belonging written by Wayne Modest and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication examines creative and collaborative practices within ethnographic and world cultures museums across Europe as part of their responses to ongoing public and scholarly critique.