{"product_id":"a-companion-to-museum-studies-isbn-9781405108393","title":"A Companion to Museum Studies","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Museum Studies\u003c\/i\u003e captures the multidisciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCollects first-rate original essays by leading figures from a range of disciplines and theoretical stances, including anthropology, art history, history, literature, sociology, cultural studies, and museum studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the complexity of the museum from cultural, political, curatorial, historical and representational perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers traditional subjects, such as space, display, buildings, objects and collecting, and more contemporary challenges such as visiting, commerce, community and experimental exhibition forms\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Illustrations ix  \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Note xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Expanding Museum Studies: An Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSharon Macdonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Perspectives, Disciplines, Concepts 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Cultural Theory and Museum Studies 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRhiannon Mason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Sociology and the Social Aspects of Museums 33\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGordon Fyfe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Art History and Museology: Rendering the Visible Legible 50\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDonald Preziosi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Museums and Anthropologies: Practices and Narratives 64\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnthony Alan Shelton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Collecting Practices 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSharon Macdonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Conundrum of Ephemerality: Time, Memory, and Museums 98\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan A. Crane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Histories, Heritage, Identities 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Origins of the Public Museum 115\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffrey Abt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 World Fairs and Museums 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert W. Rydell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Making and Remaking National Identities 152\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFlora\u003c\/i\u003e Edouwaye \u003ci\u003eS. Kaplan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Museums and Community 170\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Crooke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Re-staging Histories and Identities 186\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosmarie Beier-de Haan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Heritage 198\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven Hoelscher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Architecture, Space, Media 219\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Museum Architecture: A Brief History 223\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichaela Giebelhausen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Insight versus Entertainment: Untimely Meditations on the Architecture of Twentieth-century Art Museums 245\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVittorio Magnago Lampugnani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Civic Seeing: Museums and the Organization of Vision 263\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTony Bennett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Space Syntax: The Language of Museum Space 282\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBill Hillier and Kali Tzortzi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 New Media 302\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichelle Henning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Visitors, Learning, Interacting 319\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Living in a Learning Society: Museums and Free-choice Learning 323\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn H. Falk, Lynn D. Dierking, and Marianna Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Museum Education 340\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge E. Hein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Interactivity: Thinking Beyond 353\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrea Witcomb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Studying Visitors 362\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEilean Hooper-Greenhill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Globalization, Profession, Practice 377\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Globalization: Incorporating the Museum 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark W. Rectanus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Cultural Economics 398\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBruno S. Frey and Stephan Meier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Museum Profession 415\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatrick J. Boylan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Museum Ethics 431\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTristram Besterman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Museum Practice: Legal Issues 442\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatty Gerstenblith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Non-Western Models of Museums and Curation in Cross-cultural Perspective 457\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristina Kreps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Culture Wars, Transformations, Futures 473\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 474\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Incivilities in Civil(-ized) Places: \"Culture Wars\" in Comparative Perspective 477\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven C. Dubin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Science Museums and the Culture Wars 494\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven Conn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Postmodern Restructurings 509\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNick Prior\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Exposing the Public 525\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMieke Bal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 The Future of the Museum 543\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles Saumarez Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 555\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This account captures a fresh, multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in our society. It expands museum studies and presents a wide range of theoretical perspectives. The essays examine the complexity of the museum from cultural, political governance, curatorial, historical, and representational perspectives, Sharon Macdonald is the author and Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester.\" (Neopoprealism Journal, 24 November 2011)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e“The collection is not primarily a compendium of the work of ethnographers. The group of scholars Macdonald brought together reflects the current makeup of museum studies as an interdisciplinary endeavor.” (\u003ci\u003eMuseum Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e Choice \u003ci\u003eOutstanding Academic Title for 2007\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Required reading for museum professionals and scholars in museum studies, art and cultural history, sociology of art, and anthropology ... The text is rich in information and diverse in perspectives; it both introduces and complicates in an intriguing and necessary way what we 'know' about museums ... Essential.\" \u003ci\u003e(Choice)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is a wonderfully comprehensive collection of essays, offering diverse perspectives, covering all aspects of the museum profession, and addressing contemporary and historical discourse … It really is the best compendium I’ve read in years.” \u003ci\u003e(Museums Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSharon Macdonald\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. Her books include \u003ci\u003eTheorizing Museums \u003c\/i\u003e(edited with Gordon Fyfe, Blackwell 1996), \u003ci\u003eReimagining Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Display \u003c\/i\u003e(ed., 1998), \u003ci\u003eBehind the Scenes at the Science Museum \u003c\/i\u003e(2002), and \u003ci\u003eExhibition Experiments \u003c\/i\u003e(edited with Paul Basu, Blackwell 2007).  \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Museum Studies\u003c\/i\u003e captures a fresh, multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society. Expanding museum studies and presenting a wide range of theoretical perspectives, the volume brings together authoritative original essays by leading figures from disciplines including anthropology, art history, history, literature, sociology, and cultural studies, as well as museum studies.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003eThe book examines the complexity of the museum from cultural, political governance, curatorial, historical, and representational perspectives. From traditional subjects, including space, display, buildings, and collecting, to more contemporary challenges and concerns, such as visiting, commerce, community, and experimental exhibition forms, this \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e proves itself an indispensable reference for art historians, museum curators, and art and culture lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e  “No one is better qualified than Sharon Macdonald to create this definitive companion to museum studies. The field has not only come of age but has also burgeoned in all directions. How wise then to capture the vibrancy of its interdisciplinarity by assembling the work of a veritable who’s who of museum studies. Each voice is at once distinct and in dialogue and debate with others. A vital text for the field.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, New York University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Museum Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable guide to what has come to be called ‘the New Museology.’ This set of papers by some of the most distinguished scholars of museums examines museums, displays and exhibits from the perspectives of different disciplines. No one attempting to study or teach about museums will be able to do without this aptly named \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e. It will be both guide and landmark in museum studies for years to come.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eIvan Karp, Emory University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988612366565,"sku":"NP9781405108393","price":263.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405108393.jpg?v=1761780971","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-museum-studies-isbn-9781405108393","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}