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Objects of knowledge
by Pearce, Susan, (Pearce, Susan Mary)
fromNew research in museum studies
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Objects of knowledge
by ProQuest (Firm), Pearce, Susan M.
fromNew research in museum studies
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Type: Book
Met bibliogr. Met reg. Examination of the problems surrounding the nature of knowledge and meaning in museum objects, and the way in which these qualities can be created. The papers included adopt a wide diversity of stances; some take a broadly theoretical line, and others exam…
Volume 1 in a series designed to act as a forum for the dissemination and discussion of new research currently being undertaken in the field of Museum Studies. The series aims to cover the whole museum field and to broadly address the history and operation of the museum as a cul…
Since the 1990s, critics and curators have broadly accepted the notion that participatory art is the ultimate political art: that by encouraging an audience to take part an artist can promote new emancipatory social relations. Around the world, the champions of this form of expr…
With essays by Charles Saumarez Smith, Ludmilla Jordanova, Paul Greenhalgh, Colin Sorensen, Nick Merriman, Stephen Bann, Philip Wright, Norman Palmer and Peter Vergo. "A lively and controversial symposium ... thought-provoking"--The Sunday Times (Paperbacks of the Year, 1989)"Th…
The author views museums as complex entities in which both art and architecture are parts of a larger whole, in addition she views collections as ritual structures. In this perspective the Louvre museum in Paris and the National gallery in London are treated as examples of the t…
Preface / Sandra Dudley -- 1. Introduction: museums and things / Sandra Dudley -- Part I: Objects and their creation in the museum. Introduction / Jennifer Walklate -- 2. Romancing the Stones: earth science objects as material culture / Hannah-Lee Chalk -- 3. What do we know abo…
Preface / Sandra Dudley -- 1. Introduction: museums and things / Sandra Dudley -- Part I: Objects and their creation in the museum. Introduction / Jennifer Walklate -- 2. Romancing the Stones: earth science objects as material culture / Hannah-Lee Chalk -- 3. What do we know abo…
