Museum and Gallery Studies The Basics The Basics Series
Auteurs : Mason Rhiannon, Robinson Alistair, Coffield Emma
Museum and Gallery Studies: The Basics is an accessible guide for the student approaching Museum and Gallery Studies for the first time. Taking a global view, it covers the key ideas, approaches and contentious issues in the field. Balancing theory and practice, the book address important questions such as:
- What are museums and galleries?
- Who decides which kinds of objects are worthy of collection?
- How are museums and galleries funded?
- What ethical concerns do practitioners need to consider?
- How is the field of Museum and Gallery Studies developing?
This user-friendly text is an essential read for anyone wishing to work within museums and galleries, or seeking to understand academic debates in the field.
Introduction; 1. First principles; 2. Collecting and collections; 3.Display, interpretation, learning; 4. Economics: The Business of Culture; 5. Politics and Society: Power and authority; 6. Identity and Representation; 7. Continuing Controversies and Conflicts; 8. Current Debates and Future Prospects
Rhiannon Mason is Professor of Heritage and Cultural Studies and Head of the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University, UK. Her teaching and research focuses on the role of heritage and memory institutions in mediating public understandings of people’s histories, cultures and identities.
Alistair Robinson is Director of Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, having held positions at the Victoria & Albert Museum and National Museum of Photography Film & Television. He is undertaking research into museums of modern art collecting contemporary art.
Emma Coffield is an Early Career Academic Fellow in Media, Culture, Heritage (MCH), at Newcastle University, UK. She is currently the MA programme leader for Art Museum and Gallery Studies. Her research focuses on contemporary art history, production and display, and the spatial politics of artistic practice.
Date de parution : 12-2017
12.9x19.8 cm
Date de parution : 12-2017
12.9x19.8 cm
Thème de Museum and Gallery Studies :
Mots-clés :
UK’s Museum; Museum governance; UK Visit; The heritage industry debate; Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre; Tourism; museums and galleries; Sheika Al Mayassa; Museums; galleries; Media; heritage bodies and governments; Paul Gauguin; Heritage bodies and museums; Sharjah Biennial; Indigenous peoples and museums; Vice Versa; Guggenheim Franchise; MUAC; Louvre franchise; Contemporary Society; Representation and museums; Gallery Studies; Protecting heritage; Bowes Museum; Test-case exhibitions; Louvre Abu Dhabi; Enola Gay exhibition; Museum Boom; Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition; AED; Digital heritage; Intangible Cultural Heritage; Museum franchising; Image Sales; The universal museum; Art Critic Claire Bishop; Architecture of museums and galleries; International Slavery Museum; museum and gallery studies; Sara Baartman; Museum collections; Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation; Digital collections; Ardabil Carpet; Material culture studies; Monographic Exhibitions; accessibility in museums and galleries; Delaware Art Museum; Museum and gallery funding; African American History; Museum collection acquisitions; Thematic Displays; Rubbish theory; historic collections and contemporary art; heritage; museum and gallery studies; museology; museography; art museum; museums and society; galleries and society; curating; heritage studies; Alistair Robinson; Emma Coffield