Title Curating the future : museums, communities and climate change / edited by Jennifer Newell, Libby Robin and Kirsten Wehner

Published London : Routledge, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 298 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color) Series Routledge environmental humanities Routledge environmental humanities. Contents pt. I. Welcoming new voices : opening museums -- pt. II. Reinventing nature and culture -- pt. III. Focusing on the future -- pt. IV. Representing change and uncertainty Summary "The museum sector has a moral obligation to use its collections and exhibitions and other events to explore some of the inequalities wrought by global warming. The book tackles the broad global issue of climate change through specific collections and in local places. It reflects the Pacific community at its core, but also embraces many other communities who will experience the adverse effects of climate change sooner or later. The book is rich with practical museum experience and detail, as well as critical, analytical and philosophical about where a museum can intervene to speak to this great conundrum of our times"--Provided by publisher Notes "Earthscan from Routledge." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Jennifer Newell is the curator of Pacific Ethnography at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. She teaches Museum Anthropology at Columbia University, USA, and convenes the Museums and Climate Change Network. She has partnerships with museums in the Pacific, including in Samoa and Fiji, and is a former curator at the British Museum. Libby Robin works across the university and museum sectors in Australia, Sweden and Germany. She is Professor of Environment and Society at the Australian National University, research affiliate at the National Museum of Australia, affiliated professor at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, and Board Member, Rachel Carson Center, LMU, Munich, Germany. Kirsten Wehner is Head Curator of the People and the Environment program at the National Museum of Australia. She is a member of the Humanities for the Environment Australia-Pacific Observatory and a professional associate of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research at the University of Canberra, Australia Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 18, 2016) Subject Museums -- Social aspects Museums -- Environmental aspects Museums -- Curatorship. Museums -- Collection management. Museums and community. Museums and community -- Pacific Area Climatic changes -- Social aspects Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Pacific Area collections management. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology. REFERENCE -- General. TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development. NATURE -- Ecology. Climatic changes -- Social aspects Ecology Museums and community Museums -- Collection management Museums -- Curatorship Museums -- Environmental aspects Museums -- Social aspects SUBJECT Pacific Area -- Environmental conditions Subject Pacific Area Form Electronic book Author Newell, Jennifer, editor Robin, Libby, 1956- editor. Wehner, Kirsten, editor ISBN 9781317217954 1317217950 9781315620770 1315620774 1317217969 9781317217961 9781317217947 1317217942

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