| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 314 pages, [24] pages of color plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Museum meanings |
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Museum meanings.
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| Contents |
The heart of the matter : integrating equality and diversity into the policy and practice of museums and galleries / Eithne Nightingale and Chandan Mahal -- Museologically speaking : an interview with Fred Wilson / Janet Marstine -- Moving beyond the mainstream : insight into the relationship between community-based heritage organizations and the museum / Kimberly F. Keith -- Beyond compliance? : museums, disability and the law / Heather J.L. Smith, Barry Ginley and Hannah Goodwin -- Museums for social justice : managing organisational change / David Fleming -- Fred Wilson, good work and the phenomenon of Freud's mystic writing pad / Janet Marstine -- The margins and the mainstream / Gary Younge -- Cultural diversity : politics, policy and practices : the case of Tate Encounters / Andrew Dewdney, David Dibosa and Victoria Walsh -- A question of faith : the museum as a spiritual or secular space / John Reeve -- A book with its page always open? / Oliver Winchester -- Unpacking gender : creating complex models for gender inclusivity in museums / Amy K. Levin -- Museums and autism : creating an inclusive community for learning / Susan Davis Baldino -- Museums as intercultural spaces / Simona Bodo -- Museums and the human rights frame / Richard Sandell -- Creativity, learning and cultural rights / David Anderson -- Exceeding the limits of representation? : petitioning for constitutional change at the Museum of Australian Democracy / Kylie Message -- Towards social inclusion in Taiwan : museums, equality and Indigenous groups / Marzia Varutti -- Social justice and community participation in non-Western contexts : the Marib Museum Project in Yemen / Susan Kamel and Christine Gerbich -- Embedding shared heritage : human rights discourse and the London Mayor's Commission on African and Asian Heritage / Janice Cheddie -- Social media towards social change : potential and challenges for museums / Amelia Wong -- Museums, African collections and social justice / Helen Mears and Wayne Modest |
| Summary |
The last two decades have seen concerns for equality, diversity, social justice and human rights move from the margins of museum thinking and practice, to the core. The arguments - both moral and pragmatic - for engaging diverse audiences, creating the conditions for more equitable access to museum resources, and opening up opportunities for participation, now enjoy considerable consensus in many parts of the world. A growing number of institutions are concerned to construct new narratives that represent a plurality of lived experiences, histories and identities which aim to nurture support |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Museums -- Social aspects
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Museums -- Philosophy
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology.
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REFERENCE -- General.
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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Museums -- Philosophy.
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Museums -- Social aspects.
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Gesellschaft
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Gleichheit
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Museum
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sandell, Richard, 1967-
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Nightingale, Eithne
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| LC no. |
2011044793 |
| ISBN |
9780203120057 |
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0203120051 |
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9781136318702 |
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1136318704 |
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9781136318658 |
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1136318658 |
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9781136318696 |
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1136318690 |
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