Combining research that stretches across all of the social sciences and international case studies, Elizabeth Crooke here explores the dynamics of the relationship between the community and the museum.
Focusing strongly on areas such as Northern Ireland, South Africa, Australia and North America to highlight the complex issues faced by museums and local groups, Crooke examines one of the museum's primary responsibilities - working with different communities and using collections to encourage people to learn about their own histories, and to understand other people's.
Arguing for a much closer examination of this concept of community, and of the significance of museums to different communities, Museums and Community is a dynamic look at a relationship that has, in modern times, never been more important.
| ISBN: | 9780415336567 |
| Publication date: | 8th February 2008 |
| Author: | Elizabeth M Crooke |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 165 pages |
| Series: | Museum Meanings |
| Genres: |
Museology and heritage studies Cultural studies Social groups, communities and identities |
Combining research that stretches across all of the social sciences and international case studies, Elizabeth Crooke here explores the dynamics of the relationship between the community and the museum.Focusing strongly on areas such as Northern Ireland, South Africa, Australia and North America to highlight the complex issues faced by museums and local groups, Crooke examines one of the museum's primary responsibilities - working with different communities and using collections to encourage people to learn about their own histories, and to understand other people's.Arguing for a much closer examination of this concept of community, and of the significance of museums to different communities, Museums and Community is a dynamic look at a relationship that has, in modern times, never been more important.
Museums and Community features in the following genres: Museology and heritage studies, Cultural studies, Social groups, communities and identities
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Museums and Community was written by Elizabeth M Crooke and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Museums and Community has 165 pages
Yes it is part of Museum Meanings series
£154.79, reduced from £171.99. Not Available.