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Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts

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Up to date to reflect the contemporary developments in twenty-first century museum scholarship, the brand new Second Edition of Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts presents a comprehensive number of approaches to museums and their relation to history, culture and philosophy.

  • Unique in its deep range of historical sources and by its inclusion of number one texts by museum makers
  • Places current praxis and theory in its broader and deeper historical context with the number of number one and secondary sources spanning more than 200 years
  • Features the contemporary developments in museum scholarship concerning problems with inclusion and exclusion, repatriation, indigenous models of collection and display, museums in an age of globalization, visitor studies and interactive technologies
  • Includes a brand new section on relationships, interactions, and responsibilities
  • Offers an Up to date bibliography and list of resources dedicated to museum studies that makes the quantity an authoritative guide at the subject
  • New entries by Victoria E. M. Cain, Neil G.W. Curtis, Catherine Ingraham, Gwyneira Isaac, Robert R. Janes, Sean Kingston, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Sharon J. Macdonald, Saloni Mathur, Gerald McMaster, Sidney Moko Mead, Donald Preziosi, Karen A. Rader, Richard Sandell, Roger I. Simon, Crain Soudien, Paul Tapsell, Stephen E. Weil, Paul Williams, and Andrea Witcomb
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