Robert R Janes

Museums in a Troubled World

Renewal, Irrelevance or Collapse?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Museums are rarely acknowledged in the global discussion of climate change, environmental degradation, the inevitability of depleted fossil fuels, and the myriad local issues concerning the well-being of particular communities - suggesting the irrelevance of museums as social institutions. This book explores the meaning and role of museums.

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First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780415463003
• ISBN-10: 0415463009
• Artikelnr.: 26607403

Autorenporträt

Robert R. Janes

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue Time Immemorial The Willow Lakers The Curator The Exhibit
Technician The Chief Executive Officer The Future 1. Museums and
Irrelevance Troubling Questions Sobering Assumptions Uncertainty, Elitism
and Myopia 2. A Troubled World The Absence of Stewardship A Troubled World
Our Lethal Footprint A Virtual Impression Killing Our Relatives - Close and
Distant Enter Museums Homogenizing the Ethnosphere Diagnosing the Assault
on Stewardship 3. It's a Jungle in Here: Museums and their Self-Inflicted
Challenges The Three Agendas The Fallacy of Authoritative Neutrality The
Lone Museum Director Management Myopia The Consequences of Hierarchy:
Learning from Hunters Museum Exhibitions: Ploughing Old Ground Collections:
Museums as Consumption 4. Debunking the Marketplace Corporatism Has Arrived
Back to the Beginning A Clash of Values The Anatomy of Failure Courting the
Corporatists: A Cautionary Tale Business Literacy Methods Aren't Values 5.
Searching for Resilience? Resilient Innovators Why Resilience? Resilient
Values Assuming Responsibility 6. The Mindful Museum Mindfulness Museum
Chatter Thinking Orthogonally Museum Mindfulness Museums for a Troubled
World 7. Museums: Stewards or Spectators? A Brief Retrospective The
Consequences of Ignoring the Present Renewal - Denial is Not An Alternative
In Praise of Museums