Systems Thinking in Museums

Theory and Practice
Herausgeber: Jung, Yuha; Love, Ann Rowson

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Produktbeschreibung

Systems Thinking in Museums explores the practical implication of systems thinking using real-life museum examples to illuminate stages of implementation and the challenges and opportunities. It suggests ways to incorporate systems thinking based on reflective questions and steps to encourage museum professionals to employ it in their own museum.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 589g
• ISBN-13: 9781442279230
• ISBN-10: 1442279230
• Artikelnr.: 48136426

Autorenporträt

Yuha Jung, PhD, is an assistant professor of arts administration at the University of Kentucky. She holds an MA in museum studies from Syracuse University, MPA from the University of Georgia, and PhD in art education from the Pennsylvania State University with an emphasis on museum education and management. Her current research interests center around the incorporation of systems theory and organizational studies in arts and museum management and education. She has published numerous papers in the areas of culture diversity, engaging diverse audiences, systems theory, organizational culture, and informal learning in arts and cultural institutions. Ann Rowson Love, PhD, is the coordinating faculty member for the museum education and visitor-centered exhibitions program in the Department of Art Education at Florida State University. She is also faculty liaison to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Love has been a museum educator, curator, and administrator for over twenty-five years. She presents and publishes widely on curatorial collaboration, visitor studies, and art museum interpretation. Love is co-editor of Visitor-Centered Exhibitions and Edu-Curation in Art Museums also published by Rowman & Littlefield.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Marsha L. Semmel Section 1: About Systems Thinking in Museums
Section 1 Introduction 1.Systems Thinking and Museum Ecosystem Yuha Jung
and Ann Rowson Love 2.Mapping the Museum Universe: A Systems Approach
Neville K. Vakharia Section 2: Systems Thinking and Museum Functions
Section 2 Introduction 3.Dr. Seuss, Systems, and Digital Strategies: Making
Sense of Systems Theory as an Emerging Museum Professional Victoria Eudy
4.Paradigms, Visitor-Centered Museum Practices and Systems Thinking Pat
Villeneuve and Juyeon Song Section 2 Take Action Section 3: Systems
Thinking in Management and Leadership Section 3 Introduction 5.Intentional
Practice: A Way of Thinking, a Way of Working Randi Korn 6.Leadership in
the Networked Museum: Systems Thinking at Museums Victoria Patrick Greene,
Paul Bowers, and Kathy Fox Section 3 Take Action Section 4: Systems
Thinking in Personnel Management Section 4 Introduction 7.Enterprise Risk
Management and Talent Management as Vehicles for a Sustainable Museum Amy
Gilman and Lynn Miller 8.Planning for Cultural Relevance: A Systems
Workshop at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Douglas Worts Section 4 Take Action
Section 5: Systems Thinking in Exhibitions and Programs Section 5
Introduction 9.Managing Exhibit Development in a Fluid Environment Caroline
Angel Burke and Monica Parker-James 10.We Built an Island Deborah Randolph
and Cora Fisher Section 5 Take Action Section 6: Systems Thinking in
External Communications Section 6 Introduction 11.Behind Closed Doors: The
Uses of Social Media in Museum Transformation and Development Projects
Jonathan Paquette and Robin Nelson 12.The Evaluation of Public Goods:
Systems Thinking in the Case of Circuito Liberdade Ana Flávia Machado,
Diomira M. C. P. Faria, Sibelle C. Diniz, Bárbara F. Paglioto, Rodrigo C.
Michel, and Gabriel Vaz de Melo Section 6 Take Action Section 7: Systems
Thinking in Community Engagement Section 7 Introduction 13.The Museum as a
Catalyst of Social Development: Best Practices to Engage the Community
Guido Ferilli, Sendy Ghirardi, and Pier Luigi Sacco 14.Systems Thinking for
Visitor-Centered, Community-Engaged Interpretive Planning Swarupa Anila,
Amy Hamilton Foley, and Nii Quarcoopome Section 7 Take Action Section 8:
Systems Thinking in Fundraising and Financial Sustainability Section 8
Introduction 15.The Application of Systems Thinking and Museum
Sustainability Susan Mann 16.Sustainable Fundraising in the 21st Century:
Behind the Scenes of the Global Guggenheim Success Natalia Grincheva
Section 8 Take Action Section 9: Systems Thinking in Physical Spaces
Section 9 Introduction 17.A Third Eye or a Third Space? Systems Thinking
and Rethinking Physical Museum Spaces Ann Rowson Love and Morgan Szymanski
18.Participative Design Processes for Museums Tom Duncan Section 9 Take
Action Section 10: Becoming a Learning Museum through Systems Thinking
Section 10 Introduction 19.Using Systems Thinking in Teaching Museum
Studies K. F. Latham and John E. Simmons 20.Toward a Learning Museum and
Systems Intelligence Yuha Jung