Museums and the Climate Crisis (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Merriman, Nick

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows the ways in which museums are responding, and can respond in the future, to the global climate crisis. The inter-related crises of climate, pollution and extinction affect everyone around the globe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000985887
• Artikelnr.: 69296573

Autorenporträt

Nick Merriman is Chief Executive of the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London and an Honorary Professor at University College London and the University of Manchester.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The role of museums and galleries in addressing the climate and
ecological crisis (Nick Merriman)
OVERVIEW PAPERS
2. Museums Empowering Climate Action (Sarah Sutton & John Fraser)
3. The emergency is an octopus! Museums activating the public in a
planetary emergency (Bridget McKenzie & Victoria Burns)
4. Museums as Catalysts of Cultural Adaptation: the 'Inside-Outside
Model' (Douglas Worts)
5. Tackling the climate crisis: an overview of UK museums (Kathryn
Simpson)
6. Museums Tackling Climate Change: A Zimbabwean Context (Simbarashe
Chitima)
7. The Global South emerges: how cultural institutions in South America
are using storytelling to call audiences to action in tackling
climate change (Eduardo Carvalho)
8. Collections Management and Conservation (Caitlin Southwick)
9. The 100 Year Future: Museums and the Climate and Nature Crisis (Maria
Balshaw)
10. Culture's contributions to the climate challenge - a brief account of
Julie's Bicycle (Alison Tickell)
CASE STUDIES
11. Taking Action on Climate Change and Sustainability at the Australian
Museum (Zehra Ahmed & Jenny Newell)
12. Cultivating Climate Leadership: Evolving an Institution to Address
Climate Change and Helping Others to Do the Same (Richard Piacentini)
13. Creating advocates for the future (Clare Matterson)
14. The Whitworth - Transforming Manchester's Gallery in the Park (Jo
Beggs & Dean Whiteside)
15. Responding to the climate crisis at Leeds Museums & Galleries (Lisa
Broadest & Yvonne Hardman)
16. Shaping a positive future at the Horniman Museum and Gardens (Carole
Destre & Nick Merriman)
Index