Museums of the Arabian Peninsula (eBook, ePUB)

Historical Developments and Contemporary Discourses
Redaktion: Wakefield, Sarina

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Museums of the Arabian Peninsula offers new insights into the history and development of museums within the region. Recognising and engaging with varied approaches to museum development and practice, the book offers in-depth critical analyses from a range of viewpoints and disciplines.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429624339
• Artikelnr.: 60428331

Autorenporträt

Sarina Wakefield is a Lecturer in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester and Programme Director of MA/MSc Museum Studies by Distance Learning at the University of Leicester. She is also Founder and Director of the Museums in Arabia conference series.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction



Sarina Wakefield

Part I Museum Trajectories

Chapter 2: Repositioning the Past in the Present: Notes on the Development of Jordanian Museography



Irene Maffi

Chapter 3: Heritage in the Crosshairs: Can Yemen's Museums Survive?



Stephen Steinbeiser

Chapter 4: Transfiguring Islam, Ethics and Politics through Museum Practices to Forge the Sultanate of Oman

Amal Sachedina

Part II Development Models and Policies

Chapter 5: Qatar's Accelerated Museum Developmental Model: Rhetoric, Actors and Expertise



Serena Iervolino

Chapter 6: Cultural Diffusion and its Impact on Heritage Representation in the Kingdom of Bahrain



Pierre Lombard and Nadine Boksmati-Fattouh

Chapter 7: Location and Nation: Embodying Kuwait's National Narrative



Marjorie Kelly

Part III Cross-Border Practices

Chapter 8: Transnational Museologies in the UAE: New models or historicised global practice?



Sarina Wakefield

Chapter 9: Beyond Museum Walls: Envisioning a Role for Cultural Institutions as Instigators of Cross-Cultural Diplomacy



Alex Aubry

Chapter 10: Dubai's Alserkal Avenue: Cultural district or culture diaspora?



Sabrina DeTurk





Part IV: Community Engagement and Professional Practice

Chapter 11: Visitor Motivation: Sharjah Museums



Mona Al Ali



Chapter 12: From 'Academic Lectures' to 'Hands-on Learning':

A case study in the practical application of 'Appropriate Museology'



Catherine Cezeaux, Genevieve Fisher and Joseph A. Greene



Chapter 13: Does it matter if museums are 'global'?



Pamela Erskine-Loftus