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Museums, society, inequality /

Museums, society, inequality / edited by Richard Sandell. - London : Routledge, 2002. - xx, 268 p. ; 25 cm. - Museum meanings . - Museum meanings. .

CW098

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Museums and the combating of social inequality : roles, responsibilities, resistance / Richard Sandell -- The good enough visitor / Mark O'Neill -- Measuring social value / Carol Scott -- Architectures of inclusion : museums, galleries and inclusive communities / Andrew Newman and Fiona McLean -- The therapeutic potential of museums as pathways to inclusion / Lois H. Silverman -- Buried in the footnotes : the absence of disabled people in the collective imagery of our past / Annie Delin -- Representing lesbians and gay men in British social history museums / Angela Vanegas -- Remembering ourselves in the work of museums : trauma and the place of the personal in the public / Gaynor Kavanagh -- Harnessing the power of history / Ruth J. Abram -- Representing diversity and challenging racism : the Migration Museum / Viv Szekeres -- Developing a community of practice : museums and reconciliation in Australia / Lynda Kelly and Phil Gordon -- The National Musuems of Kenya and social responsibility : working with street children / Fredrik Karanja Mirara -- Museums and the health of the community / Jocelyn Dodd -- Children's museums in hospitals / Despina Kalessopoulou -- Rethinking heritage : cultural policy and inclusion / Lola Young -- Positioning the museum for social inclusion / David Fleming -- Maori and museums : the politics of indigenous recognition / David Butts -- Inclusion and the power of representation : South African museums and the cultural politics of social transformation / Khwezi ka Mpumlwana ... [et al.].

Museums, Society, Inequality brings together diverse perspectives from across the globe to explore the wide-ranging social roles and responsibilities of the museum.

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Museums--Philosophy
Museums--Social aspects
Museums--Educational aspects
Political correctness.
Museums--Environmental aspects
Social influence.
Museology & heritage studies
Sociology & anthropology

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