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Museums, society, inequality / edited by Richard Sandell.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Museum meaningsPublication details: London : Routledge, 2002.Description: xx, 268 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780415260596 :
  • 9780415260602
  • 0415260590 (hbk)
  • 0415260604 (pbk)
  • 0203167384
  • 9780203167380 (electronic bk.)
  • 0203262247 (Adobe eReader Format)
  • 9780203262245 (Adobe eReader Format)
  • 9780415260596 (hbk)
  • 9780415260602 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 069
Contents:
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.].
Summary: Museums, Society, Inequality brings together diverse perspectives from across the globe to explore the wide-ranging social roles and responsibilities of the museum.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Reference Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 069 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 73634
Reference Wexford Campus Library Wexford Reference 069 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 73633

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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