New Museum Theory and Practice An Introduction [Hardcover]

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• Contains 12 original essays that contribute to the field while creating a collective whole for course use.
  
• Discusses theory through vivid examples and historical overviews.
  
• Offers guidance on how to put theory into practice.
  
• Covers a range of museums around the world: from art to history, anthropology to music, as well as historic houses, cultural centres, virtual sites, and commercial displays that use the conventions of the museum.
  
• Authors come from the UK, Canada, the US, and Australia, and from a variety of fields that inform cultural studies.

List of Figures viii

Preface: How to Use this Book x

Acknowledgments xii

Introduction 1
Janet Marstine

Part I Defining New Museum Theory 37

A Surveys and Groundwork 39

1 Editor’s Introduction 41

THE ARCHITECTURE IS THE MUSEUM 41
Michaela Giebelhausen

Questions for Discussion 60

2 Editor’s Introduction 64

FEMINIST CURATORIAL STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES SINCE THE 1970s 65
Katy Deepwell

Questions for Discussion 80

3 Editor’s Introduction 85

NEW ART, NEW CHALLENGES: THE CHANGING FACE OF CONSERVATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 86
Rachel Barker and Patricia Smithen

Questions for Disculó