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Folklife and Museums : Twenty-First Century Perspectives.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: American Association for State and Local History SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (479 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442272934
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Folklife and MuseumsDDC classification:
  • 306.0973/074
LOC classification:
  • GN36.U6.F65 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Folklife and Museum Practice: An Intertwined History and Emerging Convergences -- Chapter 2. Folklife and the American Museum Retrospective: Reflections and Reimaginings -- Chapter 3. Folklore and Museum Artifacts -- Chapter 4. Paradigm Shifts in the Study and Presentation of Material Culture: The Binding Force of Artifacts -- Chapter 5. Folk Art in the Fine Art Museum -- Chapter 6. Folk Art and Social Change in an American Museum: The Case of the Gallery of Conscience at the Museum of International Folk Art -- Chapter 7. Race and the Twenty-First-Century Museum -- Chapter 8. Community Curation as Collaborative Pedagogy: "The Will to Adorn" Project -- Chapter 9. Some New Thoughts on Applying Theory to Practice: Folklife and Today's History Museums -- Chapter 10. From Ethnology to Heritage: The Role of the Museum -- Chapter 11. Folklife and the Rise of American Folk Museums -- Chapter 12. American Folk Museums Redux -- Chapter 13. The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering: A Case Study in Folklorist and Tradition Bearer Collaboration -- Chapter 14. Folklife and Historic Preservation: Traditional Cultural Places and the Casita Rincón Criollo -- Chapter 15. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: The Role of Music in Blurring the Barriers of the Box -- Chapter 16. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Museological Perspective -- Chapter 17. Museums and Ethnography in the Digital Age -- Chapter 18. Public Folklore Curatorship: Collaborating with Emerging Refugee Communities -- Chapter 19. Folklife Museums, Sustainability, and Social Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 20. Serious Fun: A "Strong" Model for Play and Folklore in Children's Museums -- Chapter 21. Folk Arts in Education and Museums -- Resources -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.
Summary: Much has changed in the fields of museology and folklife during the past 30 years, when Folklife and Museums: Selected Readings was first published by AASLH Press in 1987. Folklife and Museums: Twenty-First Century Perspectives is a brand new collection of cutting-edge essays that combine theoretical insights, practical applications, topical case studies (focusing on particular subject matter areas and specific cultural groups), accompanied by up-to-date "resources" and "suggested readings" sections. Each essay is preceded by an explanatory headnote contextualizing the essay and includes illustrative photographs.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Folklife and Museum Practice: An Intertwined History and Emerging Convergences -- Chapter 2. Folklife and the American Museum Retrospective: Reflections and Reimaginings -- Chapter 3. Folklore and Museum Artifacts -- Chapter 4. Paradigm Shifts in the Study and Presentation of Material Culture: The Binding Force of Artifacts -- Chapter 5. Folk Art in the Fine Art Museum -- Chapter 6. Folk Art and Social Change in an American Museum: The Case of the Gallery of Conscience at the Museum of International Folk Art -- Chapter 7. Race and the Twenty-First-Century Museum -- Chapter 8. Community Curation as Collaborative Pedagogy: "The Will to Adorn" Project -- Chapter 9. Some New Thoughts on Applying Theory to Practice: Folklife and Today's History Museums -- Chapter 10. From Ethnology to Heritage: The Role of the Museum -- Chapter 11. Folklife and the Rise of American Folk Museums -- Chapter 12. American Folk Museums Redux -- Chapter 13. The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering: A Case Study in Folklorist and Tradition Bearer Collaboration -- Chapter 14. Folklife and Historic Preservation: Traditional Cultural Places and the Casita Rincón Criollo -- Chapter 15. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: The Role of Music in Blurring the Barriers of the Box -- Chapter 16. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Museological Perspective -- Chapter 17. Museums and Ethnography in the Digital Age -- Chapter 18. Public Folklore Curatorship: Collaborating with Emerging Refugee Communities -- Chapter 19. Folklife Museums, Sustainability, and Social Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 20. Serious Fun: A "Strong" Model for Play and Folklore in Children's Museums -- Chapter 21. Folk Arts in Education and Museums -- Resources -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.

Much has changed in the fields of museology and folklife during the past 30 years, when Folklife and Museums: Selected Readings was first published by AASLH Press in 1987. Folklife and Museums: Twenty-First Century Perspectives is a brand new collection of cutting-edge essays that combine theoretical insights, practical applications, topical case studies (focusing on particular subject matter areas and specific cultural groups), accompanied by up-to-date "resources" and "suggested readings" sections. Each essay is preceded by an explanatory headnote contextualizing the essay and includes illustrative photographs.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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