ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

Museums and Truth.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (247 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781443869515
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Museums and TruthDDC classification:
  • 069.01
LOC classification:
  • AM7 -- .M874 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: TRUTHS, FAITHS AND REALITIES -- CHAPTER ONE -- PART TWO: MUSEUMS AND 'DIFFICULT' HERITAGE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- PART THREE: COPING WITH OLD REALITIES IN NEW SETTINGS -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- PART FOUR: EMERGING POSTNORMALITY IN MUSEUMS? -- CHAPTER TEN -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Summary: Museums are usually seen as arenas for the authorised presentations of reality, based on serious, professional knowledge. Yet, in spite of the impossibility of giving anything but a highly abstract and extremely selective impression in an exhibition, very few museums problematize this or discuss their priorities with their public. They don’t ask "what are the other truths of the matter?" Though the essays in this collection are not written with museums and truth as their explicit subject, th.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: TRUTHS, FAITHS AND REALITIES -- CHAPTER ONE -- PART TWO: MUSEUMS AND 'DIFFICULT' HERITAGE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- PART THREE: COPING WITH OLD REALITIES IN NEW SETTINGS -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- PART FOUR: EMERGING POSTNORMALITY IN MUSEUMS? -- CHAPTER TEN -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.

Museums are usually seen as arenas for the authorised presentations of reality, based on serious, professional knowledge. Yet, in spite of the impossibility of giving anything but a highly abstract and extremely selective impression in an exhibition, very few museums problematize this or discuss their priorities with their public. They don’t ask "what are the other truths of the matter?" Though the essays in this collection are not written with museums and truth as their explicit subject, th.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

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

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.