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Museums and their Communities (Leicester Readers in Museum Studies) - Hardcover

Book 9 of 15: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies
 
9780415402590: Museums and their Communities (Leicester Readers in Museum Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 041540259X ISBN 13: 9780415402590
Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

Using case studies drawn from all areas of museum studies, Museums and their Communities explores the museums as a site of representation, identity and memory, and considers how it can influence its community.

Focusing on the museum as an institution, and its social and cultural setting, Sheila Watson examines how museums use their roles as informers and educators to empower, or to ignore, communities.

Looking at the current debates about the role of the museum, she considers contested values in museum functions and examines provision, power, ownership, responsibility, and institutional issues.

This book is of great relevance for all disciplines as it explores and questions the role of the museum in modern society.

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About the Author

Sheila Watson is a lecturer in the Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
041540259X
ISBN 13 
9780415402590
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
592
Editor
Watson Sheila