Systems Thinking in Museums: Theory and Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442279249 ISBN 13: 9781442279247

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), 2017

Synopsis

Systems Thinking in Museums explores systems thinking and the practical implication of it using real-life museum examples to illuminate various entry points and stages of implementation and their challenges and opportunities. Its premise is that museums can be better off when they operate as open, dynamic, and learning systems as a whole as opposed to closed, stagnant, and status quo systems that are compartmentalized and hierarchical. This book also suggests ways to incorporate systems thinking based on reflective questions and steps with hopes to encourage museum professionals to employ systems thinking in their own museum. Few books explore theory in practice in meaningful and applicable ways; this book offers to unravel complex theories as applied in everyday practice through examples from national and international museums.

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About the Author

Ann Rowson Love is Associate Professor and Director of the MA/PhD program Museum Education & Visitor-Centered Curation in the Department of Art Education at Florida State University. She has more than 30 years of experience as a museum educator, curator, administrator, and scholar in art museums. She presents and publishes widely on collaborative curation, art museum interpretation, visitor studies, and feminist systems thinking. Her co-edited books include Visitor-Centered Exhibitions and Edu-Curation in Art Museums and Systems Thinking in Museums: Theory and Practice. She serves as Vice-Chair of the Curators Committee (CurCom) Professional Network of the American Alliance of Museums.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442279249
• ISBN 13: 9781442279247
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Yuha Jung, Ann Rowson Love