Museums, media and cultural theory

Museums, media and cultural theory /

"Museums, Media and Cultural Theory is unique in its treatment of the museum as a media-form, and in its detailed and critical discussion of a wide range of display techniques. It is an indispensable introduction to some of the key ideas, texts and histories relevant of the museum in the 21st c...

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Author / Contributor: Henning, Michelle
Imprint: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2006.
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Museums > Educational aspects.
Museums > Public relations.
Museum exhibits.
Musées > Aspect éducatif.
Musées > Relations publiques.
Objets exposés.
Musées > Publics.
Musées > Activités culturelles.
Museumspädagogik
Museum
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Series:Issues in cultural and media studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Object
  • The life of things in the museum age
  • The democratization of treasure
  • Curious things
  • From the marketplace to the museum
  • Display
  • The overcrowded cemetery
  • Dioramas as popular education
  • Attention and mimesis
  • The art of exhibition
  • Media
  • Materialist media theory
  • The mediatic museum
  • Interactives and hands-on science
  • From things to experiences
  • Public
  • Itineraries
  • Aesthetic experiences
  • The universal museum
  • Mirroring the museum
  • Archive
  • Archives, indexes and copies
  • Collection and recollection
  • The return to curiosity.

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