Notice catalographique « Museums in a troubled world : renewal, irrelevance, or collapse? »
- Titre
- Museums in a troubled world : renewal, irrelevance, or collapse?
- Auteur ou éditeur
- Janes, Robert R., 1948-
- Lieu de publication
- London|New York, NY
- Maison d'édition
- Routledge
- Date de publication
- 2009
- Collation
- xvi, 208 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 26 cm
- Série
- Museum meanings
- Résumé
- Are Museums Irrelevant? Museums are rarely acknowledged in the global discussion of climate change, environmental degradation, the inevitability of depleted fossil fuels, and the myriad local issues concerning the well-being of particular communities – suggesting the irrelevance of museums as social institutions. At the same time, there is a growing preoccupation among museums with the marketplace, and museums, unwittingly or not, are embracing the values of relentless consumption that underlie the planetary difficulties of today.
- Notes
- Foreword / Elaine Heumann Gurian -- Prologue: Time immemorial; The Willow Lakers; The curator; The exhibit technician; The Chief Executive Officer; The future -- Museums and irrelevance: Troubling questions; Sobering assumptions; Uncertainty, elitism, and myopia -- A troubled world: The absence of stewardship; A troubled world; Our lethal footprint; A virtual impression; Killing our relatives -- close and distant; Enter museums; Homogenizing the ethnosphere; Diagnosing the assault on stewardship -- It's a jungle in here: museums and their self-inflicted challenges: The three agendas; The fallacy of authoritative neutrality; The lone museum director; Management myopia; The consequences of hierarchy: learning from hunters; Museum exhibitions: plowing old ground; Collections: museums as consumption -- Debunking the marketplace: Corporation has arrived; Back to the beginning; A clash of values; The anatomy of failure; Courting the corporatists: a cautionary tale; Business literacy; Methods aren't values -- Searching for resilience: Resilient innovators; Why resilience?; Resilient values; Assuming responsibility -- The mindful museum: Mindfulness; Museum chatter; Thinking orthogonally; Museum mindfulness; Museums for a troubled world -- Museums: stewards or spectators: A brief retrospective; The consequences of ignoring the present; Renewal -- denial is not an alternative; In praise of museums. -- Notes.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-203) and index.
- Langue
- English = Anglais
- Sujet
- Museums - Social aspects
- Museums - Philosophy
- Musées - Philosophie
- Musées - Aspect social
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780415463010
- Pays
- United Kingdom
- Type de document
- Monograph = Monographie
- Localisation
- AM 7 J36 2009
- Clé
- 16333
- Collection
- Catalogue