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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
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