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9780759107540

Museum Philosophy for the Twenty-first Century

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  • ISBN13:

    9780759107540

  • ISBN10:

    0759107548

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-06-08
  • Publisher: AltaMira Press

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Summary

Edited volume of reflections on museum philosophy for the 21st century from an international group of contributors.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
1 Assuming Responsibility: Lessons from Aesthetics
1(10)
Hilde Hein
2 Mind as Verb
11(8)
David Carr
3 The Museum: Where Civilizations Clash or Clash Civilizes?
19(8)
Timothy W. Luke
4 Legal and Ethical Considerations in Museum Acquisitions
27(20)
Marilyn Phelan
5 Connection, Recollection, and Museum Missions
47(12)
Sherene Suchy
6 Museums and Restlessness
59(10)
Jean-Paul Martinon
7 Philosophy and the Ends of the Museum
69(10)
Donald Preziosi
8 The Moral Obligations Incumbent upon Institutions, Administrators, and Directors in Maintaining and Caring for Museum Collections
79(20)
Michael A. Mares
9 As Long as the Grass Will Grow: My Teaching Philosophy
99(8)
Charles Dailey
10 Science Centers: Creating a Platform for Twenty-first Century Innovation 107(10)
Lesley Lewis and Jennifer L. Martin
11 Renewing the Social Contract at Berkeley 117(10)
Douglas Sharon
12 Museums and (In)Justice 127(12)
Jennifer Eichstedt
13 Open Minds: Inclusive Practice 139(12)
Helen Coxall
14 African American Museums in the Twenty-first Century 151(10)
Christy S. Coleman
15 Learning by Looking: The Future of Museums 161(4)
Franklin W. Robinson
16 A Plea for Silence: Putting Art Back into the Art Museum 165(12)
Didier Maleuvre
17 Values, Advocacy, and Science: Toward an Empirical Philosophy for Zoo and Aquarium Leadership 177(24)
Terry L. Maple and Suma Mallavarapu
18 Current Trends in Governance and Management of Museums in Europe 201(20)
Patrick Boylan
19 To Members of the Museum Profession 221(14)
Hugh H. Genoways
20 The Power of Museum Pedagogy 235(12)
Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
21 Defining Our Museum Audience: An Extraordinary Opportunity 247(8)
Jeffrey H. Patchen
22 How Can Museums Attract Visitors in the Twenty-first Century? 255(12)
Scott G. Paris
23 Community Choices, Museum Concerns 267(8)
Robert R. Archibald
Index 275(8)
About the Contributors 283

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