The international handbooks of museum studies / general editors: Sharon Macdonald, Helen Rees Leahy

Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
Edition: First edition.
Physical Description: 4 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm
Additional Creators: Macdonald, Sharon, Leahy, Helen Rees, Witcomb, Andrea, 1965-, Message, Kylie, McCarthy, Conal, 1961-, Henning, Michelle, Coombes, Annie E., and Phillips, Ruth B. (Ruth Bliss), 1945-

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v. 1. Museum theory / edited by Andrea Witcomb and Kylie Message -- v. 2. Museum practice / edited by Conal McCarthy -- v. 3. Museum media / edited by Michelle Henning -- v. 4. Museum transformations / edited by Annie E. Coombes and Ruth B. Phillips.

Summary

The International Handbooks of Museum Studies is a multi-volume reference work that represents a state-of-the-art survey of the burgeoning field of museum studies. Featuring original essays by leading international museum experts and emerging scholars, readings cover all aspects of museum theory, practice, debates, and the impact of technologies. The four volumes in the series, divided thematically, offer in-depth treatment of all major issues relating to museum theory; historical and contemporary museum practice; mediations in art, design, and architecture; and the transformations and challenges confronting the.-museum. In addition to surveys of current scholarship, the entries includes a rich and diverse panoply of examples and original case studies to illuminate the various perspectives. Unprecedented for its in-depth topic coverage and breadth of scholarship, the multi-volume International Handbooks of Museum Studies is an indispensable resource for the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society. --
Edited by Annie E. Coombe, Birkbeck, University of London) and Ruth B. Phillips (Carleton University), Museum Transformations addresses the social, cultural, political, and economic developments that are shaping and re-shaping museums. --
Sharon MacDonald is Alexander von Humboldt Professor in Social Anthropology in the Institute for European Ethnology at the Humboldt University, Berlin. --
Helen Rees Leahy is Professor of Museology and Director of the Centre for Museology at the University of Manchester. --
Michelle Henning (University of Brighton), Museum Media focuses on the architecture and space of museums, including the diverse media of display. --
Conal McCarthy (Victoria University of Wellington), Museum Practice addresses areas of museum work-especially those that have been neglected in the existing critical literature-in order to re-articulate and transcend the theory-practice division. --
Andrea Witcomb (Deakin University) and Kylie Message (The Australian National University), Museum Theory showcases innovative theoretical formations that have defined museum studies and which point the way towards its future. --Book Jacket.

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9781405198509 (cloth)
1405198508 (cloth)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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