Title & Author:

Museums, society, inequality / edited by Richard Sandell.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Description:

xx, 268 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

Museum meanings

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Museums and the combating of social inequality : roles, responsibilities, resistance / Richard Sandell -- The good enough visitor / Mark O'Neill -- Measuring social value / Carol Scott -- Architectures of inclusion : museums, galleries and inclusive communities / Andrew Newman and Fiona McLean -- The therapeutic potential of museums as pathways to inclusion / Lois H. Silverman -- Buried in the footnotes : the absence of disabled people in the collective imagery of our past / Annie Delin -- Representing lesbians and gay men in British social history museums / Angela Vanegas -- Remembering ourselves in the work of museums : trauma and the place of the personal in the public / Gaynor Kavanagh -- Harnessing the power of history / Ruth J. Abram -- Representing diversity and challenging racism : the Migration Museum / Viv Szekeres -- Developing a community of practice : museums and reconciliation in Australia / Lynda Kelly and Phil Gordon -- The National Museums of Kenya and social responsibility : working with street children / Fredrik Karanja Mirara -- Museums and the health of the community / Jocelyn Dodd -- Children's museums in hospitals / Despina Kalessopoulou -- Rethinking heritage : cultural policy and inclusion / Lola Young -- Positioning the museum for social inclusion / David Fleming -- Māori and museums : the politics of indigenous recognition / David Butts -- Inclusion and the power of representation : South African museums and the cultural politics of social transformation / Khwezi ka Mpumlwana, Gerard Corsane, Jaunita Pastor-Makhurane and Ciraj Rassool.

Summary:

"Museums, Society, Inequality explores the wide-ranging social roles and responsibilities of the museum. It brings together diverse international perspectives from across the globe, which collectively seek to stimulate critical debate, to inform the work of practitioners and policy makers, and to advance recognition of the agency of museums. This unusual collection gives valuable insight on the museum's relationship to the outside community, and its essential role as a social institution that influences, and must respond to, the changing characteristics and concerns of society."

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0415260590 (hbk.)
9780415260596 (hbk.)
0415260604 (pbk.)
9780415260602 (pbk.)

Subject:

Museums Philosophy.
Museums Social aspects.
Museums Environmental aspects.
Political correctness.
Social influence.
Museums.
Museums Educational aspects.
Public Policy
Musées Philosophie.
Musées Aspect social.
Musées Aspect éducatif.
Politiquement correct (Mouvement)
Influence sociale.
Musées Aspect de l'environnement.
Musées.
museums (institutions)
Museum
Museumskunde
Aufsatzsammlung
Musea.
Sociale verantwoordelijkheid.
Musée.
Aspect social.
Rôle éducatif.
Responsabilité sociale.
Rectitude politique.
Impact social.
Inégalité sociale.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Sandell, Richard, 1967-
Museum meanings.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 221792
Call No.: AM7 .M8 2002
Status: Available