Museum philosophy for the twenty-first century / edited by Hugh H. Genoways.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Genoways, Hugh H.
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Altamira Press, [2006], ©2006.
Subjects:
Museums > Philosophy.
Museums > Historiography.
Museums > Management.
Museum techniques > Historiography.
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Physical Description:x, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Assuming responsibility : lessons from aesthetics / Hilde Hein
  • Mind as verb / David Carr
  • The museum : where civilizations clash or clash civilizes? / Timothy W. Luke
  • Legal and ethical considerations in museum acquisitions / Marilyn Phelan
  • Connection, recollection, and museum missions / Sherene Suchy
  • Museums and restlessness / Jean-Paul Martinon
  • Philosophy and the ends of the museum / Donald Preziosi
  • The moral obligations incumbent upon institutions, administrators, and directors in maintaining and caring for museum collections / Michael A. Mares
  • As long as the grass will grow : my teaching philosophy / Chuck Dailey
  • Science centers : creating a platform for twenty-first century innovation / Lesley Lewis and Jennifer L. Martin
  • Renewing the social contract at Berkeley / Douglas Sharon
  • Museums and (in)justice / Jennifer Eichstedt
  • Open minds : inclusive practice / Helen Coxall
  • African American museums in the twenty-first century / Christy S. Coleman
  • Learning by looking : the future of museums / Franklin W. Robinson
  • A plea for silence : putting art back into the art museum / Didier Maleuvre
  • Values, advocacy, and science : toward an empirical philosophy for zoo and aquarium leadership / Terry L. Maple and Suma Mallavarapu
  • Current trends in governance and management of museums in Europe / Patrick J Boylan
  • To members of the museum profession / Hugh H. Genoways
  • The power of museum pedagogy / Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
  • Defining our museum audience : an extraordinary opportunity / Jeffrey H. Patchen
  • How can museums attract visitors in the twenty-first century? / Scott G. Paris
  • Community choices, museum concerns / Robert R. Archibald.