Museums and the Public Sphere

Jennifer Barrett (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2010
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-7383-4 (ISBN)

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Museums and the Public Sphere investigates the role of museums in England, Hong Kong, Australia and the United States in engaging in public discourse, and gauges their ability to operate as sites of democratic public space.

Museums and the Public Sphere investigates the role of museums around the world as sites of democratic public space.

Explores the role of museums around the world as sites of public discourse and democracy
Examines the changing idea of the museum in relation to other public sites and spaces, including community cultural centers, public halls and the internet
Offers a sophisticated portrait of the public, and how it is realized, invoked, and understood in the museum context
Offers relevant case studies and discussions of how museums can engage with their publics' in more complex, productive ways

Jennifer Barrett is the Director of Museum Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia, and currently collaborates with the University of Hong Kong on a museum studies program to support developments in their museum sector. She is the editor, with Caroline Butler-Bowdon, of Debating the City: An Anthology (2001).

List of Images vii Introduction 1

1 The Public Sphere 15

2 Historical Discourses of the Museum 45

3 The Museum as Public Space 81

4 Audience, Community, and Public 118

5 The Museum as Public Intellectual 143

Conclusion 164

References 175

Acknowledgments 191

Index 193

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.2010
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 237 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-4051-7383-1 / 1405173831
ISBN-13	978-1-4051-7383-4 / 9781405173834
Zustand	Neuware