This provocative book bridges the gap between theoretical academic writings and practical museum curating, tracing the journey from 19th-century moralist art museums to today's 21st-century inclusive civic art museums via a sustained critique of the 20th-century formalist and heteronormative white cube model of curating in art museums.
A close look at New England heritage sites and the narratives they tell about Native American communitiesExploring museums and cultural centers in New England that hold important meanings for Native American communities today, this illuminating book offers a much-needed critique of collaborative efforts to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the region.
This provocative book bridges the gap between theoretical academic writings and practical museum curating, tracing the journey from 19th-century moralist art museums to today's 21st-century inclusive civic art museums via a sustained critique of the 20th-century formalist and heteronormative white cube model of curating in art museums.
This book moves beyond the stereotyped approaches adopted in earlier works on ‘Chinatowns’ and introduces instead the Chinese spaces in the metropolitan city of Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia.
Das Werk des Formgestalters Karl Clauss Dietel nimmt innerhalb der Designforschung eine besondere Stellung ein, da es ein konsistentes Verständnis nachhaltiger, modularer und nutzer:innenorientierter Gestaltung formuliert, das weit über seinen Entstehungskontext hinausweist.
Das Werk des Formgestalters Karl Clauss Dietel nimmt innerhalb der Designforschung eine besondere Stellung ein, da es ein konsistentes Verständnis nachhaltiger, modularer und nutzer:innenorientierter Gestaltung formuliert, das weit über seinen Entstehungskontext hinausweist.
This book moves beyond the stereotyped approaches adopted in earlier works on ‘Chinatowns’ and introduces instead the Chinese spaces in the metropolitan city of Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia.
This series of books are the output of the research project called "e;Sustainable Development in Asia (SDA)"e;, which was initiated by the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA).
This book, for the first time, comprehensively examines the relationship between tea and various aspects of social life in the Song Dynasty, pioneering a new field in the study of Song history.
This book, for the first time, comprehensively examines the relationship between tea and various aspects of social life in the Song Dynasty, pioneering a new field in the study of Song history.
The Heritage, Creativity and Innovation Nexus: Critical Approaches and Interdisciplinary Perspectives explores the central role that innovation and creativity play in contemporary heritage practices.
The Heritage, Creativity and Innovation Nexus: Critical Approaches and Interdisciplinary Perspectives explores the central role that innovation and creativity play in contemporary heritage practices.
This compelling volume addresses key issues at the critical intersection of intangible cultural heritage and traditional medical practices, highlighting the urgent need for their preservation in an increasingly globalized world.
This compelling volume addresses key issues at the critical intersection of intangible cultural heritage and traditional medical practices, highlighting the urgent need for their preservation in an increasingly globalized world.
Sanskar Kendra stands as one of Le Corbusier's lesser-known architectural achievements, a cultural center designed for post-independence Ahmedabad that now faces an uncertain future.
Sanskar Kendra stands as one of Le Corbusier's lesser-known architectural achievements, a cultural center designed for post-independence Ahmedabad that now faces an uncertain future.
Personal Experience with Active Cultural Heritage, PEACH, is a large, interdisciplinary development project that explores the use of novel technologies for physical museum visits.
This book explores the role played by museums and museum exhibitions in South Korea's cultural diplomacy and international projection of itself to the world.
This book investigates the historical and functional significance of stonemasons' marks - symbols inscribed on individual stone blocks - as a communicative practice within the architectural and construction industries.
This book explores the role played by museums and museum exhibitions in South Korea's cultural diplomacy and international projection of itself to the world.
This book aims to show how a specific form of documentary research, founded in a theatre-making method labelled 'real fiction,' can be utilised in drama education contexts, such as classrooms and performance spaces.
Twins Charles Maurice Detmold (1883-1908) and Edward Julius Detmold (1883-1957) were among the most extraordinary, enigmatic and tragic figures in early twentieth-century British art.
Contested Heritage: Global Perspectives on Stakeholders' (Dis)Harmony at Heritage Locales explores the intricate relationships surrounding heritage, emphasizing the diverse, often contradictory, meanings attributed to heritage sites, historic towns, and museum objects by various stakeholders.
Contested Heritage: Global Perspectives on Stakeholders' (Dis)Harmony at Heritage Locales explores the intricate relationships surrounding heritage, emphasizing the diverse, often contradictory, meanings attributed to heritage sites, historic towns, and museum objects by various stakeholders.
Twins Charles Maurice Detmold (1883-1908) and Edward Julius Detmold (1883-1957) were among the most extraordinary, enigmatic and tragic figures in early twentieth-century British art.
This book investigates the historical and functional significance of stonemasons' marks - symbols inscribed on individual stone blocks - as a communicative practice within the architectural and construction industries.
This book aims to show how a specific form of documentary research, founded in a theatre-making method labelled 'real fiction,' can be utilised in drama education contexts, such as classrooms and performance spaces.
This book approaches the study from architectural perspectives, analyzing the collection of brochs’ features and classifying them based on regional differences.
This book approaches the study from architectural perspectives, analyzing the collection of brochs’ features and classifying them based on regional differences.
This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the region's cold desert ecosystems, emphasizing the crucial role geodiversity plays in sustaining both biodiversity and human settlements in this fragile environment.
This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the region's cold desert ecosystems, emphasizing the crucial role geodiversity plays in sustaining both biodiversity and human settlements in this fragile environment.
This volume offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the evolving frameworks for protecting cultural property, with a particular focus on the development of dispute resolution mechanisms at both national and international levels.
This volume offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the evolving frameworks for protecting cultural property, with a particular focus on the development of dispute resolution mechanisms at both national and international levels.
Taking a consciously regional perspective, this volume evaluates the mechanisms and motivations that underpin collaborations between higher education and public art galleries in the Midlands and Northwest of England.
