Museology and heritage studies

This comprehensive volume highlights and centers untold histories of education at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) from 1937 to 2020, using the critical voices of artists, scholars, designers, and educators.

This book discusses the development of the rural tourism industry in the Himalayan region, specifically in the region of Himachal Pradesh (HP), from the perspective of different stakeholders in the tourism industry.

A rare glimpse behind the scenes of the world's most influential museumsWho are the people shaping the world's most renowned museums?

A rare glimpse behind the scenes of the world's most influential museumsWho are the people shaping the world's most renowned museums?

The book reviews and reports the recent progress and knowledge on the specific impact of current and projected urban overheating as well as of the urban mitigation technologies on mortality and morbidity and urban vulnerability.

This book discusses in detail a series of examples drawn from scholarly projects that use the OCHRE database platform (Online Cultural and Historical Research Environment).

Heritage became a target during the Yugoslav Wars as part of ethnic cleansing and urbicide.

This book contains a set of papers which explore the subject matter of human and planetary health at various anglesThe year 2015 was a special year in the field of human and planetary health.

Artists' oil paints have become increasingly complex and diverse in the 20th Century, applied by artists in a variety of ways.

At the point of the often-contentious intersection of sacred site preservation and resource development, archaeology has a unique and valuable role.

This volume reorients visual anthropology beyond its historically Western vantage point through a collaborative, cross-cultural editorship.

This volume reorients visual anthropology beyond its historically Western vantage point through a collaborative, cross-cultural editorship.

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A central tenet of capitalism is the production of commodities to create profit (money); as such, the logical starting place for this collection is the relationship of art to these foundational elements of capitalism.

A central tenet of capitalism is the production of commodities to create profit (money); as such, the logical starting place for this collection is the relationship of art to these foundational elements of capitalism.

This book reconceptualizes Kenneth Burke's comic frame as a critical method for analyzing how publics can be invited into difficult, unresolved conversations about collective history, identity, and justice.

Based on long-term ethnographic engagement with Alutiiq/Sugpiaq communities in Southwest Alaska, this book explores the interrelationship of cultural heritage, (de)colonialism, environmentalism, political agency, and the representation of Indigenous identity in museums.

Based on long-term ethnographic engagement with Alutiiq/Sugpiaq communities in Southwest Alaska, this book explores the interrelationship of cultural heritage, (de)colonialism, environmentalism, political agency, and the representation of Indigenous identity in museums.