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Curating the Great War (Hardcover): Paul Cornish, Nicholas J. Saunders Curating the Great War (Hardcover)
Paul Cornish, Nicholas J. Saunders
R4,144 Discovery Miles 41 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book approaches museums of the Great War as political entities, some more overtly than others, but all unable to escape from the politics of the war, its profound legacies and its enduring memory. Their changing configurations and content are explored as reflections of the social and political context in which they exist. Curating of the Great War has expanded beyond the walls of museum buildings, seeking public engagement, both direct and digital, and taking in whole landscapes. Recognizing this fact, the book examines these museums as standing at the nexus of historiography, museology, anthropology, archaeology, sociology and politics as well as being a lieux de memoire. Their multi-vocal nature makes them a compelling subject for research and above all the book highlights that it is in these museums that we see the most complete fusion of the material culture of conflict with its historical, political and experiential context. This book is an essential read for researchers of the reception of the Great War through material culture and museums.

Historical Narratives of Global Modern Art (Hardcover): Irina D. Costache, Clare Kunny Historical Narratives of Global Modern Art (Hardcover)
Irina D. Costache, Clare Kunny
R4,146 Discovery Miles 41 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Diversifying the current art historical scholarship, this edited volume presents the untold story of modern art by exposing global voices and perspectives excluded from the privileged and uncontested narrative of “isms.” This volume tells a worldwide story of art with expanded historical narratives of modernism. The chapters reflect on a wide range of issues, topics, and themes that have been marginalized or outright excluded from the canon of modern art. The goal of this book is to be a starting point for understanding modern art as a broad and inclusive field of study. The topics examine diverse formal expressions, innovative conceptual approaches, and various media used by artists around the world and forcefully acknowledge the connections between art, historical circumstances, political environments, and social issues such as gender, race, and social justice. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, imperial and colonial history, modernism, and globalization.

Locating Imagination in Popular Culture - Place, Tourism and Belonging (Paperback): Nicky van Es, Stijn Reijnders, Leonieke... Locating Imagination in Popular Culture - Place, Tourism and Belonging (Paperback)
Nicky van Es, Stijn Reijnders, Leonieke Bolderman, Abby Waysdorf
R1,264 Discovery Miles 12 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Locating Imagination in Popular Culture offers a multi-disciplinary account of the ways in which popular culture, tourism and notions of place intertwine in an environment characterized by ongoing processes of globalization, digitization and an increasingly ubiquitous nature of multi-media. Centred around the concept of imagination, the authors demonstrate how popular culture and media are becoming increasingly important in the ways in which places and localities are imagined, and how they also subsequently stimulate a desire to visit the actual places in which people's favourite stories are set. With examples drawn from around the globe, the book offers a unique study of the role of narratives conveyed through media in stimulating and reflecting desire in tourism. This book will have appeal in a wide variety of academic disciplines, ranging from media and cultural studies to fan- and tourism studies, cultural geography, literary studies and cultural sociology.

Global Perspectives on Cultural Property Crime (Hardcover): Michelle D. Fabiani, Kate Melody Burmon, Saskia Hufnagel Global Perspectives on Cultural Property Crime (Hardcover)
Michelle D. Fabiani, Kate Melody Burmon, Saskia Hufnagel
R4,145 Discovery Miles 41 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides transnational insight into cultural property crimes and the cutting-edge work tackling issues ranging from currency crimes to innovative research methods. The volume brings together authors from a number of fields to address contemporary issues and advances in the fight against cultural property crime. It combines the perspectives of law enforcement officials, researchers, journalists, lawyers, and scholars, with specialities in the disciplines of criminology, law, archaeology, museum studies, political science, and economics, from countries all around the globe. This allows for a more comprehensive examination of issues facing these professionals and highlights similarities between the challenges encountered in different disciplines as well as in diverse locations. It seeks to disseminate the most current work in this field from a broad array of viewpoints in order to further facilitate an exchange of ideas and lay the groundwork to inspire future collaborations. Most significantly, it provides more specific suggestions for moving forward that could help assist stakeholders to connect and work directly with each other, despite international borders and discipline-related boundaries. The book will be a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working in the area of cultural property crime.

Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Heritage (Hardcover): Kalliopi Fouseki, May Cassar, Guillaume Dreyfuss, Kelvin Ang Kah Eng Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Heritage (Hardcover)
Kalliopi Fouseki, May Cassar, Guillaume Dreyfuss, Kelvin Ang Kah Eng
R6,588 Discovery Miles 65 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There are currently no handbooks on heritage and sustainability. The book fills this gap by providing an overview of the topic with insights from all over the world. It fills a gap in current sustainable heritage literature by offering a strong focus on heritage science. The book covers cutting edge topics such as digital heritage, indigenous heritage, climate change and environmental issues, resilience, and contested heritage. The editors are experts in their field of research and members of a world renowned Institute at UCL. The range of contributors reflects a number of different current strands of heritage theory and practice.

The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in The Asia-Pacific (Hardcover): Kapila D. Silva, Ken Taylor, David S.... The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in The Asia-Pacific (Hardcover)
Kapila D. Silva, Ken Taylor, David S. Jones
R6,587 Discovery Miles 65 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Taking both a retrospective and prospective view of the management of cultural heritage in the region, this volume argues that the plurality and complexity of heritage in the region cannot be comprehensively understood and effectively managed without a broader conceptual framework like the cultural landscape approach. The book also demonstrates that such an approach facilitates the development of a flexible strategy for heritage conservation. Acknowledging the effects of rapid socio-economic development, globalization and climate change, contributors examine the pressure these issues place on the sustenance of cultural heritage. Including chapters from more than 20 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, the volume reviews the effectiveness of theoretical and practical potentials afforded by the cultural landscape approach and examines how they have been utilized in the Asia-Pacific context for the last three decades. The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in the Asia-Pacific provides a comprehensive analysis of the processes of cultural landscape heritage conservation and management. As a result, it will be of interest to academics, students and professionals who are based in the fields of cultural heritage management, architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, and landscape management.

Museums of the Arabian Peninsula - Historical Developments and Contemporary Discourses (Paperback): Sarina Wakefield Museums of the Arabian Peninsula - Historical Developments and Contemporary Discourses (Paperback)
Sarina Wakefield
R1,292 Discovery Miles 12 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Museums of the Arabian Peninsula offers new insights into the history and development of museums within the region. Recognising and engaging with varied approaches to museum development and practice, the book offers in-depth critical analyses from a range of viewpoints and disciplines. Drawing on regional and international scholarship, the book provides a critical and detailed analysis of museum and heritage institutions in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Yemen. Questioning and engaging with issues related to the institutionalisation of cultural heritage, contributors provide original analyses of current practice and challenges within the region. Considering how these challenges connect to broader issues within the international context, the book offers the opportunity to examine how museums are actively produced and consumed from both the inside and the outside. This critical analysis also enables debates to emerge that question the appropriateness of existing models and methods and provide suggestions for future research and practice. Museums of the Arabian Peninsula offers fresh perspectives that reveal how Gulf museums operate from local, regional and transnational perspectives. The volume will be a key reference point for academics and students working in the fields of museum and heritage studies, anthropology, cultural studies, history, politics and Gulf and Middle East Studies.

Heritage and Religion in East Asia (Paperback): Shuli Wang, Michael Rowlands, Yujie Zhu Heritage and Religion in East Asia (Paperback)
Shuli Wang, Michael Rowlands, Yujie Zhu
R1,286 Discovery Miles 12 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Heritage and Religion in East Asia examines how religious heritage, in a mobile way, plays across national boundaries in East Asia and, in doing so, the book provides new theoretical insights into the articulation of heritage and religion. Drawing on primary, comparative research carried out in four East Asian countries, much of which was undertaken by East Asian scholars, the book shows how the inscription of religious items as "Heritage" has stimulated cross-border interactions among religious practitioners and boosted tourism along modern pilgrimage routes. Considering how these forces encourage cross-border links in heritage practices and religious movements in China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan, the volume also questions what role heritage plays in a region where Buddhism, Taoism, and other various folk religious practices are dominant. Arguing that it is diversity and vibrancy that makes religious discourse in East Asia unique, the contributors explore how this particularity both energizes and is empowered by heritage practices in East Asia. Heritage and Religion in East Asia enriches understanding of the impact of heritage and religious culture in modern society and will be of interest to academics and students working in heritage studies, anthropology, religion, and East Asian studies.

Role-play as a Heritage Practice - Historical Larp, Tabletop RPG and Reenactment (Hardcover): Michal Mochocki Role-play as a Heritage Practice - Historical Larp, Tabletop RPG and Reenactment (Hardcover)
Michal Mochocki
R4,016 R3,334 Discovery Miles 33 340 Save R682 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Role-play as a Heritage Practice is the first book to examine physically performed role-enactments, such as live-action role-play (LARP), tabletop role-playing games (TRPG), and hobbyist historical reenactment (RH), from a combined game studies and heritage studies perspective. Demonstrating that non-digital role-plays, such as TRPG and LARP, share many features with RH, the book contends that all three may be considered as heritage practices. Studying these role-plays as three distinct genres of playful, participatory and performative forms of engagement with cultural heritage, Mochocki demonstrates how an exploration of the affordances of each genre can be valuable. Showing that a player's engagement with history or heritage material is always multi-layered, the book clarifies that the layers may be conceptualised simultaneously as types of heritage authenticity and as types of in-game immersion. It is also made clear that RH, TRPG and LARP share commonalities with a multitude of other media, including video games, historical fiction and film. Existing within, and contributing to, the fiction and non-fiction mediasphere, these role-enactments are shaped by the same large-scale narratives and discourses that persons, families, communities, and nations use to build memory and identity. Role-play as a Heritage Practice will be of great interest to academics and students engaged in the study of heritage, memory, nostalgia, role-playing, historical games, performance, fans and transmedia narratology.

Time and the Museum - Literature, Phenomenology, and the Production of Radical Temporality (Hardcover): Jen A. Walklate Time and the Museum - Literature, Phenomenology, and the Production of Radical Temporality (Hardcover)
Jen A. Walklate
R4,141 Discovery Miles 41 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Time and the Museum argues as its departure point that the way in which museums have hitherto been understood as temporal in the scholarship - as spaces of death, othering, memory and history - is too simplistic, and has resulted in museum temporality being reduced to a strange heterotopia (Foucault) - something peculiar, and thus black boxed. However, to understand the ways in which museum temporalities and timescapes are produced, and the consequences that these have upon display and visitor response, is crucial, because time is itself a political entity, with ethical consequence. This book highlights something we all experience in some way - time - as a key ethical and political feature of the museum space. Utilizing the fields of literature and phenomenology, the book examines how time is experienced and performed in the public areas of three museum spaces within Oxford - the Ashmolean, Pitt Rivers, and Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Using concepts such as shape, structure, form, presence, absence, authenticity and aura, the book argues for a reconsideration of museum time as something with radical potential and political weight. It will appeal to academics and postgraduate students, especially those engaged in the study of museums, culture, literature and design.

Revisiting Museums of Influence - Four Decades of Innovation and Public Quality in European Museums (Paperback): Jette Sandahl,... Revisiting Museums of Influence - Four Decades of Innovation and Public Quality in European Museums (Paperback)
Jette Sandahl, Marlen Mouliou, Mark O'Neill
R1,186 Discovery Miles 11 860 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Revisiting Museums of Influence presents 50 portraits of a range of European museums that have made striking innovations in public quality over the past 40 years. In so doing, the book demonstrates that excellence can be found in museums no matter their subject matter, scale, or source of funding. Written by leading professionals in the field of museology, who have acted as judges for the European Museum of the Year Award, the portraits describe museums that had, or should have had, an influence on other museums around the world. The portraits aim to capture the moment when this potential was identified, and the introduction will locate the institutions in the wider history of museums in Europe over the period, as well as drawing out common themes of change and innovation that unite the portraits. Providing many very diverse portraits, Revisiting Museums of Influence captures the immense capacity of the museum to respond to changing societal needs. As a result, the book will be essential reading for students of museology and museum professionals around the world in shaping the museums they wish to create. Scholars and students of art history, archaeology, ethnography, anthropology, cultural and visual studies, architecture, memory studies and history will also find much to interest them.

Controversial Heritage and Divided Memories from the Nineteenth Through the Twentieth Centuries - Multi-Ethnic Cities in the... Controversial Heritage and Divided Memories from the Nineteenth Through the Twentieth Centuries - Multi-Ethnic Cities in the Mediterranean World, Volume 2 (Paperback)
Marco Folin, Heleni Porfyriou
R1,285 Discovery Miles 12 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What is the role of cultural heritage in multi-ethnic societies, where cultural memory is often polarized by antagonistic identity traditions? Is it possible for monuments that are generally considered as a symbol of national unity to become emblems of the conflictual histories still undermining divided societies? Taking as a starting point the cosmopolitanism that blossomed across the Mediterranean in the age of empires, this book addresses the issue of heritage exploring the concepts of memory, culture, monuments and their uses, in different case studies ranging from 19th-century Salonica, Port Said, the Palestinian region under Ottoman rule, Trieste and Rijeka under the Hapsburgs, up to the recent post-war reconstructions of Beirut and Sarajevo.

Archaeology, Heritage, and Wellbeing - Authentic, Powerful, and Therapeutic Engagement with the Past (Hardcover): Paul Everill,... Archaeology, Heritage, and Wellbeing - Authentic, Powerful, and Therapeutic Engagement with the Past (Hardcover)
Paul Everill, Karen Burnell
R4,076 Discovery Miles 40 760 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The book, uniquely, provides archaeologists and heritage professionals with an introduction to the ways in which mental health researchers view and measure wellbeing, helping archaeologists and other heritage professionals to move beyond the anecdotal when evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of such initiatives. Importantly, this book also serves to highlight to mental health researchers the many ways in which archaeology and heritage can be, and are being, harnessed to support non-medical therapeutic interventions to improve wellbeing. Authentic engagement with the historic environment can also provide powerful tools for community health and wellbeing, and this book offers examples of the diverse communities that have benefited from its capacity to promote wellbeing and wellness. Archaeology, Heritage, and Wellbeing is for students and researchers of archaeology and psychology interested in wellbeing, as well as researchers and professionals involved in health and social care, social prescribing, mental health and wellbeing, leisure, tourism, and heritage management.

Interpreting Heritage - A Guide to Planning and Practice (Paperback): Steve Slack Interpreting Heritage - A Guide to Planning and Practice (Paperback)
Steve Slack
R1,063 Discovery Miles 10 630 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Interpreting Heritage is a practical book about the planning and delivery of interpretation that will give anyone working in the heritage sector the confidence and tools they need to undertake interpretation. Steve Slack suggests a broad formula for how interpretation can be planned and executed and describes some of the most popular - and potentially challenging, or provocative - forms of interpretation. Slack also provides practical guidance about how to deliver different forms of interpretation, while avoiding potential pitfalls. Exploring some of the ethical questions that arise when presenting information to the public and offering a grounding in some of the theory that underpins interpretive work, the book will be suitable for those who are completely new to interpretation. Those who already have some experience will benefit from tools, advice and ideas to help build on their existing practice. Drawing upon the author's professional experiences of working within, and for, the heritage sector, Interpreting Heritage provides advice and suggestions that will be essential for practitioners working in museums, art galleries, libraries, archives, outdoor sites, science centres, castles, stately homes and other heritage venues around the world. It will also be of interest to students of museum and heritage studies who want to know more about how heritage interpretation works in practice.

Sport in Museums (Hardcover): Kevin Moore, John Hughson, Christian Wacker Sport in Museums (Hardcover)
Kevin Moore, John Hughson, Christian Wacker
R4,145 Discovery Miles 41 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores, in breadth and depth, the role of sport in museums. It surveys the history of sport in museums, including the growth in sport museums and halls of fame driven by major sports teams and sport organisations. The book considers the humanistic benefits of the promotion of sporting heritage within museums, and presents cases, museums stories and best practice from around the world. Sport in Museums is essential reading for all students, researchers, curators, and historians with an interest in sport. It is also a useful resource for researchers and advanced students working in museum studies, heritage studies or cultural history.

Object-Based Learning and Well-Being - Exploring Material Connections (Paperback): Thomas Kador, Helen Chatterjee Object-Based Learning and Well-Being - Exploring Material Connections (Paperback)
Thomas Kador, Helen Chatterjee
R1,180 Discovery Miles 11 800 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Object-Based Learning and Well-Being provides the first explicit analysis of the combined learning and well-being benefits of working with material culture and curated collections. Following on from the widely acclaimed Engaging the Senses, this volume explicitly explores the connection between the value of material culture for both learning and well-being. Bringing together experts and practitioners from eight countries on four continents, the book analyses the significance of curated collections for structured cultural interventions that may bring both educational and well-being benefits. Topics covered include the role of material culture in relation to mental health; sensory impairments; and general student and teacher well-being. Contributors also consider how collections can be employed to positively address questions of identity and belonging relating to marginalisation, colonialism and forced displacement. Object-Based Learning and Well-Being should be a key first point of reference for academics and students who are engaged in the study of object-based learning, museums, heritage, health and well-being. The book will be of particular interest to practitioners working in higher education, or those working in the cultural, heritage, museums and health sectors.

Encountering Nazi Tourism Sites (Paperback): Derek Dalton Encountering Nazi Tourism Sites (Paperback)
Derek Dalton
R1,285 Discovery Miles 12 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Encountering Nazi Tourism Sites explores how the terrible legacy of Nazi criminality is experienced by tourists, bridging the gap between cultural criminology and tourism studies to make a significant contribution to our understanding of how Nazi criminality is evoked and invoked in the landscape of modern Germany. This study is grounded in fieldwork encounters with memorials, museums and perpetrator sites across Germany and the Netherlands, including Berlin Holocaust memorials and museums, the Anne Frank House, the Wannsee House, Wewelsburg Castle and concentration camps. At the core of this research is a respect for each site's unique physical, architectural or curatorial form and how this enables insights into different aspects of the Holocaust. Chapters grapple with themes of authenticity, empathy, voyeurism and vicarious experience to better comprehend the possibilities and limits of affective encounters at these sites. This will be of great interest to upper level students and researchers of criminology, Holocaust studies, museology, tourism studies, memorialisation studies and the burgeoning field of 'difficult' heritage.

Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites III - Invited papers (Hardcover): Renato... Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites III - Invited papers (Hardcover)
Renato Lancellotta, Carlo Viggiani, Alessandro Flora, Filomena de Silva, Lucia Mele
R4,158 Discovery Miles 41 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book contains the invited lectures presented at the 3th International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites (IS NAPOLI 2022, Naples, Italy, 22-24 June 2022). It collects the opening address, the third Kerisel Lecture, four keynote lectures and eleven panel lectures, and provides a broad impression of 1. the current state of knowledge and 2. the techniques used worldwide for the preservation of built heritage. When confronted with structures relevant to local and global history, there is only one way to select the best possible conservation solution: the multidisciplinary approach. Therefore, the invited speakers have been selected with different pertinent skills, to represent this complexity from the points of view of geotechnical engineers, structural engineers, architects and conservation experts. The book will be useful to researchers, practitioners, administrations and all those working or interested in the preservation of built heritage.

Museum-Making in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia - Cultural Institutions and Policies from Colonial to Post-Colonial Times... Museum-Making in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia - Cultural Institutions and Policies from Colonial to Post-Colonial Times (Hardcover)
Jonathan Paquette
R4,136 Discovery Miles 41 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Building on archival work undertaken in France and fieldwork undertaken in Southeast Asia, Museum-Making in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia provides a critical analysis of museum histories and development in three former colonial territories. This work documents the development of museums in French Indochina (1862-1954), specifically Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The book explores the colonial culture of exhibition, traces the growth of museum collections through archaeological missions to Indochina and other parts of Asia, and examines the role of museums in the cultural life of this colonial society. In particular, the author re-contextualizes the role and part played by colonial museums in the implementation of heritage policies during the colonial era in French Indochina, a dimension that is often overlooked. Additionally, the book addresses the effects that the Second World War, the Vichy Regime, and the Japanese occupation had on these cultural institutions. The transformation of these museums in post-independence Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia is also discussed. Providing comparisons with other colonial and post-colonial experiences, Museum-Making in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia will be a valuable resource for researchers in museum and heritage studies. It will also appeal to researchers and graduate students engaged in the study of history, anthropology, sociology, political science, and development and international studies.

History of the Present - The Contemporary and its Culture (Paperback): David Roberts History of the Present - The Contemporary and its Culture (Paperback)
David Roberts
R1,279 Discovery Miles 12 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the demise of the grand narrative of European modernity. That once commanding narrative located the meaning of the past in the present and the meaning of the present in an ever-receding future. Today, instead, the present defines both the past and the future. The 'contemporary' has replaced 'modern' and 'post-modern' self-understandings. The times of the past and the future have been transformed into versions of 'now' while the present has acquired its own history. History of the Present describes the emergence of this 'contemporary' historical consciousness across a wide spectrum of cultural phenomena ranging from historiography to heritage and museum studies, and from the globalization of the novel to the rise of science fiction. The culture of the 'contemporary' appears particularly clearly in the merging of high and low culture along with art and fashion. This book will appeal to scholars of sociology, cultural and social theory, museum and heritage studies, and literary history and criticism.

Library and Information Studies for Arctic Social Sciences and Humanities (Paperback): Spencer Acadia, Marthe Tolnes Fjellestad Library and Information Studies for Arctic Social Sciences and Humanities (Paperback)
Spencer Acadia, Marthe Tolnes Fjellestad
R1,313 Discovery Miles 13 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Library and Information Studies for Arctic Social Sciences and Humanities serves as a key interdisciplinary title that links the social sciences and humanities with current issues, trends, and projects in library, archival, and information sciences within shared Arctic frameworks and geographies. Including contributions from professionals and academics working across and on the Arctic, the book presents recent research, theoretical inquiry, and applied professional endeavours at academic and public libraries, as well as archives, museums, government institutions, and other organisations. Focusing on efforts that further Arctic knowledge and research, papers present local, regional, and institutional case studies to conceptually and empirically describe real-life research in which the authors are engaged. Topics covered include the complexities of developing and managing multilingual resources; working in geographically isolated areas; curating combinations of local, regional, national, and international content collections; and understanding historical and contemporary colonial-industrial influences in indigenous knowledge. Library and Information Studies for Arctic Social Sciences and Humanities will be essential reading for academics, researchers, and students working the fields of library, archival, and information or data science, as well as those working in the humanities and social sciences more generally. It should also be of great interest to librarians, archivists, curators, and information or data professionals around the globe.

The Everyday in Visual Culture - Slices of Lives (Hardcover): Francois Penz, Janina Schupp The Everyday in Visual Culture - Slices of Lives (Hardcover)
Francois Penz, Janina Schupp
R4,147 Discovery Miles 41 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An array of visual cultural artefacts from countries around the world and a range of analytical/practical approaches are brought together, rendering the book suitable reading not only for such subjects as architecture, media and museum studies, but also art history, Japanese and Chinese studies, and history. Offers novel, pioneering insights into digital approaches - an area of rapidly increasing interest in the arts and humanities. Student friendly: Chapters are accessible, concise and jargon free and each includes a chapter summary, detailed bibliography, notes on further reading, links to additional resources. As additional teaching resources, the authors plan to supplement the book with an online 'Catalogue Raisonne', which represents a first effort towards creating a cinematic encyclopedia of lived domestic situations, a form of standardized visual spatial ethnography across cultures.

Mahasthan Record Revisited - Querying the Empire from a Regional Perspective (Hardcover): Susmita Basu Majumdar Mahasthan Record Revisited - Querying the Empire from a Regional Perspective (Hardcover)
Susmita Basu Majumdar
R4,113 Discovery Miles 41 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A small record consisting of six to seven lines that has been published by eminent epigraphists several times, would require a fresh interpretation was almost beyond imagination. It was by chance that the Indian Museum displayed the Mahasthan stone plaque, and after seeing this record, several questions arose which demanded a fresh interpretation, and this enquiry finally culminated into this slim monograph. The book attempts a re-reading of this inscription and also provides a fresh interpretation. It tries to situate this record in a broader canvas by interrogating the record along with several other evidence, which finally leads it to look at the Mauryan Empire from a regional perspective. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

Museum Collecting Lessons - Acquisition Stories from the Inside (Hardcover): Steven Miller Museum Collecting Lessons - Acquisition Stories from the Inside (Hardcover)
Steven Miller
R4,121 Discovery Miles 41 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

1. The book explains how and why museums meet their fundamental duty to collect. Taken together, the chapters included within the book provide fascinating insights into a wide variety of significant acquisitions and museum collecting initiatives. 2. The eleven chapters that make up the volume are written by museum practitioners working in art, history and science museums in the United States, Canada and India. This will ensure that the book will be of interest to aspiring, beginner, and experienced museum professionals around the world. 3. There are no directly competing titles, as other books about museum collecting have focused on just one specific museum, type of collecting or type of museum. This is the first book to provide a rich mix of examples of museum collecting in one place.

Iconoclasm and the Museum (Hardcover): Stacy Boldrick Iconoclasm and the Museum (Hardcover)
Stacy Boldrick
R4,063 Discovery Miles 40 630 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Iconoclasm and the Museum addresses the museum's historic tendency to be silent about destruction through an exploration of institutional attitudes to iconoclasm, or image breaking, and the concept's place in public display. Presenting a selection of focused case studies, Boldrick examines long-standing desires to deface, dismantle, obscure or destroy works of art and historic artefacts, as well as motivations to protect and display broken objects. Considering the effects of iconoclastic practices on artworks and cultural artefacts and how those practices are addressed in institutions, the book examines changing attitudes to the intentional destruction of powerful artworks in the past and present. It ends with an analysis of creative destruction in contemporary art making and proposes that we are entering a new phase for museums, in which they acknowledge the critical roles destruction and loss play in the lives of objects and in contemporary political life. Iconoclasm and the Museum will be important reading for academics and students in fields such as museum and gallery studies, archaeology, art history, arts management, curatorial studies, cultural studies, history, heritage and religious studies. The book should also be of great interest to museum professionals, curators and collections management specialists, and artists.

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