Time and the Museum - Literature, Phenomenology, and the Production of Radical Temporality (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Museum Studies
Release date:	July 2022
First published:	2023
Authors:	Jen A. Walklate
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-216406-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology
LSN:	1-03-216406-9
Barcode:	9781032164069

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