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Museums in Arabia - Transnational Practices and Regional Processes (Paperback)
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Museums in Arabia - Transnational Practices and Regional Processes (Paperback)
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Museum activity has, in recent years, undergone major and rapid
development in the Arabian Peninsula, with the regeneration of
existing museums as well as the establishment of new ones.
Alongside such rapid expansion, questions are inevitably raised as
to the new challenges museums face in this region and whether the
museum, as a central focus of heritage preservation, also runs the
risk of overshadowing local forms of heritage performance and
preservation. With contributions from leading academics from a
range of disciplines and heritage practitioners with first-hand
experience of working in the region, this volume addresses the
issues and challenges facing museums in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,
Qatar, Yemen and the UAE. It focuses on the themes of politics,
public engagement and the possibility of a new museum paradigm
which might appropriately reflect the interests and culture of the
region. The interdisciplinary approaches analyse museum development
from both an inside and outside perspective, suggesting that
museums do not follow a uniform trajectory across the region, but
are embedded within each states' socio-cultural context, individual
government agendas and political realities. Including case study
analysis, which brings the more marginal nations into the debates,
as well as new empirical data and critical evaluation of the role
of the museum in the Arabian Peninsula societies, this book adds
fresh perspectives to the study of Gulf heritage and museology. It
will appeal to regional and international practitioners and
academics across the disciplines of museum studies, cultural
studies, and anthropology as well as to anyone with an interest in
the Gulf and Middle East.
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