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Voluntary Detours - Small-Town and Rural Museums in Alberta (Hardcover)
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Voluntary Detours - Small-Town and Rural Museums in Alberta (Hardcover)
Series: McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History
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After visiting hundreds of museums across Alberta, Lianne McTavish
chronicles some of the most challenging and unexpected sites where
the idea of the museum is being reshaped. The concept of the visit
as a "voluntary detour" encapsulates the way visitors travel along
backroads to find small-town and rural museums, as well as the
agreement to turn away from standard museum scripts when they
arrive. Addressing themes of place, land, colonization, rurality,
heritage, childhood, and play, McTavish reveals the museum visitor
as multifaceted, with locals and tourists often interpreting
museums very differently. Case studies include the World Famous
Gopher Hole Museum, Fort Chipewyan Bicentennial Museum, Blackfoot
Crossing Historical Park, and the Museum of Fear and Wonder. A key
chapter analyzing sites devoted to resource extraction explores how
these places promote settler colonial understandings of land use.
By contrast, Indigenous museums and cultural centres defy colonial
messages in displays that adapt and refuse conventional museum
formats. Honouring local, rural, and Indigenous knowledge,
Voluntary Detours enriches critical accounts of the past, present,
and future of museums.
General
Imprint: |
McGill-Queen's University Press
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Series: |
McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History |
Release date: |
October 2021 |
Authors: |
Lianne McTavish
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Dimensions: |
241 x 165mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-228-00868-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Reference & Interdisciplinary >
Museums & museology
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LSN: |
0-228-00868-9 |
Barcode: |
9780228008682 |
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