Recoding the Museum is a cultural reading of how 'new media' has
coded the practices, aspirations and perceptions of the modern
museum.
Through an historical approach, Ross Parry excavates cultural
assumptions and values that provide the basis of museum information
management and display, and that are still used to this day.
The book analyzes amongst others:
- digitization techniques
- database management
- virtual reality
- hypermedia.
Parry resists models of technological determinism, passive
media, and the notions of the museum as a constant institution
transmitting knowledge, and instead predicates:
- that communication technologies are as formed (as they inform)
society
- that new media as a cultural product is an active contributor
to any message it transmits
- that museums themselves are an adaptive medium that tend to be
part of dynamic interactions with a diverse and active
audience.
For students and professionals in the field, this is a hugely
interesting and enlightening book full of ideas and arguments to
make you think.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Museum Meanings |
Release date: |
November 2007 |
First published: |
2007 |
Authors: |
Ross Parry
|
Dimensions: |
246 x 174 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
176 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-35387-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Reference & Interdisciplinary >
Museums & museology
|
LSN: |
0-415-35387-4 |
Barcode: |
9780415353878 |
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