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This book Uses the example of New Walk Museum, Leicester, and its'
collections to examine and explain the complexity, multicausality
and reasons for change in museums. Makes use of original interview
and archive material to examine how and why social, economic,
political and professional developments affected the work that was
undertaken in New Walk Covers a time-span much longer than is
normal for a book on museum history with the aim to allow for a
more nuanced understanding of the causes and consequences of museum
change over time. Also discusses the problems and possibilities of
undertaking museum history research. Is aimed at all those with an
interest in understanding how and why change affects museum
practice and will be of interest to museum professionals, academics
and students in museum studies, history, politics and sociology as
well to the general museum visitor who would like to discover more
about the institutions that they visit.
The Mali Rural Health Project was designed as a model effort within
the US foreign aid programme for extending rudimentary health
services in rural areas of developing nations. Although some
success was achieved, the programme proved to be too costly for
nation-wide implementation, thus failing to achieve its immediate
goals. The authors' assessmen
The Role of Today's Museum provides a thorough investigation of
what museums do and why. Arguing that museums are multifunctional
institutions, the book examines the consequences of this for the
services that museums provide, the publics to whom they are
provided and the providers themselves. Adopting a wide perspective
on understandings of the roles of museums and considering the
different environments within which museums operate, Gray and
McCall provide a new perspective on how transformations, as well as
the gaps between intended policies and the actual work that is
undertaken within museums, can be both identified and understood.
By differentiating between social, economic and political visions
and expectations of museums, the analysis in this book allows for a
fuller understanding of what these organisations do and provide for
their societies and the struggles and negotiations that surround
their existence. The Role of Today's Museum takes a critical,
interdisciplinary approach to studying museums and museum policy.
As a result, the book will be of interest to academics and students
engaged in the study of museums, cultural policy, social policy,
cultural sociology, public policy and cultural and political
economy. Highlighting the gaps that exist between policy ideals and
museum practices, the book also provides valuable insights to
policy-makers and practitioners.
The Mali Rural Health Project was designed as a model effort within
the US foreign aid programme for extending rudimentary health
services in rural areas of developing nations. Although some
success was achieved, the programme proved to be too costly for
nation-wide implementation, thus failing to achieve its immediate
goals.
This is the first book to examine how and why museums are political
institutions. By concentrating on the ways in which power, ideology
and legitimacy work at the international, national and local levels
of the museum experience, Clive Gray provides an original analysis
of who exercises power and how power is used in museums.
This is the first book to examine how and why museums are political
institutions. By concentrating on the ways in which power, ideology
and legitimacy work at the international, national and local levels
of the museum experience, Clive Gray provides an original analysis
of who exercises power and how power is used in museums.
The Role of Today's Museum provides a thorough investigation of
what museums do and why. Arguing that museums are multifunctional
institutions, the book examines the consequences of this for the
services that museums provide, the publics to whom they are
provided and the providers themselves. Adopting a wide perspective
on understandings of the roles of museums and considering the
different environments within which museums operate, Gray and
McCall provide a new perspective on how transformations, as well as
the gaps between intended policies and the actual work that is
undertaken within museums, can be both identified and understood.
By differentiating between social, economic and political visions
and expectations of museums, the analysis in this book allows for a
fuller understanding of what these organisations do and provide for
their societies and the struggles and negotiations that surround
their existence. The Role of Today's Museum takes a critical,
interdisciplinary approach to studying museums and museum policy.
As a result, the book will be of interest to academics and students
engaged in the study of museums, cultural policy, social policy,
cultural sociology, public policy and cultural and political
economy. Highlighting the gaps that exist between policy ideals and
museum practices, the book also provides valuable insights to
policy-makers and practitioners.
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