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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.
Heritage projects in the Arabian Peninsula are developing rapidly.
Museums and heritage sites are symbols of shifting national
identities, and a way of placing the Arabian Peninsula states on
the international map. Global, i.e. Western, heritage standards and
practices have been utilised for the rapid injection of heritage
expertise in museum development and site management and for
international recognition. The use of Western heritage models in
the Arabian Peninsula inspires two key areas for research which
this book examines: the obscuring of indigenous concepts and
practices of heritage and expressions of cultural identity; and the
tensions between local/community concepts of heritage and identity
and the new national identities being constructed through museums
and heritage sites at a state level.
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.
Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula is dedicated to
the recent and rapid high-profile development of museums in the
Arabian Peninsula, focusing on the a number of the Arabian
Peninsula states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and theUAE. These
Gulf states are dynamically involved in the establishment of
museums to preserve and , represent their distinct national culture
and heritage, as well as engaging in the regional and global art
worlds through the construction of state-of-the-art art museums.
Alongside such developments is a rich world of collection and
displaying material culture in homes and private museums that is
little known to the outside world. Museum Studies literature has
struggled to keep pace with such developments and Modernity and the
Museum in the Arabian Peninsula is the first book to coherently
present: a contemporary overview of the ever-evolving landscape of
museums and related heritage projects in the Arabian Peninsula a
critical evaluation of the nature of these museum projects within
the political and cultural conditions in the Arabian Peninsula
suggestions for productive ways forward for museum developments in
the Arabian Peninsula Museums Studies students and museum
professionals now have a book that fills an important gap in the
picture of the museum worldwide. Contextualising this study in the
history and politics of the region, from a scholar working within
the region, this in-depth overview and critical analysis of museums
in the Arabian Peninsula stands alone as an entry into this
important topic.
Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula is dedicated to
the recent and rapid high-profile development of museums in the
Arabian Peninsula, focusing on the a number of the Arabian
Peninsula states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and theUAE. These
Gulf states are dynamically involved in the establishment of
museums to preserve and , represent their distinct national culture
and heritage, as well as engaging in the regional and global art
worlds through the construction of state-of-the-art art museums.
Alongside such developments is a rich world of collection and
displaying material culture in homes and private museums that is
little known to the outside world. Museum Studies literature has
struggled to keep pace with such developments and Modernity and the
Museum in the Arabian Peninsula is the first book to coherently
present: a contemporary overview of the ever-evolving landscape of
museums and related heritage projects in the Arabian Peninsula a
critical evaluation of the nature of these museum projects within
the political and cultural conditions in the Arabian Peninsula
suggestions for productive ways forward for museum developments in
the Arabian Peninsula Museums Studies students and museum
professionals now have a book that fills an important gap in the
picture of the museum worldwide. Contextualising this study in the
history and politics of the region, from a scholar working within
the region, this in-depth overview and critical analysis of museums
in the Arabian Peninsula stands alone as an entry into this
important topic.
Heritage projects in the Arabian Peninsula are developing rapidly.
Museums and heritage sites are symbols of shifting national
identities, and a way of placing the Arabian Peninsula states on
the international map. Global, i.e. Western, heritage standards and
practices have been utilised for the rapid injection of heritage
expertise in museum development and site management and for
international recognition. The use of Western heritage models in
the Arabian Peninsula inspires two key areas for research which
this book examines: the obscuring of indigenous concepts and
practices of heritage and expressions of cultural identity; and the
tensions between local/community concepts of heritage and identity
and the new national identities being constructed through museums
and heritage sites at a state level.
The book covers Egyptian history from the Predynastic to the late
Roman Period. It also introduces early contemporary literary
references to ancient Egypt and uses a number of theoretical
approaches to interrogate the archaeological and textual data.
The papers in this volume, originally given at a conference at
Machester University in 2009, have a number of aims: to address
perceptions of Ancient Egypt in the West, in scholarly writing and
public understanding; to present a scholarly approach to the
subject of Egypt in Africa in order to counterbalance the extreme
Afrocentric views within which such a debate is often
contextualised; to investigate how community groups and
professional Egyptologists can transfer their knowledge and points
of view; and to present the work of scholars working on
African-centred Egyptology to a wider audience including the
traditional academic Egyptological community. It is organised in
two sections, the first exploring Egypt's influence on Africa, and
vice versa, the second looking at interpretations of Egypt as an
African culture.
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