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Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies.
This selected group of key texts opens the investigation and
appreciation of museum history. Edward Edwards, chief pioneer of
municipal public libraries, chronicles the founders and early
donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murray provide
informative pictures of the early history of the museum movement.
Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural
History), takes a pioneering philosophical approach to the sphere
of natural history with relation to museums. Similarly, Acland and
Ruskin discuss and explore the relationships of art and
architecture to museums.
Bringing together the most significant papers on the interpretation of objects and collections, this volume examines how people relate to material culture and why they collect things.
This clear and lively book, based on the understanding of collecting practice rather than collections themselves, provides an illuminating analysis of collecting as a major social and individual phenomenon in contemporary sociey. Pearce uses both qualitative and quantitative informaion to highlight the significance of collecting in relation to the cultural process, popular culture, contemporary attitudes to material culture, and the idea of collecting as a postmodern activity.
Practicing Counseling and Psychotherapy: Insights From Trainees,
Supervisors, and Clients offers a framework for understanding the
counseling and psychotherapy process that can be used in any
training program. Clinical examples and discussion questions are
included throughout the book, and are based on a large-scale
empirical study that qualitatively and quantitatively examines the
experiences of trainees, clients, and supervisors. This volume is
an excellent resource for those who want an insider's view and
conceptualization from the perspectives of psychotherapy trainees,
their clients, and their supervisors.
Collecting is a wide spread phenomenon within our society. Many of us are involved in the activity of collecting and many more of us are fascinated by others' collections. Yet surprisingly little is known about how and why we collect. On Collecting examines the nature of collecting both in Europe and among people living within the European tradition elsewhere. Gathering objects together is a universal human custom, yet every society collects in different ways. Susan Pearce looks at the way we collect and what this tells us about ourselves and our society. She also explores the psychology of collecting: why do we bestow value on certain objects and how does this add meaning to our lives? Do men and women collect differently? How do we use objects to construct our identity? On Collecting breaks new ground in its analysis of our relationship to the material world. It will be of value to museums professionals and students, cultural historians and anyone interested in the phenomenon of collecting.
Series Information: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies
The Collector's Voice is a major four-volume project which brings
together in accessible form material relevant to the history and
practice of collecting in the European tradition from c. 1500 BC to
the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects,
the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution
have developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented
includes translations of a wide range of original documents:
letters, official reports, verse, fiction, travellers' accounts,
catalogues and labels. Volume 1: Ancient Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Alexandra Bounia Volume 2: Early Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Kenneth Arnold Volume 3: Imperial Voices, edited by
Susan Pearce and Rosemary Flanders Volume 4: Contemporary Voices,
edited by Susan Pearce and Paul Martin
Charles R. Cockerell (1788-1863) was one of the most significant
nineteenth-century British architects and a major player in the
cultural shift from the Georgian eighteenth to the Victorian
nineteenth century. Charles R. Cockerell (1788-1863) was one of the
most significant nineteenth-century British architects and a major
player in the cultural shift from the Georgian eighteenth to the
Victorian nineteenth century. Cockerell's travelsin the eastern
Mediterranean between 1810 and 1817 were the formative experience
of his life. His forty letters from this period, held in the
archives of the Royal Institute of British Architects and published
here for the first time, give crucial day-to-day insights into his
actions, thoughts and feelings in relation to the intricate
histories of the re-discovery and sales of the Aegina and Bassae
marbles and, equally importantly, illuminate his hugely significant
work on temple architecture and sculpture in mainland Greece, the
great cities of Asia Minor, and the significant temples of Sicily.
Drawing on these letters, and on some 150 unpublished letters sent
by his friends while they were all in Greece and now held in the
British Museum, this book elucidates what Cockerell did and why by
analyzing his methods of work and their significance. It discusses
Cockerell's aesthetic and conceptual development during his time
abroad, particularly his influential part in the changing vision of
Greek sculpture and architecture, from Winkelmann's static ideal to
one rooted in dramatic tension and contextual contingency. The book
unravels the emergence of Cockerell's crucial historical
perspective and shows how he arrived at a new view of the ancient
Greek past as made up of real lived lives, rather than just
existing as a back drop to the present. By offeringa complete
edition of the RIBA letters, this book fills a significant gap in
our understanding of the thought and work of one of the formative
spirits of nineteenth century visual historical culture. SUSAN
PEARCE is Professor Emeritus of Museum Studies, University of
Leicester. THERESA ORMROD has extensive experience in archival
research, manuscript transcription and editing.
The Collector's Voice is a major four-volume project which brings
together in accessible form material relevant to the history and
practice of collecting in the European tradition from c. 1500 BC to
the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects,
the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution
have developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented
includes translations of a wide range of original documents:
letters, official reports, verse, fiction, travellers' accounts,
catalogues and labels. Volume 1: Ancient Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Alexandra Bounia Volume 2: Early Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Kenneth Arnold Volume 3: Imperial Voices, edited by
Susan Pearce and Rosemary Flanders Volume 4: Contemporary Voices,
edited by Susan Pearce and Paul Martin
The Collector's Voice is a major four-volume project which brings
together in accessible form material relevant to the history and
practice of collecting in the European tradition from c. 1500 BC to
the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects,
the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution
have developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented
includes translations of a wide range of original documents:
letters, official reports, verse, fiction, travellers' accounts,
catalogues and labels. Volume 1: Ancient Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Alexandra Bounia Volume 2: Early Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Kenneth Arnold Volume 3: Imperial Voices, edited by
Susan Pearce and Rosemary Flanders Volume 4: Contemporary Voices,
edited by Susan Pearce and Paul Martin
The Collector's Voice is a major four-volume project which brings
together in accessible form material relevant to the history and
practice of collecting in the European tradition from c. 1500 BC to
the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects,
the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution
have developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented
includes translations of a wide range of original documents:
letters, official reports, verse, fiction, travellers' accounts,
catalogues and labels. Volume 1: Ancient Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Alexandra Bounia Volume 2: Early Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Kenneth Arnold Volume 3: Imperial Voices, edited by
Susan Pearce and Rosemary Flanders Volume 4: Contemporary Voices,
edited by Susan Pearce and Paul Martin
The Collector's Voice is a major four-volume project which brings
together in accessible form material relevant to the history and
practice of collecting in the European tradition from c. 1500 BC to
the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects,
the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution
have developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented
includes translations of a wide range of original documents:
letters, official reports, verse, fiction, travellers' accounts,
catalogues and labels. Volume 1: Ancient Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Alexandra Bounia Volume 2: Early Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Kenneth Arnold Volume 3: Imperial Voices, edited by
Susan Pearce and Rosemary Flanders Volume 4: Contemporary Voices,
edited by Susan Pearce and Paul Martin
The Collector's Voice is a major four-volume project which brings
together in accessible form material relevant to the history and
practice of collecting in the European tradition from c. 1500 BC to
the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects,
the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution
have developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented
includes translations of a wide range of original documents:
letters, official reports, verse, fiction, travellers' accounts,
catalogues and labels. Volume 1: Ancient Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Alexandra Bounia Volume 2: Early Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Kenneth Arnold Volume 3: Imperial Voices, edited by
Susan Pearce and Rosemary Flanders Volume 4: Contemporary Voices,
edited by Susan Pearce and Paul Martin
About one in three people in North America and Europe collects
something. Collecting is clearly an important social phenomenon and
yet surprisingly little is known about how and why we collect. This
work explores the nature of collecting both in Europe and among
people living within the European tradition elsewhere. The way
people collect tells us about their notions of themselves and
others, about their relationship to objects, and helps us
understand people as consumers. Susan Pearce addresses many of the
issues surrounding the practice of collecting. She considers how
European collecting practice is part of an essentially European
mentality, how collected objects have cultural value and how the
individuals who collect them help to affect the society they live
in. The text should be of value to museum professionals and
students, cultural historians and anyone interested in the
phenomenon of collecting.
The Collector's Voice is a major four-volume project which brings
together in accessible form material relevant to the history and
practice of collecting in the European tradition from c. 1500 BC to
the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects,
the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution
have developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented
includes translations of a wide range of original documents:
letters, official reports, verse, fiction, travellers' accounts,
catalogues and labels. Volume 1: Ancient Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Alexandra Bounia Volume 2: Early Voices, edited by Susan
Pearce and Kenneth Arnold Volume 3: Imperial Voices, edited by
Susan Pearce and Rosemary Flanders Volume 4: Contemporary Voices,
edited by Susan Pearce and Paul Martin
At a time when being busy is worn as a badge of honor, and we are
accustomed to filling every waking moment with (often useless or
unpleasant) activity, Do Less. Be More explores why switching off,
or at the very least, slowing down, is vital, to ensure we achieve
what we want.Busy-ness is a barrier to self-reflection, a hindrance
to novel solutions and a smokescreen to clarity. While cramming in
one more task may feel useful, productive, or even satisfying, it's
not always the best use of a spare moment. In fact, it will
inevitably lead us to a place where we become less productive, less
creative, less inspired and less satisfied with life.While we might
think we don't have any space in our lives to do more of what is
important to us, Do Less Be More offers readers 21 activities to
reclaim even the tiniest moments, like waiting for a coffee, to
rest their brains and, in so doing, rediscover insight, inspiration
and fresh ideas.Learn how to ban busy and focus on what really
matters with practical ways to say no and embrace silence, space
and solitude.
Bronze Age metalwork has always caught the interest of
archaeologists, largely due to the very large volume and variety of
objects that is still being recovered on an almost daily basis.
Regional catalogues have been repeatedly undertaken in an attempt
to manage the sheer wealth of data and analyse the implications. In
1983, one Susan Pearce published such a study of south western
Britain (BAR 120, 1983), contributing a catalogue of 896 find
spots. This discussion embraced the wider understanding of
metalworking in the region, how this fitted with traditions across
the rest of the country and the European continent, and how the
metalwork was integrated into prehistoric society. This volume is
intended to bring the 1983 corpus of south western Bronze Age
metalwork finds up to date by documenting finds made in the four
counties between January 1980 and July 2014.The intention here is
not to undertake a full re-examination of the south western
metalwork and its context - such a discussion is beyond the
confines of this publication - but instead to suggest some of the
broad parameters within which such a discussion might take place,
and to point to several key themes that have become prominent in
Bronze Age studies since 1983 and to some that remain relatively
underexplored. A digital copy of the 1983 corpus has been included
on CD as part of this publication to allow access to the complete
collection of find spots in south western Britain.
Why do some people thrive while others merely survive? It seems
that the answer lies not in the circumstances that we each
experience, but rather, in our individual brains. The human brain
may have evolved over millions of years, but it still uses the same
basic survival mechanisms as it did when our earliest ancestors
walked the planet. In this modern world, these default threat
responses, which were originally designed to protect us, are more
likely to sabotage us and hold us back from experiencing all that
life has to offer. Wired for Life explains why we think, decide and
act the way we do. It explores the five fears commonly triggered by
our brains' threat response - fear of failure, fear of losing
control, fear of standing out, fear of missing out, and fear of
facing the truth - and how these fears creep undetected into so
many parts of our lives, impairing our ability to experience
happiness, freedom, success and fulfilment. Drawing on their
experience with corporate and private clients, the authors reveal a
three-step process for harnessing the power of your mind,
overcoming fears, and creating the life you want. It shows you how
to Wake Up, Think Differently, and Grow, changing your life in
often surprising ways. This book will help you understand your
brain, providing insight into why you behave the way you do, make
the choices you make and get the results that you do. Once you
understand this, you will realise that changing your mind can
actually change your life!
A collection of papers in honour of Henrietta Quinnell: 1)
Hennrietta Quinnell: Rescue Archaeology, Adult Education and South
West Britain (Susan Pearce); 2) South Western Hunter-Gather
Landscapes (Paula Gardiner); 3) The Early Neolithic of South
Western Britain: New Insights and New Questions (Alison Sheridan);
4) Pseudo-Quoits to Propped Stones (Tony Blackman); 5) Between the
Channel and the Chalk: A Regional Perspective on the Grooved Ware
and Beaker Pottery from the Mendip Hills, Somerset (Jodie Lewis and
David Mullin); 6) Without Wessex: the Local Character of the Early
Bronze Age in the South West Peninsula (Andy M. Jones); 7) Earlier
Bronze Age Cemetery Mounds and the Multiple Cremation Burial Rite
in Western Britain (Paul Bonnington); 8) Interpreting the Dartmoor
Reaves (Andrew Fleming); 9) Telling Tales from the Round House.
Researching Bronze Age Buildings in Cornwall (Jacqueline
Nowakowski); 10) In the Footsteps of Pioneering Women: Some Recent
Work on Devon Hillforts (F.M.Griffith and E.M.Wilkes); 12)
Romano-British Brooches of Cornish Origin? (Anna Tyacke, Justine
Bayley, and Sarnia Butcher); 13) The Early Medieval Native Pottery
of Cornwall. AD c.400-1066 (C.M.Thorpe); 14) Multiple Identities in
Cornwall (Peter Herring); 15) A Guinea Pigs Testimony (Judith
Cosford); 15) A Students Progress (Susan Watts); Bibliography of
Henrietta Quinnells Published Work, to 2011.
Practicing Counseling and Psychotherapy: Insights From Trainees,
Supervisors, and Clients offers a framework for understanding the
counseling and psychotherapy process that can be used in any
training program. Clinical examples and discussion questions are
included throughout the book, and are based on a large-scale
empirical study that qualitatively and quantitatively examines the
experiences of trainees, clients, and supervisors. This volume is
an excellent resource for those who want an insider's view and
conceptualization from the perspectives of psychotherapy trainees,
their clients, and their supervisors.
This clear and lively book provides an illuminating analysis of
collecting as a major social and individual phenomenon in
contemporary society. The book is based on the understanding of
collecting practice, rather than the collections themselves. It
highlights the significance of collecting in relation to the
cultural process, popular culture, contemporary attitudes to
material culture and the idea of collecting as a postmodern
activity. Susan Pearce presents both quantitative and qualitative
information from a broad spectrum of contemporary collectors and
relates their collecting to broader issues of consumption, gender,
family and social class. Accessible and original, Collecting in
Contemporary Practice will be of interest to students, academics
and professionals in museum studies, cultural studies, anthropology
and material culture studies.
Attention is a most precious gift. It brings meaning, connection
and happiness to our lives. Studies suggest that attention spans
are declining, distraction is growing and we're more concerned than
ever about losing the ability to perform the simple but crucial act
of paying attention. It's one of the greatest concerns for current
and future generations. One Moment Please shows that by harnessing
the power of attention, we can make positive changes in our lives,
including deepening our relationships, having more meaningful
experiences and living in greater harmony. Martina Sheehan and
Susan Pearse outline a few simple ways in which we can take care of
our fragile attention and experience the vibrancy of a full life.
Learn how to be more present, live more fully and experience the
magic of life with these simple and powerful techniques!
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