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Exhibition Experiments
Macdonald
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Description for Exhibition Experiments
Hardback. Exhibition Experiments is a lively collection that considers experiments with museological form that challenge our understanding of - and experience with - museums. Editor(s): Macdonald, Sharon; Basu, Paul. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Exhibition Experiments is a lively collection that considers experiments with museological form that challenge our understanding of - and experience with - museums.
- Explores examples of museum experimentalism in light of cutting-edge museum theory
- Draws on a range of global and topical examples, including museum experimentation, exhibitionary forms, the fate of conventional notions of ‘object’ and ‘representation’, and the impact of these changes
- Brings together an international group of art historians, anthropologists, and sociologists to question traditional disciplinary boundaries
- Considers the impact of technology on the museum space
tackles a range of examples of experimentalism from many different countries, including Australia, Austria, Germany, ... Read more - Examines the changes and challenging new possibilities facing museum studies
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
New Interventions in Art History
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405130769
SKU
V9781405130769
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Ref
99-50
About Macdonald
Sharon Macdonald is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. She is author of Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum (2002), and editor of A Companion to Museum Studies (Blackwell 2006) and Theorizing Museums (with G. Fyfe, Blackwell 1996). Paul Basu is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sussex. An active exhibition experimenter, he is ... Read more
Reviews for Exhibition Experiments
“A challenging and fascinating book that theorizes exhibitions as media for encounter, enactment, experience, and the creation rather than the transmission of knowledge. It opens up a whole new way of thinking about the potential of galleries and museums. Essential reading.” Eilean Hooper-Greenhill, University of Leicester “This scintillating collection offers the most original treatment yet of ... Read more