NEW DIRECTIONS IN MUSEUM ETHICS by Janet Marstine (Editor), Alexander Bauer (Editor), Chelsea Haines (Editor) ( 9781317967118 )

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Title:

NEW DIRECTIONS IN MUSEUM ETHICS

By:

Janet Marstine (Editor), Alexander Bauer (Editor), Chelsea Haines (Editor)

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Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1317967119

ISBN 13:

9781317967118

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

31 October, 2013

Pages:

152

Synopsis:

This book considers key ethical questions in museum policy and practice, particularly those related to issues of collection and display. What does a collection signify in the twenty-first century museum? How does an engagement with immateriality challenge museums' concept of ownership, and how does that immateriality translate into the design of exhibitions and museum space? Are museums still about safeguarding objects, and what does safeguarding mean for diverse individuals and communities today? How does the notion of the museum as a performative space challenge our perceptions of the object?The scholarship represented in this volume is a testament to the range and significance of critical inquiry in museum ethics. Together, the chapters resist a legalistic interpretation, bound by codes and common practice, to advance an ethics discourse that is richly theorized, constantly changing and contingent on diverse external factors. Contributors take stock of innovative research to articulate a new museum ethics founded on the moral agency of museums, the concept that museums have both the capacity and the responsibility to create social change. This book is based on a special issue of Museum Management and Curatorship.

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Routledge

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