Museums in a troubled world
Subtitle: renewal, irrelevance, or collapse?
By: Robert R. Janes.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780415463003; 9780415463010; 9780203877456
Subjects: Museums -- Social aspects; Museums -- Philosophy
Description: "Are Museums Irrelevant? Museums are rarely acknowledged in the global discussion of climate change, environmental degradation, the inevitability of depleted fossil fuels, and the myriad local issues concerning the well-being of particular communities – suggesting the irrelevance of museums as social institutions. At the same time, there is a growing preoccupation among museums with the marketplace, and museums, unwittingly or not, are embracing the values of relentless consumption that underlie the planetary difficulties of today."--Back cover.