Museum philosophy for the twenty-first century
By: edited by Hugh H. Genoways.
Contributors: Genoways, Hugh H.
Publisher: Altamira Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780759107533; 9780759107540
Subjects: Museums -- Philosophy.; Museums -- Historiography.; Museums -- Management.; Museum techniques -- Historiography.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Assuming responsibility : lessons from aesthetics / Hilde Hein; title: Mind as verb / David Carr; title: The museum : where civilizations clash or clash civilizes? / Timothy W. Luke; title: Legal and ethical considerations in museum acquisitions / Marilyn Phelan; title: Connection, recollection, and museum missions / Sherene Suchy; title: Museums and restlessness / Jean-Paul Martinon; title: Philosophy and the ends of the museum / Donald Preziosi; title: The moral obligations incumbent upon institutions, administrators, and directors in maintaining and caring for museum collections / Michael A. Mares; title: As long as the grass will grow : my teaching philosophy / Chuck Dailey; title: Science centres : creating a platform for twenty-first century innovation / Lesley Lewis and Jennifer L. Martin; title: Renewing the social contract at Berkeley / Douglas Sharon; title: Museums and (in)justice / Jennifer Eichstedt; title: Open minds : inclusive practice / Helen Coxall; title: African American museums in the 21st century / Christy S. Coleman; title: Learning by looking : the future of museums / Franklin W. Robinson; title: A plea for silence : putting art back into the art museum / Didier Maleuvre; title: Values, advocacy, and science : toward an empirical philosophy for zoo and aquarium leadership / Terry L. Maple and Suma Mallavarapu; title: Current trends in governance and management of museums in Europe / Patrick J Boylan; title: To members of the museum profession / Hugh H. Genoways; title: The power of museum pedagogy / Eilean Hooper-Greenhill; title: Defining our museum audience : an extraordinary opportunity / Jeffrey H. Patchen; title: How can museums attract visitors in the twenty-first century? / Scott G. Paris; title: Community choices, museum concerns / Robert R. Archibald.