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Museum Frictions: Public Cultures/Global Transformations
Ivan Karp
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Description for Museum Frictions: Public Cultures/Global Transformations
Paperback. This third volume in a bestselling series on culture, society, and museums examines the effects of globalization on contemporary museum, heritage, and exhibition practices. Editor(s): Karp, Ivan; Kratz, Corinne A.; Szwaja, Lynn. Translator(s): Ybarra-Frausto, Tomas. Num Pages: 632 pages, 70 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 832.
Museum Frictions is the third volume in a bestselling series on culture, society, and museums. The first two volumes in the series, Exhibiting Cultures and Museums and Communities, have become defining books for those interested in the politics of museum display and heritage sites. Another classic in the making, Museum Frictions is a lavishly illustrated examination of the significant and varied effects of the increasingly globalized world on contemporary museum, heritage, and exhibition practice. The contributors—scholars, artists, and curators—present case studies drawn from Africa, Australia, North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Together they offer a multifaceted analysis of the ... Read more
Museum Frictions is the third volume in a bestselling series on culture, society, and museums. The first two volumes in the series, Exhibiting Cultures and Museums and Communities, have become defining books for those interested in the politics of museum display and heritage sites. Another classic in the making, Museum Frictions is a lavishly illustrated examination of the significant and varied effects of the increasingly globalized world on contemporary museum, heritage, and exhibition practice. The contributors—scholars, artists, and curators—present case studies drawn from Africa, Australia, North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Together they offer a multifaceted analysis of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
Number of Pages
632
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822338949
SKU
V9780822338949
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About Ivan Karp
Ivan Karp is National Endowment for the Humanities Professor and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Public Scholarship at Emory University. He has coedited numerous books, including Museums and Communities: The Politics of Public Culture and Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display. Corinne A. Kratz is Professor of Anthropology and African Studies and Co-Director ... Read more
Reviews for Museum Frictions: Public Cultures/Global Transformations
“Museum Frictions is a landmark publication which decenters the Western-centric bias of the existing literature. It shifts critical museology into a new register by challenging readers to think about the multiple ways that the globalization of a Western institution is transforming not only the dynamics of social interaction around the world but also the institutional nature of the museum itself.”—Ruth ... Read more