Museum Philosophy for the Twenty-first Century

, by Genoways, Hugh H.; Archibald, Robert R.; Boylan, Patrick J.; Carr, David; Coleman, Christy S.; Coxall, Helen; Dailey, Chuck; Eichstedt, Jennifer; Hein, Hilde; Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean; Lewis, Lesley; Luke, Timothy W.; Maleuvre, Didier; Mallavarapu, Suma;

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ISBN: 9780759107540 | 0759107548
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/8/2006

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Edited volume of reflections on museum philosophy for the 21st century from an international group of contributors.

Introduction

vii

1 Assuming Responsibility: Lessons from Aesthetics

(10)

Hilde Hein

2 Mind as Verb

(8)

David Carr

3 The Museum: Where Civilizations Clash or Clash Civilizes?

(8)

Timothy W. Luke

4 Legal and Ethical Considerations in Museum Acquisitions

(20)

Marilyn Phelan

5 Connection, Recollection, and Museum Missions

(12)

Sherene Suchy

6 Museums and Restlessness

(10)

Jean-Paul Martinon

7 Philosophy and the Ends of the Museum

(10)

Donald Preziosi

8 The Moral Obligations Incumbent upon Institutions, Administrators, and Directors in Maintaining and Caring for Museum Collections

(20)

Michael A. Mares

9 As Long as the Grass Will Grow: My Teaching Philosophy

(8)

Charles Dailey

10 Science Centers: Creating a Platform for Twenty-first Century Innovation

107

(10)

Lesley Lewis and Jennifer L. Martin

11 Renewing the Social Contract at Berkeley

117

(10)

Douglas Sharon

12 Museums and (In)Justice

127

(12)

Jennifer Eichstedt

13 Open Minds: Inclusive Practice

139

(12)

Helen Coxall

14 African American Museums in the Twenty-first Century

151

(10)

Christy S. Coleman

15 Learning by Looking: The Future of Museums

161

(4)

Franklin W. Robinson

16 A Plea for Silence: Putting Art Back into the Art Museum

165

(12)

Didier Maleuvre

17 Values, Advocacy, and Science: Toward an Empirical Philosophy for Zoo and Aquarium Leadership

177

(24)

Terry L. Maple and Suma Mallavarapu

18 Current Trends in Governance and Management of Museums in Europe

201

(20)

Patrick Boylan

19 To Members of the Museum Profession

221

(14)

Hugh H. Genoways

20 The Power of Museum Pedagogy

235

(12)

Eilean Hooper-Greenhill

21 Defining Our Museum Audience: An Extraordinary Opportunity

247

(8)

Jeffrey H. Patchen

22 How Can Museums Attract Visitors in the Twenty-first Century?

255

(12)

Scott G. Paris

23 Community Choices, Museum Concerns

267

(8)

Robert R. Archibald

Index

275

(8)

About the Contributors

283

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