
Objects of Knowledge
Susan M. Pearce(Editor)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published on 1. December 2000
Book
Hardback
246 pages
978-0-485-90001-9 (ISBN)
Description
Volume 1 in a series designed to act as a forum for the dissemination and discussion of new research currently being undertaken in the field of Museum Studies. The series aims to cover the whole museum field and to broadly address the history and operation of the museum as a cultural phenomenon. The papers published are of a high academic standard, and are also intended to relate directly to matters of immediate museum concern. The publication aims to fill a major gap in the present scope of museum-based literature. This volume is concerned with the ways in which meaning is created through museum objects, and the processes which this involves. The papers, however, adopt a wide diversity of stances, ranging widely across the field; some take a broadly theoretical line, and others examine specific areas like museum education and the relationship of museums to native peoples. The volume concludes with a Review Section, covering recent books, exhibitions and conferences.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
483 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-485-90001-9 (9780485900019)
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Additional editions

Susan Pearce
Objects of Knowledge
E-Book
07/2010
1st Edition
The Athlone Press
€211.99
Available for download
Person
Susan Pearce if Director of the Department of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.
Content
Objects, belief and power in mid-Victorian England - the origins of the Victoria and Albert museum; the discursive object; in the lair of the monkey - notes towards a post-modernist museography; object lessons in the museum media; objects as meaning, or, narrating the past; methodological museology or, towards a theory of museum practice; cultural empowerment and museums - opening up anthropology through collaboration; knowing objects through an alternative learning system; review section.