New Museum Theory and Practice

Contains 12 original essays that contribute to the field while creating a collective whole for course use. Discusses theory through vivid examples and historical overviews. Offers guidance on how to put theory into practice. Covers a range of museums around the world: from art to history, anthropology to music, as well as historic houses, cultural centres, virtual sites, and commercial displays that use the conventions of the museum. Authors come from the UK, Canada, the US, and Australia, and from a variety of fields that inform cultural studies. [Top Arrow] Contents Acknowledgements Preface Illustrations Introduction Janet Marstine Part I: Defining New Museum Theory Section A. Surveys and Groundwork 1. Introduction The Museum as Architecture Michaela Giebelhausen (University of Essex) Questions for Discussion 2. Introduction Feminist Curatorial Strategies and Practices Since the 1970s Katy Deepwell (n.paradoxa) Questions for Discussion 3. Introduction New Art, New Challenges: The Conservation of Art in the Twenty-First Century Rachel Barker and Patricia Smithen (both at Tate Museum) Questions for Discussion Section B. Case Studies in Contemporary Practice 4. Introduction Monticello and the Cultural History of History Museums Eric Gable (Mary Washington College) Questions for Discussion 5. Introduction Spectacle and Democracy: Experience Music Project as a Post-Museum Chris Bruce (Washington State University Museum of Art) Questions for Discussion 6. Introduction Museums, Objects and the Transmission of Knowledge in Aboriginal Australia Moira G. Simpson (Flinders University) Questions for Discussion 7. Introduction Reconstructing South African Museums: Reality and Rhetoric within Cape Town Julie L. McGee (Bowdoin College) Questions for Discussion Part II: Looking to the Future: Theory into Practice 8. Introduction The Critical Museum Visitor Margaret Lindauer (Virginia Commonwealth University) Questions for Discussion 9. Introduction Visiting the Virtual Museum: Art and Experience Online Lianne McTavish (University of New Brunswick) Questions for Discussion 10. Introduction Reframing the Studio Art Critique Helen Klebesadel (University of Wisconsin) Questions for Discussion 11. Introduction The University Museum/Gallery: A Site for Institutional Critique and a Focus of the Curriculum Lyndel King (University of Minnesota) and Janet Marstine Questions for Discussion 12. Introduction Museum Archives as Resources for Scholarly Research and Institutional Identity Lois Marie Fink (Smithsonian American Art Museum) Questions for Discussion Bibliography