Objects of Knowledge

by Susan Pearce

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780485900019
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/21/2002
Series:	New Research in Museum Studies , #1
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Susan Pearce if Director of the Department of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

Begins a series addressing a broad range of issues concerning the history and operation of the museum as a cultural phenomenon. The first volume explores the ways in which meaning is created through museum objects. The eight essays include a wide range of perspectives, some highly theoretical, and others examining specific areas such as education and native peoples. Ten further articles review exhibits and books. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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