Museum & Heritage Studies News & Updates
Articles, News, Promotions and Updates from Routledge and the Taylor & Francis Group.
Recent Articles
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AAM-Recommended Books on the Social Value of Museums
Routledge is proud to offer 5 titles recommended as resources by the American Alliance of Museums, supporting this year's annual meeting theme of The Social Value of Museums: Inspiring Change.
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Free to View: Special Issues of Museum Management and Curatorship
Routledge is delighted to announce that selected special issues of Museum Management and Curatorship, are free to view in their entirety for the month of September.
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Relational Archaeologies
Many of us accept as uncontroversial the belief that the world is comprised of detached and disparate products, all of which are reducible to certain substances. Of those things that are alive, we acknowledge that some have agency while others, such as humans, have more advanced qualities such as consciousness, reason and intentionality. So deeply-seated is this metaphysical belief that many of us tacitly assume past groups approached and apprehended the world in a similar fashion. Relational Archaeologies questions how such a view of human beings, ‘other-than-human’ creatures and things affects our reconstruction of past beliefs and practices.
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Out Now - Memorylands: Heritage and Identity in Europe Today
Routledge is pleased to announce the publication of Memorylands, an original and fascinating investigation into the nature of heritage from renowned scholar and author Sharon Macdonald
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New from Research in Museum Studies: Museum Communication and Social Media
Now more than ever social media platforms are affecting how cultural consumers interact with the world around them. This penetrating new study edited by Kirsten Drotner and Kim Christian Schroder examines how such recent developments have transformed the museum experience for connected visitors and what the future might hold.
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2012 Museum and Heritage Studies Online Catalog now available
You can now view our 2012 Museum and Heritage Studies catalog online! Browse the e-catalog here.
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Research & Reference Book of the Month
The Routledge Companion to Museum Ethics, edited by Janet C. Marstine, is now available in paperback! Find out more about the book here...
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Textbook Spotlight - Interpreting Art in Museums and Galleries
In this pioneering book, Christopher Whitehead provides an overview and critique of art interpretation practices in museums and galleries. Find out more here...
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Book of the Month - Transforming Museums in the 21st Century
In Transforming Museums in the 21st Century, Graham Black argues that museums must transform themselves if they are to remain relevant to 21st century audiences. Find out more here...
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Series Spotlight: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies
Studying or teaching Museum Studies? Find out more about our Leicester Readers in Museum Studies series here...