Museums, Equality and Social Justice
Museums, Equality and Social Justice

Author: Richard Sandell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-20

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 1136318690

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The last two decades have seen concerns for equality, diversity, social justice and human rights move from the margins of museum thinking and practice, to the core. The arguments – both moral and pragmatic – for engaging diverse audiences, creating the conditions for more equitable access to museum resources, and opening up opportunities for participation, now enjoy considerable consensus in many parts of the world. A growing number of institutions are concerned to construct new narratives that represent a plurality of lived experiences, histories and identities which aim to nurture support for more progressive, ethically-informed ways of seeing and to actively inform contemporary public debates on often contested rights-related issues. At the same time it would be misleading to suggest an even and uncontested transition from the museum as an organisation that has been widely understood to marginalise, exclude and oppress to one which is wholly inclusive. Moreover, there are signs that momentum towards making museums more inclusive and equitable is slowing down or, in some contexts, reversing. Museums, Equality and Social Justice aims to reflect on and, crucially, to inform debates in museum research, policy and practice at this critical time. It brings together new research from academics and practitioners and insights from artists, activists, and commentators to explore the ways in which museums, galleries and heritage organisations are engaging with the fast-changing equalities terrain and the shifting politics of identity at global, national and local levels and to investigate their potential to contribute to more equitable, fair and just societies.

Cultural Commons and Urban Dynamics
Cultural Commons and Urban Dynamics

Author: Emanuela Macrì

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-10-13

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 3030544184

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Today, cities are being intensively reshaped by unexpected dynamics. The rise and growth of the digital economy have fundamentally changed the relationship between the urban fabric and its resident community, overcoming the conventional hierarchy based on production priorities. Moreover, contemporary society discovers new labour conditions and ways of satisfying needs and desires by developing new synergies and links. This book examines cultural and urban commons from a multidisciplinary perspective. Economists, architects, urban planners, sociologists, designers, political scientists, and artists explore the impact and implications of cultural commons on urban change. The contributions discuss both cases of successful urban participation and cases of strong social conflict, while also addressing a host of institutional contradictions and dilemmas. The first part of the book examines urban commons in response to institutional constraints from a theoretical point of view. The second and third parts apply the theories to case studies and discuss various practices of sustainable planning and re-appropriation in the urban context. In closing, the fourth part develops a new urban agenda as artists imagine it. This book will appeal to scholars interested in the social, economic and institutional implications of cultural and urban commons, and provide useful insights and tools to help local governments and policymakers manage social, cultural and economic change.

Heritage Regimes and the State
Heritage Regimes and the State

Author: Bendix, Regina

Publisher: Universitätsverlag Göttingen

Published: 2013-07-02

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 3863951220

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What happens when UNESCO heritage conventions are ratified by a state? How do UNESCO’s global efforts interact with preexisting local, regional and state efforts to conserve or promote culture? What new institutions emerge to address the mandate? The contributors to this volume focus on the work of translation and interpretation that ensues once heritage conventions are ratified and implemented. With seventeen case studies from Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and China, the volume provides comparative evidence for the divergent heritage regimes generated in states that differ in history and political organization. The cases illustrate how UNESCO’s aspiration to honor and celebrate cultural diversity diversifies itself. The very effort to adopt a global heritage regime forces myriad adaptations to particular state and interstate modalities of building and managing heritage.

Accessibility, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Cultural Sector
Accessibility, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Cultural Sector

Author: Julie Bérubé

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2024-08-20

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1837530343

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Advocating for the immersion of ADEI practices into the heart of art organizations, this title links theory, practice and context as a way to further enrich cultural communities and wield the deeply human power of art for real human impact.

A Museum Studies Approach to Heritage
A Museum Studies Approach to Heritage

Author: Sheila Watson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 1269

ISBN-13: 131736130X

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Heritage’s revival as a respected academic subject has, in part, resulted from an increased awareness and understanding of indigenous rights and non-Western philosophies and practices, and a growing respect for the intangible. Heritage has, thus far, focused on management, tourism and the traditionally ‘heritage-minded’ disciplines, such as archaeology, geography, and social and cultural theory. Widening the scope of international heritage studies, A Museum Studies Approach to Heritage explores heritage through new areas of knowledge, including emotion and affect, the politics of dissent, migration, and intercultural and participatory dimensions of heritage. Drawing on a range of disciplines and the best from established sources, the book includes writing not typically recognised as 'heritage', but which, nevertheless, makes a valuable contribution to the debate about what heritage is, what it can do, and how it works and for whom. Including heritage perspectives from beyond the professional sphere, the book serves as a reminder that heritage is not just an academic concern, but a deeply felt and keenly valued public and private practice. This blending of traditional topics and emerging trends, established theory and concepts from other disciplines offers readers international views of the past and future of this growing field. A Museum Studies Approach to Heritage offers a wider, more current and more inclusive overview of issues and practices in heritage and its intersection with museums. As such, the book will be essential reading for postgraduate students of heritage and museum studies. It will also be of great interest to academics, practitioners and anyone else who is interested in how we conceptualise and use the past.

Gender Gaps and the Social Inclusion Movement in ICT
Gender Gaps and the Social Inclusion Movement in ICT

Author: Williams, Idongesit

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2018-12-14

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1522570691

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Despite advancements in technological and engineering fields, there is still a digital gender divide in the adoption, use, and development of information communication technology (ICT) services. This divide is also evident in educational environments and careers, specifically in the STEM fields. In order to mitigate this divide, policy approaches must be addressed and improved in order to encourage the inclusion of women in ICT disciplines. Gender Gaps and the Social Inclusion Movement in ICT provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of gender and policy from developed and developing country perspectives and its applications within ICT through various forms of research including case studies. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as digital identity, human rights, and social inclusion, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, academicians, researchers, students, and technology developers seeking current research on gender inequality in ICT environments.

Gestures
Gestures

Author: Giovanni Maddalena

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2024-09-23

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 3110785846

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Over the past few years, scientists and philosophers have discussed the concept of gesture as promising to overcome hyper-intellectualist conceptions of human beings. Its ascendancy reaffirmed the importance of the pragmatic, relational dimension in human experience and cognitive processes. Many questions arise when we focus on the cognitive role of gestures, especially in the new cultural landscape shaped by the digital revolution. Does the idea of gestures highlight the preeminence of bodily experiences? Does it lead to the thinning of the distinction between humans and nonhuman animals? Do gestures help us rethink the allegedly higher human capacities in an antireductionist vein? Do gestures involve reasoning? Are they purely external actions? Do they serve to communicate, or is all communication a form of gesture? What kinds of social relations are involved in the concept of gesture? According to a multidisciplinary orientation, the book inquiries into the possibilities and issues opened up by attending to a philosophy of gestures in philosophy, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and communication studies. Given the current centrality of gestures, the general aim of the book is to reconsider the meaning of "gestures" and try to answer old and new questions.

Special issue on research II
Special issue on research II

Author: Colette Dufresne-Tassé

Publisher: Edizioni Nuova Cultura

Published: 2017-09-29

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 8868129035

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Special issue on research Numéro spécial sur la recherche Número especial dedicado a la investigación Volume 2 Edited by Colette Dufresne-Tassé and Ana Margarita Laraignée Contents / Sommaire / Indice Colette Dufresne-Tassé, Margarita Laraignée, Introduction / Introduction / Introducción Emprirical research / Recherche empirique / Investigación empírica Anne-Marie Émond, La voix des visiteurs en contexte muséal : matière première dans l’élaboration d’instruments permettant d’analyser et de cartographier le fonctionnement intellectuel d’adultes lors de leur traitement d’oeuvres d’art contemporain Rosa María Hervás Avilés, Antonia María Sánchez Lázaro y Magdalena Castejón Ibáñez, El museo como espacio de desarrollo local. Una experiencia de participación ciudadana Silvilene Ribeiro de Barros Morais, El Museo de Ciencia y el diálogo con las diferencias Silvia Singer Sochet y Emilio Sánchez Ramírez, La evaluación como herramienta de diálogo en el Museo Interactivo de Economía: el caso del Foro de Cambio Climático Bernd Wagner, Historical learning-processes in museums – Performative play stations for preschool children in the permanent exhibit “German History in Images and Testimonies” at the German Historical Museum Development of methods and instruments / Développement de methods et d’instruments / Desarrollo de métodos e instrumentos Colette Dufresne-Tassé, Jouer dans la cour des grands! Optimiser les résultats d’un projet de type développement au cours d’une initiation à la recherche appliquée Colette Dufresne-Tassé, Playing in the major league! Optimizing the results of a development-type project during an initiation in applied research Colette Dufresne-Tassé, ¡Jugar en el patio de los grandes! Optimizar los resultados de un proyecto de tipo desarrollo durante una introducción a la investigación aplicada Abstracts / Résumés / Resúmenes List of contributors / Liste des auteurs / Lista de autores

The Contemporary Museum
The Contemporary Museum

Author: Simon Knell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-11

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 1351106392

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The Contemporary Museum issues a challenge to those who view the museum as an artefact of history, constrained in its outlook as much by professional, institutional and disciplinary creed, as by the collections it accumulated in the distant past. Denying that the museum can locate its purpose in the pursuit of tradition or in idealistic speculation about the future, the book asserts that this can only be found through an ongoing and proactive negotiation with the present: the contemporary. This volume is not concerned with any present, but with the peculiar circumstances of what it refers to as the ‘global contemporary’ – the sense of living in a globally connected world that is preoccupied with the contemporary. To situate the museum in this world of real and immediate need and action, beyond the reach of history, the book argues, is to empower it to challenge existing dogmas and inequalities and sweep aside old hierarchies. As a result, fundamental questions need to be asked about such things as the museum’s relationship to global time and space, to systems and technologies of knowing, to ‘the life well lived’, to the movement and rights of people, and to the psychology, permanence and organisation of culture. Incorporating diverse viewpoints from around the world, The Contemporary Museum is a follow-up volume to Museum Revolutions and, as such, should be essential reading for students in the fields of museum and heritage studies, cultural studies, communication and media studies, art history and social policy. Academics and museum professionals will also find this book a source of inspiration.