About the book
Debating the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, Exhibiting Cultures probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how art and artifacts are displayed and understood. The contributors—museum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropology—represent a variety of stances on the role of museums and their function as intermediaries between the makers of art or artifacts and the eventual viewers.
Editions of Exhibiting Cultures
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781560980216
- EBook
- ISBN 9781588343697
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Debating the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, Exhibiting Cultures probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how art and artifacts are displayed and understood. The contributors—museum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropology—represent a variety of stances on the role of museums and their function as intermediaries between the makers of art or artifacts and the eventual viewers.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Exhibiting Cultures about?
Debating the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, Exhibiting Cultures probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how art and artifacts are displayed and understood. The contributors—museum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropology—represent a variety of stances on the role of museums and their function as intermediaries between the makers of art or artifacts and the eventual viewers.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Exhibiting Cultures?
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects > Library and information sciences / Museology > Museology and heritage studies
Where can I read a sample of Exhibiting Cultures?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781560980216
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Exhibiting Cultures?
Ivan Karp
Who is the Publisher of the book Exhibiting Cultures?
Smithsonian
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Exhibiting Cultures is available as paperback(ISBN 9781560980216) and ebook(ISBN 9781588343697)
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