New museum theory and practice: an introduction

348 Pages·2010·7.687 MB·English

by  Marstine, Janet

New Museum Theory
and Practice
An Introduction
Edited by Janet Marstine
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New Museum Theory and Practice
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To Mark
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New Museum Theory
and Practice
An Introduction
Edited by Janet Marstine
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New museum theory and practice : an introduction / edited by Janet Marstine.
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CONTENTS
List of Figures viii
Preface: How to Use this Book x
Acknowledgments xii
Introduction 1
Janet Marstine
Part I Defining New Museum Theory 37
A Surveys and Groundwork 39
1 Editor’s Introduction 41
THE ARCHITECTURE IS THE MUSEUM 41
Michaela Giebelhausen
Questions for Discussion 60
2 Editor’s Introduction 64
FEMINIST CURATORIAL STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES SINCE
THE 1970s 65
Katy Deepwell
Questions for Discussion 80
3 Editor’s Introduction 85
NEW ART, NEW CHALLENGES: THE CHANGING FACE OF
CONSERVATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 86
Rachel Barker and Patricia Smithen
Questions for Discussion 103
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CONTENTS
B Case Studies in Contemporary Practice 107
4 Editor’s Introduction 109
HOW WE STUDY HISTORY MUSEUMS: OR CULTURAL STUDIES AT
MONTICELLO 109
Eric Gable
Questions for Discussion 126
5 Editor’s Introduction 129
SPECTACLE AND DEMOCRACY: EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT AS A
POST-MUSEUM 130
Chris Bruce
Questions for Discussion 149
6 Editor’s Introduction 152
REVEALING AND CONCEALING: MUSEUMS, OBJECTS, AND THE
TRANSMISSION OF KNOWLEDGE IN ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA 153
Moira G. Simpson
Questions for Discussion 174
7 Editor’s Introduction 178
RESTRUCTURING SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUMS: REALITY AND RHETORIC
WITHIN CAPE TOWN 179
Julie L. McGee
Questions for Discussion 196
Part II Looking to the Future: Theory into Practice 201
8 Editor’s Introduction 203
THE CRITICAL MUSEUM VISITOR 203
Margaret Lindauer
Questions for Discussion 223
9 Editor’s Introduction 226
VISITING THE VIRTUAL MUSEUM: ART AND EXPERIENCE ONLINE 226
Lianne McTavish
Questions for Discussion 244
10 Editor’s Introduction 247
REFRAMING STUDIO ART PRODUCTION AND CRITIQUE 248
Helen Klebesadel
Questions for Discussion 263
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CONTENTS
11 Editor’s Introduction 266
THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM AND GALLERY: A SITE FOR INSTITUTIONAL
CRITIQUE AND A FOCUS OF THE CURRICULUM 267
Lyndel King and Janet Marstine
Questions for Discussion 288
12 Editor’s Introduction 292
MUSEUM ARCHIVES AS RESOURCES FOR SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND
INSTITUTIONAL IDENTITY 293
Lois Marie Fink
Questions for Discussion 306
Bibliography 308
Index 322
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FIGURES
1.1 Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand, ideal plan for a museum, 1802–5 44
1.2 Leo von Klenze, Glyptothek, Munich, 1815–30, main facade 45
1.3 Interior of the South Kensington Museum (now the
Victoria and Albert Museum), South Court, eastern
portion, from the south, c.1876, showing the copy by
F. W. Moody of Raphael’s School of Athens, proposed
for the gallery 50
1.4 Alfred Waterhouse, Natural History Museum,
London, 1871–81 52
1.5 James Stirling, extension to the Neue Staatsgalerie,
Stuttgart, 1977–83, view of central rotunda 57
3.1 “Nature into Action” Gallery, Tate Modern, London,
2004 98
5.1 Frank O. Gehry, Experience Music Project, 2000 137
5.2 Sky Church, Experience Music Project, 2000 138
6.1 David Corby Tjapaltjarri, Tjunti, 1979 158
6.2 Map of Australia 161
6.3 Fiber arts display in Djomi Museum, Maningrida 164
7.1 South African National Gallery, Cape Town 182
8.1 Heard Museum, Phoenix 208
8.2 “A Revolution in the Making: The Pottery of Maria and
Julian Martinez,” exhibition, Heard Museum, Phoenix, 2003 211
9.1 View of QuickTime virtual reality gallery,
www.rijksmuseum.nl 229
9.2 Home page of the Virtual Museum of Canada,
www.virtualmuseum.ca 238
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