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Title Democratising the museum : reflections on participatory technologies / Pille Runnel, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, editors ; Daniel Edward Allen, english language editor ; Tuuli Kaalep, Ivi Tammaru, copy editors
Published Frankfurt am Main [Germany] : PL Academic Research, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (242 pages) : illustrations, graphs
Contents Cover -- Table of Contents -- Authors -- The Challenge of Democratising the Museum -- 1. The project -- 2. The journey -- 3. The concepts -- 4. The new era -- Acknowledgements -- References -- THEORISING AND ANALYSING PARTICIPATION -- Who Authors the Nation? The Debate Surround the Building of the New Estonian National Museum -- 1. Authoring the nation -- 2. Participation -- 3. Towards innovation and participation -- Acknowledgements -- References -- When the Museum Becomes the Message for Participating Audiences -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A short and non-comprehensive history of museums
3. Intervention as a method to investigate participation -- 4. Multi-method approach in data collection -- 5. Online and on-site -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- MUSEUM AUDIENCES AS PARTICIPANTS -- Handicraft Hobbyists in an Ethnographic Museum -- Negotiating Expertise and Participation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The role of experts in cultural participation -- 3. Context and method -- 4. Estonian hobbyist crafters' perceptions of the Estonian National Museum's expertise -- 5. Estonian hobbyist crafters in relation to the Estonian National Museum
3. Museums in their contesting and intersecting fields -- 4. Museum is a voice is a message is a medium -- 4.1. The museum as a communicator -- positioning "Who?" -- 4.2. Participating in what? -- 4.3. Naming thy partner -- to whom does the message go? -- 5. By way of conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- A Multi-Method and Multi-Site Interventionist Approach to Studying Audience Participation in Museums -- 1. Audience participation in museum as a research method -- 2. (Insider) action research and ethnographic research -- 2.1. Action research -- 2.2. Insider action research
6. Hobbyist crafters as cultural participants in an ethnographic museum -- 7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Analysis of Participatory Activities in the Museums of Latvia -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The concept of participation in museums -- 3. The methods -- 4. Participation activities in Latvian museums -- 5. Detailed description of activities in Latvian museums -- 6. Conclusion: Participation in Latvian museums -- Acknowledgements -- References -- STRUGGLES OF MUSEUM PROFESSIONAL
Facing the Death of the Author. Cultural Professional's Identity Work and the Fantasies of Control -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Identities at work -- 3. The subject position of the cultural professionals -- 4. The opening up of the cultural realms -- 5. Cultural professionals, fantasy and their identity work -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Identity Struggles of Museum Professionals: Autonomous Expertise and Audience Participation in Exhibition Production -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Situating the theoretical issues and research object
Summary Democratising the museum is a collection of articles reflecting upon the problem of how participation, technologically mediated or not, can support the museum in the process of becoming more accessible. The open museum shares power with its visitors while negotiating professionalism and the role of the museum in a modern society. The book looks at the roles and struggles of audiences/visitors and professionals and the role of digital technologies in supporting the participatory museum. While different chapters draw on a variety of empirical examples, the main analytical backbone of the book co
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters
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Subject Eesti NSV Riiklik Etnograafiamuuseum.
SUBJECT Eesti NSV Riiklik Etnograafiamuuseum fast
Subject Museums and community.
Museums -- Technological innovations
Museum techniques.
Museums -- Environmental aspects
museology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology.
REFERENCE -- General.
TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
Museum techniques
Museums and community
Museums -- Environmental aspects
Museums -- Technological innovations
Form Electronic book
Author Runnel, Pille, editor
Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Pille, editor
Allen, Daniel Edward, editor
Kaalep, Tuuli, editor
Tammaru, Ivi, editor
ISBN 9783653039726
365303972X