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1 online resource (195 pages) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of interviewees -- Harvard Art Museums -- Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) -- Knowle West Media Centre -- Tate Learning -- Tate Modern -- Tate Research -- Trapholt -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: An introduction: who creates the knowledge and defines the reality? -- Picture this -- The dilemma at the heart of the twenty-first-century art museum -- What does critical museum theory tell us and why is it more complicated than that? -- Juggling agendas: four discourses of the art museum today -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Why is research in art museums confusing and how can we make it less so? -- Interrogating art museum research today: starting with questions -- The power of the past: how art museum research is still shaped by the legacy of the scholar curator -- Four discourses of the art museum and their implications for research -- Where do the historic legacy, theoretical positioning and current agendas leave us? -- Creating a working definition of research -- Comparisons with existing definitions of research -- Unresolved questions and ongoing conundrums -- Summary: what have we learnt so far that can help in the construction of a framework for art museum research? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: The practitioner researcher in the art museum -- Understanding the museum practitioner as a professional -- Understanding practitioner knowledge: theory and practice intertwined -- The art museum professional and scholarship: redefining the relationship -- The characteristics of the scholar and the ethics of scholarship and practice -- From the scholar practitioner to the practitioner researcher -- The Practitioner Researcher model |
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Chapter 7: Constructing an expanded framework for research in the art museum: moving from the exotic animal to the household pet -- Assumptions underpinning the expanded framework for art museum research -- Locating the research-led art museum as a community of practice -- Adopting a theory of change -- The key initiatives -- How might the expanded framework for art museum research be applied -- References -- Afterword -- References -- Bibliography -- Index |
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What have we learnt in this chapter that can help in the construction of a framework for art museum research? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Building practice as research in the art museum: Tate Learning as a case study -- Practice-based, practice-led, practice as research: what do these terms mean and why are they relevant to the art museum? -- Developing a learning research strategy for Tate -- Enquiry through practice -- Research projects -- Negotiating between the art museum and academia: who is the research for? -- The value of translating practice into practice as research -- Summary: what have we learnt so far in this chapter that can help in the construction of a framework for art museum research? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Co-researching with community members, academics and visitors -- The co-research spectrum -- Co-operative research with the museum/collection -- A note of caution regarding co-operative research -- Collaborative research with ideas/issues -- Co-research with and within the art museum: what can we learn from the case studies? -- Summary: what have we learnt in this chapter that can help in the construction of a framework for art museum research? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Fostering a culture where the practitioner researcher can thrive: Knowle West Media Centre as a case study -- What does a thriving practitioner-led culture look like? -- A supportive environment for learning and research -- Components that encourage research, reflection and learning -- Strong leadership committed to research -- Picturing a culture where the practitioner researcher can thrive: the Practitioner Researcher Tree -- Summary: what have we learnt in this chapter that can help in the construction of a framework for art museum research? -- Notes -- References |
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Publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
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Art museums -- Philosophy
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Research -- Methodology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Art museums -- Philosophy
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Research -- Methodology
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315298825 |
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1315298821 |
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9781315298818 |
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1315298813 |
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