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Museums: A Visual Anthropology
Author(s): Mary Bouquet (Author)
- Publisher: Berg Publishers
- Publication Date: 1 April 2012
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 1845208110
- ISBN-13: 9781845208110
Book Description
Museums: A Visual Anthropology provides a clear and concise summary of the key ideas, debates and texts of the most important approaches to the study of museums from around the world. The book examines ways to address the social relations of museums, embedded in their sites, collections, and exhibitions, as an integral part of the visual and material culture they comprise.
Cross-disciplinary in scope,
Museums uses ideas and approaches both from within and outside of anthropology to further students’ knowledge of and interest in museums. Including selected, globally based case studies to highlight and exemplify important issues, the book also contains suggested Further Reading for each chapter, for students to expand their learning independently.Exploring fundamental methods and approaches to engage this constantly evolving time machine,
Museums will be essential reading for students of anthropology and museum studies.Editorial Reviews
Review
Museums: A Visual Anthropology is a strong contribution to anthropological literature on museums, visual
and material culture, methodologies, and fieldwork … All in all, this book does a fantastic job of navigating the sometimes nebulous world of museums, their inner workings, and the way these processes and practices shape public experience. –Museum Anthropology, Adam Solomonian, University of British Columbia, UK
and material culture, methodologies, and fieldwork … All in all, this book does a fantastic job of navigating the sometimes nebulous world of museums, their inner workings, and the way these processes and practices shape public experience. –Museum Anthropology, Adam Solomonian, University of British Columbia, UK
Mary Bouquet’s clear and comprehensive
Museums: A Visual Anthropology moves the reader carefully through an array of issues at the intersection of museum studies, material culture studies, and anthropology … Bouquet’s clear writing provides a valuable guide and sophisticated introduction through important issues in museums, thoughtfully integrating historical trajectories with contemporary questions … A thorough and thought-provoking volume, Museums: A Visual Anthropology presents a solid foundation for understanding the museum as a site of knowledge-production in and across cultures –Museum Anthropology Review, Adrian Van AllenThis book is an essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between museums and visual anthropology. The exploration of a variety of theoretical issues, the use of diverse methodological approaches as 120 well as the introduction of international case studies makes this book relevant to any museum environment and a useful teaching tool. –Visual Studies, Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, Cyprus University of Technology
About the Author
Mary Bouquet is Fellow at University College Utrecht.
