Research Catalog

Title

Museums and community : ideas, issues, and challenges / Elizabeth Crooke.

Author

Crooke, Elizabeth M., 1971-

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

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Details

Description

x, 165 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Summary

"The community museum relationship has never been more important. It is seen as a primary responsibility of any museum to work with different communities, using collections to show people their histories, and also to encourage understanding outside that specific group." "This development of links between museums and communities is often taken for granted as a 'good thing' with little critiquing of the relationship and differing agenda present. Elizabeth Crooke argues that a much closer examination of the concept of community, and the significance of museums to different communities is needed, if the dynamics of the relationship are to be fully understood, and both sides are to get the most out of each other's resources. She uses research from across the social sciences, together with original work and a wide range of international case studies to illustrate her argument and provide pointers for the future." "The strongest focus is on areas such as Northern Ireland, South Africa, and North America. Here the politicisation of local populations highlights the complex issues faced by both museums and local groups, who have different ideas about what is appropriate and necessary in the museum context."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Museum meanings

Uniform Title

Museum meanings.

Subject

• Museums and community
• Museums and community > Case studies
• 02.30 museology
• Museos > Aspectos sociales
• Museums and community
• Gesellschaft
• Museum
• Musea
• Gemeenschap (sociologie)
• Museums > Social aspects
• Community life
• Museums > Social aspects > Case studies
• Community life > Case studies
• Großbritannien

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Case studies.
• Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-159) and index.

Contents

The appeal of community, museums and heritage -- Understanding community -- Community development and the UK museum sector -- Social capital and the cultural sector -- Museums, cultural diversity and multiculturalism -- Museums and community relations in Northern Ireland -- Museums and community movements.

ISBN

• 9780415336567
• 0415336562
• 9780415336574
• 0415336570
• 9780203371015
• 0203371011

LCCN

2007021865

OCLC

• ocn141187877
• 141187877
• SCSB-1477073

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library