Worlds in a museum : exploring contemporary museology

Format:: Book
Language:: English
Imprint:: Leuven : Leuven University Press ; [Abū Ẓaby, United Arab Emirates] : Louvre Abu Dhabi ; [Paris, France] : École du Louvre, [2020] and ©2020
Subject:: \
Museums - Congresses
Art museums - Congresses
Multiculturalism - Congresses
Art - Historiography - Congresses
Contributor:: Zemni, Bahia, translator
Stroud, Timothy, translator
Daucé́, Noëmi, author
Cuno, James B., author
Fischer, Hartwig, author
Martinez, Jean-Luc, author
Mousseaux, Rose-Marie, author
ISBN:: 9789462702332 and 9462702330
Description:: 272 pages, 47 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), charts ; 23 cm
Notes:: With essays by Noëmi Daucé́, James Cuno, Hartwig Fischer, Jean-Luc Martinez, Rose-Marie Mousseaux and others and Conference publication
Bibliographic Note:: Includes bibliographical references
Contents:: New identities of museums in a globalised world / Manuel Rabaté -- "It always seems impossible until it is done" / Mohamed Al Mubarak -- A universal curriculum : École du Louvre and the global classroom / Claire Barbillon -- A world in dialogue : introducing Louvre Abu Dhabi / Souraya Noujaim -- Museums and globalisation -- L'imagination au pouvoir! Challenges and perspectives for universal museums in the twenty-first century / Noëmi Daucé -- Global history and the art museum / James Cuno -- Dialogue among cultures : a challenge for museums of the future / Hartwig Fischer -- Unity in diversity : one Louvre among the three Louvres in the twenty-first century / Jean-Luc Martinez -- Globalisation and societies -- Universality, globalisation, and museums : narratives of material cultures / Rose-Marie Mousseaux -- Preserving pasts, investing in futures : the developing landscape of Bahrain's museums / H.E. Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa -- Premodern globalisations : cultural connectivity and objects-in-motion in ancient worlds / Martin Pitts -- Universal history, global history, and universal museums / Hervé Inglebert -- Global/local tensions -- Local and global : a complex field of tension / Guilhem André -- Connecting canons : critiques of the Western canon in recent art historiography / Cecilia Hurley -- Universal museum, global museum : the example of Lyon / Sylvie Ramond -- Which worlds belong in a museum? a manifesto for a humanist museum / Nathalie Bondil -- Centre and periphery -- Centre and periphery or circulation and dialogue? / Sophie Mouquin -- Centering nationhood : centrality and peripherality in the museal culture of contemporary Lebanon / Anne-Marie Maïla-Afeiche -- Interstitial identities : reimagining the Asian Civilisations Museum / Kennie Ting -- Curating across cultures : globalising dynamics in contemporary museal practice / Henry Kim -- Navigating universality in the museums of the twenty-first century / François-René Martin
Summary:: Held on the occasion of Louvre Abu Dhabi's first anniversary, the symposium 'Worlds in a Museum' addressed the topic of museums in the era of globalisation, exploring contemporary museology and the preservation and presentation of culture within the context of changing societies. Departing from the historical museum structure inherited from the Enlightenment, leading experts from art, cultural, and academic institutions explore present-day achievements and challenges in the study, display and interpretation of art, history, and artefacts. How are 'global' and 'local' objects and narratives balanced - particularly in consideration of diverse audiences? How do we foster perspective and multiculturalism while addressing politicised notions of centre and periphery? As they abandon classical canons and categories, how are museums and cultural entities redefining themselves beyond predefined concepts of geography and history? This collection of essays arises from the symposium 'Worlds in a Museum' organised by Louvre Abu Dhabi and École du Louvre
Collection:: BGC Monograph Stacks
Call Number:: AM5 .W67 2020
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