00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862447894 Buklod 20231013142152.0 m | | ta 220817t2929 nyu rb |||1 u|eng d 9780367265090 (paperback) (iLib)UPBAG-00044940953 MK-0073 Php3,686.00 DLC BAG rda eng AM 6 G73 2020 Gray, Clive author. The role of today's museum Clive Gray and Vikki McCall. New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020. ix, 191 pages 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-187) and index. Chapter 1: Introduction -- Understanding Museums -- But What are Museums for? -- The Structure of the Book -- Chapter 2: What do Museums do? What are Museums for? -- Introduction -- Which Functions? Universal Description -- Which Functions? Sources -- Which Functions? Policy -- Functions and Questions -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3: The Multifunctional Museum -- Introduction -- Museums and Complexity -- Whose Functions? -- Institutions, Practices, Arenas Time, Organisation, Location: The Contextualisation of Museum Functions -- Which Contexts? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Museums, Policy, Practice and the Struggle over Space -- Introduction -- The Struggle Over Space in the Museum -- Symbolic Violence -- Policy, the Policy Process and Museums -- Top-down versus Bottom-up Policy -- Governance of Museums -- Museums and Social Inclusion -- Museums, Place, Regeneration and Urban Development -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5: Museums and Societies --Introduction -- The Evolving Social Role of Museums in Society -- The Social Role of the Museum in Society -- Museums in the Field of Social Production -- Building a Social Role for Museums within the Game of Culture -- The Impact of the Social Role of the Museum -- Community -- Social Inclusion -- Quality of Life and Wellbeing -- Difficulties with Social Expectations in Museums -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Museums and Economies -- Introduction -- Economics and Museums -- Economics and Museum Functions -- Museums as the Source of Economic Value -- Whose Value? -- The Instrumental Museum? --Chapter 7: Museums and Politics -- Introduction -- Political Functions and Museums -- Political Functions in the Museum -- Political Functions of Museums -- Political Functions about the Museum -- Conclusion - Chapter 8: Conclusion -- Introduction -- Functions: The Museum as a Social Construction -- Value: Societal, Social and Economic -- Legitimacy. "The Role of Today's Museum provides a thorough investigation of what museums do and why. Arguing that museums are multi-functional institutions, the book examines the consequences of this for the services that museums provide, the publics to whom they are provided and the providers themselves. Adopting a wide perspective on understandings of the roles of museums and considering the different environments within which museums operate, Gray and McCall provide a new perspective on how transformations, as well as the gaps between intended policies and the actual work that is undertaken within museums, can be both identified and understood. By differentiating between social, economic and political visions and expectations of museums, the analysis in this book allows for a fuller understanding of what these organisations do and provide for their societies and the struggles and negotiations that surround their existence. The Role of Today's Museum takes a critical, interdisciplinary approach to studying museums and museum policy. As a result, the book will be of interest to academics and students engaged in the study of museums, cultural policy, social policy, cultural sociology, public policy and cultural and political economy. Highlighting the gaps that exist between policy ideals and museum practices, the book also provides valuable insights to policymakers and practitioners"--Provided by publisher. Museums Textbooks. McCall, Vikki author. FO UPBAG MK AM 6 G73 2020 Book