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Museum studies : an anthology of contexts
\"Retaining the multidisciplinary focus of the critically acclaimed first edition, the new edition of Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts presents a comprehensive collection of approaches to museums and their relation to history, culture, and philosophy. Striking a careful balance between contemporary analysis and historical documentation, the new edition features primary and secondary texts spanning the course of some 200 years of museum history that reveal a wealth of insights into culture and society. Among the developments in twenty-first century museum scholarship featured in this new edition are issues of inclusion and exclusion, repatriation, indigenous models of collection and display, museums in an age of globalization, visitor studies, and interactive technologies. A new section on relationships, interactions, and responsibilities focuses on the intersection of memory, history, ethics, and affect within the museum and beyond its walls. With its expansive nature and multidisciplinary approach, Museum Studies solidifies its reputation as the primary resource for this important academic discipline\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Privacy of documents – documents of privacy. Remarks on personal sources in historical and archival studies
The authors set themselves the goal of indicating the places in the archival holdings where texts of a private nature are present. They used the ego-documentary theory developed in European science since the midtwentieth century. It makes us pay attention to narrative sources (diaries, journals, memoires, correspondence) in the first place. It also allows you to extract privacy from official sources in which a person is forced to tell the story of his life, express his individuality and identity. Court testimony is of particular importance in this context. It is an important component of the archival holdings, and at the same time the source basis for many fundamental scientific works on the history of the mentality of all social groups, including those marginalized. They notice untapped sources such as CVs (biographies) attached to official files or petitions submitted by private individuals to the authorities. They draw attention to the fact that all archival entities, such as fonds, collections or archive holdings, may be self-documentary in nature. This applies to private archives, but to some extent also official ones. It is a difficult problem to capture the private character of archives in the archival description. The authors indicate the usefulness of creating source and archival studies characteristics of classes of archival sources in terms of the possibility of ego-documentary research.
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The objects of experience : transforming visitor-object encounters in museums
\"What if museums could harness the emotional and intellectual connections people have to personal and everyday objects to create richer visitor experiences? In this book, Elizabeth Wood and Kiersten Latham present the Object Knowledge Framework, a tool for using objects to connect museum visitors to themselves, to others, and to their world. They discuss the key concepts underpinning our lived experience of objects and how museums can learn from them. Then they walk readers through concrete methods for transforming visitor-object experiences, including exercises and strategies for teams developing exhibit themes, messages, and content, and participatory experiences\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Egodocumentality of personal file: personality – mentality – world of values. On the example selected archives of the 20th century
Personal files are documents, collected by the creating agencies, which reflect the course of a career path in each workplace. The source documents from the studied records are treated as egodocuments, because their authors tell stories about themselves. Preserved documents can be used to create biographies, analyse historical facts present in the lives of individual people, provide information about the surrounding world or help explain various complex processes – economic, sociological, etc. This article attempts to analyse personal files from the perspective of anthropological research, which in a certain way helps to get to know a person, their experiences and their understanding of reality.
Archival materials were selected using the representative method. A random sample was used, which involved selecting random items from a closed general collection. The general population in the study comprised personal files of Bydgoszcz City Hall employees from the interwar period, as well as personal files of members and dependants of the Society of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy Voivodeship Executive Board in Bydgoszcz. The selected files were used for an in-depth analysis in the context of egodocumentality aimed at understanding the author’s world of values. But does every resume or elaborate application give us enough information to precisely analyze someone in terms of their personality? Does it provide enough data to conduct research? Are the sources classified as egodocuments really what they appear to be? This article seeks to answer all these questions.
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Creativity in museum practice
\"With this book museum professionals can learn how to unleash creative potential throughout their institution. Drawing from a wide range of research on creativity as well as insights from today's most creative museum leaders, the authors present at a set of practical principles about how museum workers at any level--not just those in \"creative positions\"--can make a place for creativity in their daily practice. Replete with creativity exercises and stories from the field, they guide readers in developing an internal culture of creative learning, as well as delivering increased value to museum audiences\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Archival contexts
Discussing archives as a cultural phenomenon entails viewing archives as epistemological sites rather than as sources. In the past two decades,this “archival turn” has been made in many disciplines. Anthropologists,sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, cultural and literary theorists, aswell as artists, have developed various “archivologies”. Historians, however,by and large upheld the primacy of documents as historical sources,maintaining the tenet “No documents, no history” coined 125 yearsago, in 1897, by the French: archivist Langlois and historian Seignobos,and translated into Polish in 1912. However, understanding archives asa cultural, social and political phenomenon also entails shifting attention from the actual archival document to its contextual history, a history encompassing the why, who, what, and how of archiving, all determined by societal challenges and technologies.
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Dinosaurs and dioramas : creating natural history exhibitions
\"Two experienced exhibit designers lead you through the complex process of design and installation of natural history exhibitions. The authors introduce the history and function of natural history museums and their importance in teaching visitors the basic principles of science. The book then offers you practical tricks and tips of the trade, to allow museums, aquaria, and zoos--large or small--to tell the story of nature and science. From overall concept to design, construction, and evaluation, the book carries you through the process step-by-step, with emphasis on the importance of collaboration and teamwork for a successful installation. A crucial addition to the bookshelf of anyone involved in exhibit design or natural history museums\"-- Provided by publisher.
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WYKORZYSTANIE NARZĘDZI CYFROWYCH DO WSPÓŁTWORZENIA DOŚWIADCZENIA TURYSTYCZNEGO W MUZEUM
ICT has been increasingly applied to tourism, one example being the use of digital tools in the organisation of museum exhibitions. The aim of this paper is to present museum visitors’ attitudes towards the use of digital tools in co-creating the tourist experience. To achieve this, individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with museum visitors in Kraków in 2021. The collected material was then thematically analysed, identifying five elements of co-creating the tourist experience in the museum in relation to the use of infor- mation and communication technology. In this study, two perspectives were considered: the use of digital tools and the use of information obtained through digital tools. The co-creation of the tourist experience at the museum was influenced by (1) the ease and convenience of use, (2) flexible and optional use, and (3) the ability to use the tools without experiencing fatigue, tiredness, or stress, (4) the ease of retaining information and (5) the satisfaction gained from the knowledge and entertainment provided. However, the use of digital tools in museums can have the opposite effect, resulting in the co-destruction of the tourist experience. This can be due to a lack of knowledge on how to use the tools and a reluctance to use them. Cul- tural institutions can use the study results to increase the usefulness of their museum offerings to end users, thus promoting and developing local tourism.
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Mediating memory in the museum : trauma, empathy, nostalgia
\"Mediating Memory in the Museum is a contribution to an emerging field of research which is situated at the interface between memory studies and museum studies. It highlights the role of museums in the proliferation of the so-called memory boom as well as the influence of memory discourses on international trends in museum cultures. By looking at a range of museums in Germany, Britain, France and Belgium, which address a diverse spectrum of topics such as migration, difficult and dark heritage, war, slavery and the GDR, Arnold-de Simine outlines the paradigm shifts in exhibiting practices associated with the transformation of traditional history museums and heritage sites into 'spaces of memory' over the past thirty years. She probes the political and ethical claims of new museums and maps the relevance of key concepts such as 'vicarious trauma', 'secondary witnessing', 'empathic unsettlement', 'prosthetic memory' and 'reflective nostalgia' in the museum landscape\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The transnational archival memory of European integration
The European Coal and Steel Community established in 1951, the EuropeanAtomic Energy Community, and the European Economic Community, both established in 1957, built the roots of the European single market and are direct forerunners of today’s European Union. The vision of a united post-War (Western) Europe went far beyond economic considerations, as canbe seen in the preamble of the Rome Treaties with its concept of “evercloser union”. It made the European Union a unique transnational politicaland cultural phenomenon based on common values and supranationaldecision-making processes. Archives hold the memory of the multi-levelledEuropean integration process. European integration produced a newmodel of transnational archives with specific privileges, immunities andworking methods. These archives preserve the legal acts, negotiations,correspondence, and documents produced by intergovernmental or non-governmental European institutions and organisations and make themavailable to the public. The Historical Archives of the European Union play a central role in transmitting the memory, informing the public and fostering research on these diverse types of archives.
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