ilość książek w kategorii: 1072
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Interpreting Difficult History at Museums and Historic Sites
ISBN: 9780759124370 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Interpreting Difficult History at Museums and Historic Sites is framed by educational psychoanalytic theory and positions museum workers, public historians, and museum visitors as learners. Through this lens, museum workers and public historians can develop compelling and ethical representations of historical individuals, communities, and populations who have suffered. It includes various examples of difficult knowledge, detailed examples of specific interpretation methods, and will give readers an in-depth explanation of the psychoanalytic educational theories behind the methodologies....
Interpreting Difficult History at Museums and Historic Sites is framed by educational psychoanalytic theory and positions museum workers, public histo...
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188,72 |
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Collections at Risk: New Challenges in a New Environment
ISBN: 9781937040604 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Conflicts and wars, and more specifically the 2011 Revolution in Egypt, have brought to light the worrying question of the preservation of the cultural heritage in the world. The role of museums and international institutions have become ever more important in this respect. Recognizing that cultural treasures can form the basis for education and economic prosperity, the organizers devoted the 29th Annual Meeting of ICOM's International Committee for Egyptology (CIPEG) to the theme of -Collections at Risk: New Challenges in a New Environment.- The present volume contains several of the papers...
Conflicts and wars, and more specifically the 2011 Revolution in Egypt, have brought to light the worrying question of the preservation of the cultura...
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222,23 |
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Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics: 2015
ISBN: 9781442263703 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Produced by The University of South Carolina s School of Library and Information Science this is the authoritative annual compilation of research, best practices, and a review of literature in the fields of cultural heritage, imaging for museums and libraries, and digital humanities. The scope is international. The Annual will build on the commonality of interests between museums, archives and libraries, and scholarship in the arts and humanities. An editorial board will be comprised of 4-7 scholars in the field to include but not limited to researchers and information professionals with...
Produced by The University of South Carolina s School of Library and Information Science this is the authoritative annual compilation of research, bes...
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447,08 |
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Museums: A History
ISBN: 9781442263628 / Angielski / Twarda / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive history of museums begins with the origins of collecting in prehistory and traces the evolution of museums from grave goods to treasure troves, from the Alexandrian Temple of the Muses to the Renaissance cabinets of curiosities, and onto the diverse array of modern institutions worldwide. The development of museums as public institutions is explored in the context of world history with a special emphasis on the significance of objects and collecting. The book examines how the successful exportation of the European museum model and its international adaptations have created...
This comprehensive history of museums begins with the origins of collecting in prehistory and traces the evolution of museums from grave goods to trea...
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447,08 |
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Textgenese und digitales Edieren
ISBN: 9783110467123 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Essays from the Greifswald Conference "Dissipated, Postponed, and Discarded" (2014), which examined the problems emerging from attempts to reconstruct the text genesis of Wolfgang Koeppen s Jugend, consider the broader context of modern literature and perspectives on some fundamental issues in edition philology. "Essays from the Greifswald Conference "Dissipated, Postponed, and Discarded" (2014), which examined the problems emerging from attempts to reconstr... |
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601,68 |
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Maya Cultural Heritage: How Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities Engage the Past
ISBN: 9781442241275 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Situated at the intersection of cultural heritage and local community, this book enlarges our understanding of the Indigenous peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America who became detached from the ancient Maya through colonialism, government actions, and early twentieth-century anthropological and archaeological research. Through grass-roots heritage programs, local communities are reconnecting with a much valorized but distant past. Maya Cultural Heritage explores how community programs conceived and implemented in a collaborative style are changing the relationship among,...
Situated at the intersection of cultural heritage and local community, this book enlarges our understanding of the Indigenous peoples of southern Mexi...
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447,08 |
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The Development of Costume
ISBN: 9781138141490 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Clothing is the outward and visible sign of taste, discrimination, social attitude and status. In every culture, men and women pay enormous attention to the minutiae of dress and appearance. This authoritative study looks at both the social and physical aspects of clothes. It traces the history and development of clothing from the earliest times to the machine age, showing how fabrics, decoration, shape and structure, reflect and are affected by culture and technology. Drawing on first-hand experience of the exhibition of costume, this volume also covers the concepts, methods and...
Clothing is the outward and visible sign of taste, discrimination, social attitude and status. In every culture, men and women pay enormous attention ...
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769,98 |
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Visiting the Visitor: An Enquiry Into the Visitor Business in Museums
ISBN: 9783837632897 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The study of the museum visitor has undergone a radical transformation. This collection brings together imaginative research that encourages new conclusions. Some questions involve the visitor's identity, what she brings to her museum experience. Can we gain entry into this experience? Does more technology really increase access to the objects themselves? Others probe the very nature of museum-going and exhibition making, demanding that we reexamine the traditional exhibition to reposition the visitor and her meaning-making at the center. Each author here has asked unfamiliar questions and...
The study of the museum visitor has undergone a radical transformation. This collection brings together imaginative research that encourages new concl...
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223,49 |
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The Care of Prints and Drawings
ISBN: 9781442239708 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 2nd edition of The Care of Prints and Drawings provides practical, straightforward advice to those responsible for the preservation of works on paper, ranging from curators, facility managers, conservators, registrars, collection care specialists, private collectors, artists, or students of museum studies, visual arts, art history, or conservation. A greater emphasis is placed on preventive conservation, a trend among collecting institutions, which reflects the growing recognition that scarce resources are best expended on preventing deterioration, rather than on less effective measures...
The 2nd edition of The Care of Prints and Drawings provides practical, straightforward advice to those responsible for the preservation of works on pa...
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471,92 |
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The Care of Prints and Drawings
ISBN: 9781442239715 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 2nd edition of The Care of Prints and Drawings provides practical, straightforward advice to those responsible for the preservation of works on paper, ranging from curators, facility managers, conservators, registrars, collection care specialists, private collectors, artists, or students of museum studies, visual arts, art history, or conservation. A greater emphasis is placed on preventive conservation, a trend among collecting institutions, which reflects the growing recognition that scarce resources are best expended on preventing deterioration, rather than on less effective measures...
The 2nd edition of The Care of Prints and Drawings provides practical, straightforward advice to those responsible for the preservation of works on pa...
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248,33 |
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A Handbook for Museum Trustees
ISBN: 9780931201837 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Harold and Susan Skramstad, two of the field's most highly regarded experts in museum management, outline the tools you and your board need to handle the challenges facing museums today. A Handbook for Museum Trustees was written to help museum trustees better understand the "why" and the "how" of trusteeship, giving board members and museum directors a thorough understanding of their critical and non-negotiable duties. The book clearly identifies areas of responsibility and offers valuable, how-to advice on board discussion and decision-making, providing practical guidelines for improving...
Harold and Susan Skramstad, two of the field's most highly regarded experts in museum management, outline the tools you and your board need to handle ...
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298,00 |
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Heritage Gardens: Care, Conservation, Management
ISBN: 9781138150089 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Heritage gardens create huge management headaches. How does one preserve a garden designed for the enjoyment of the few when the advent of the many grinds it away to nothing? The answer, as presented in Heritage Gardens is a subterfuge: preserve the illusion of the created environment as originally conceived, but adjust it using more durable materials: plants and designs which require less cultivation. Of all the problems facing the heritage industry today, the managment of gardens and landscape environment create some of the greatest difficulties. This book seeks to provide some of...
Heritage gardens create huge management headaches. How does one preserve a garden designed for the enjoyment of the few when the advent of the many gr...
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769,98 |
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Guide to Copyright for Museums and Galleries
ISBN: 9781138152311 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by a team of legal experts on copyright, this user-friendly, comprehensive guide is the essential reference tool for everyone in the world of museums and galleries whose work brings them into contact with copyright-related questions. It addresses relevant issues from a practical perspective and answers questions such as:
A Guide to Copyright for Museums and Galleries shows that... Written by a team of legal experts on copyright, this user-friendly, comprehensive guide is the essential reference tool for everyone in the world ... |
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769,98 |
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The Industrial Heritage: Managing Resources and Uses
ISBN: 9781138152373 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Industrial Heritage is the first integrated approach to the assessment, conservation, interpretation, financing and management of the complex heritage of industrial cultures. It breaks new ground, as the authors (both active workers in the field) suggest that concepts of heritage defined to deal with pre-industrial cultures must be modified to deal with the very different demands presented by industrial objects and the societies which produced them.
The essence of this book is practicality, offering examples of the real issues which confront those concerned with... The Industrial Heritage is the first integrated approach to the assessment, conservation, interpretation, financing and management of the com...
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769,98 |
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Forward Planning: A Handbook of Business, Corporate and Development Planning for Museums and Galleries
ISBN: 9781138175174 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Forward planning is esential for most organizations, but especially so for museums and heritage bodies, with responsibilities stretching forward to infinity. Forwrd Planning provides a complete basic guide, from the principles on which planning is founded, through drawing up the plan itself, implementation and monitoring, through to the wider potentials that good planning permits. All the contibutors to the book speak from wide practical experience. A full bibliography and suggestions for further reading are included.
Forward planning is esential for most organizations, but especially so for museums and heritage bodies, with responsibilities stretching forward to in...
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769,98 |
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Heritage Practices for Sustainability: Ethnographic Insights from the BaTonga Community Museum in Zimbabwe
ISBN: 9789956763078 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Zimbabwean history is rooted in ethnic and cultural identities, inequalities, and injustices which the post-colonial government has sought to address since national independence in 1980. Marginalisation of some ethnic groups has been one of the persistent problems in contemporary Zimbabwe. Of particular significance to this book is the marginalisation of the BaTonga people of north-western Zimbabwe - a marginalisation whose roots are right back to the colonial era. Post-colonial Zimbabwe's emphasis on cultural identity and confirmation has, however, prompted the establishment of community... Zimbabwean history is rooted in ethnic and cultural identities, inequalities, and injustices which the post-colonial government has sought to addre... |
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171,79 |
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Landscapes and Gardens for Historic Buildings: A Handbook for Reproducing and Creating Authentic Landscapes, Third Edition
ISBN: 9781442260764 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's been more than forty years since the second edition of this landmark guide to the preservation and restoration of gardens and landscapes at historic sites was published. Since the last edition came out, author Rudy Favretti, the nation's foremost authority in this area, has worked on many significant sites including both Monticello and Mount Vernon. New to this edition are: -Personal case studies from the authors' extensive experience in landscape restoration-preservation - An in-depth look complete with color images of the archaeological excavations at Bacon's Castle and Monticello in...
It's been more than forty years since the second edition of this landmark guide to the preservation and restoration of gardens and landscapes at histo...
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471,92 |
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Landscapes and Gardens for Historic Buildings: A Handbook for Reproducing and Creating Authentic Landscapes
ISBN: 9781442260771 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It s been more than forty years since the second edition of this landmark guide to the preservation and restoration of gardens and landscapes at historic sites was published. Since the last edition came out, author Rudy Favretti, the nation s foremost authority in this area, has worked on many significant sites including both Monticello and Mount Vernon. New to this edition are: .Personal case studies from the authors extensive experience in landscape restoration-preservation . An in-depth look complete with color images of the archaeological excavations at Bacon s Castle and Monticello in...
It s been more than forty years since the second edition of this landmark guide to the preservation and restoration of gardens and landscapes at histo...
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273,17 |
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Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences
ISBN: 9781442272217 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences is a brief foundational textbook for public history. It is organized around the questions and ethical dilemmas that drive public history in a variety of settings, from local community-based projects to international case studies. This book is designed for use in undergraduate and graduate classrooms with future public historians, teachers, and consumers of history in mind. The authors are practicing public historians who teach history and public history to a mix of undergraduate and graduate students at universities...
Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences is a brief foundational textbook for public history. It is organized around ...
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422,25 |
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Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences
ISBN: 9781442272224 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences is a brief foundational textbook for public history. It is organized around the questions and ethical dilemmas that drive public history in a variety of settings, from local community-based projects to international case studies. This book is designed for use in undergraduate and graduate classrooms with future public historians, teachers, and consumers of history in mind. The authors are practicing public historians who teach history and public history to a mix of undergraduate and graduate students at universities...
Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences is a brief foundational textbook for public history. It is organized around ...
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208,58 |