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Author:   Elizabeth Wood ,  Rainey Tisdale ,  Trevor Jones
Publisher:   Left Coast Press Inc
Imprint:   Left Coast Press Inc
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781629585239

ISBN 10:   1629585238
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   07 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Jim Vaughn Introduction Trevor Jones, Rainey Tisdale, Elizabeth Wood A Manifesto for Active History Museum Collections Trevor Jones & Rainey Tisdale Section 1: Conceptual Frameworks 1.Ten Principles for an Anti-Racist, Anti-Orientalist, Activist Approach to Collections Masum Momaya 2. Objects or People? Rainey Tisdale Interlude: Sensory Deprivation: A Short Play Based on a Real-Life Scenario Elizabeth Wood 3. Museum Collections and Public Feelings Modupe Labode Interlude: What Happens When Audiences “Talk” To Objects? Gabriel Taylor 4. Hoarding and Museum Collections: Conceptual Similarities and Differences Gail Steketee 5. The Vital Museum Collection Elizabeth Wood 6. Four Forceful Phrases: An Archival Change Agent Muses on Museology Mark Greene Interlude: We are Collecting Empty Boxes? Elizabeth Wood, with Kayla Al Ameri 7. Rethinking Museum Collections in a Troubled World Robert R. Janes Interlude: Activate Your Object: 51 Questions to Reveal Inactivity Katherine Rieck Section II: New Ideas and Tools for Change 8. Tier your Collections: A Practical Tool for Making Clear Decisions in Collections Management Trevor Jones 9. #Meaning: Cataloging Active Collections Paul Bourcier Interlude: Question the Database! Vickie Stone 10. Practical Strategies for Addressing Hoarding in Collections Gail Steketee Interlude: Tidying Up Museum Collections Anne Jordan 11. Things in Flux: Collecting in the Constructivist Museum Benjamin Filene Interlude: A (Practical) Inspiration: Do You Know What It Costs You to Collect? Trevor Jones 12. Reworking Collections Management Practices for How We Must Live Now: An Archival Case Study Susan M. Irwin and Linda A. Whitaker 13. Object Reincarnation: Imagining a Future Outside the Permanent Collection Kate Bowell Epilogue: Imagine with Us Rainey Tisdale

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Elizabeth Wood is Professor of museum studies, and public scholar of museums, families, and learning at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), USA. Rainey Tisdale is an independent curator who leads for change on field-wide issues including place-based interpretation, collections stewardship, creative practice, and museums and well-being. Trevor Jones is Director and CEO of the Nebraska State Historical Society, USA.

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