Museums and Social Activism: Engaged Protest
Author:   Kylie Message (The Australian National University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415658539


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   14 October 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Kylie Message (The Australian National University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.608kg
ISBN:  

9780415658539


ISBN 10:   0415658535
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   14 October 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface I ntroduction: Headline News 1. We the People 2. Talk of Protest and the Past 3. Contemporary Cause-based Collecting 4. Activism and the Tribal Museum Movement 5. Cultural Collisions 6. A New Way of Doing Politics 7. Beacons of Change Conclusion: Museums and the Political World Bibliography

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Kylie Message is Associate Professor and Head of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University. Her research explores the role that museums play as sites of cultural and political exchange. Her current projects investigate the relationship between museums, citizenship and political reform movements in different national contexts. She is author of New Museums and the Making of Culture (2006) and co-editor of volumes that include Compelling Cultures: Representing Cultural Diversity and Cohesion in Multicultural Australia (2009) and Museum Theory: An Expanded Field (forthcoming). She is chief co-editor for the journal Museum Worlds (Advances in Research), managing editor for Museum and Society, and exhibition reviews editor for Australian Historical Studies.

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