Museums of Language and the Display of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Author:   Margaret J.-M. Sönmez ,  Maia Wellington Gahtan ,  Nadia Cannata
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138589483


Pages:   316
Publication Date:   09 December 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Margaret J.-M. Sönmez ,  Maia Wellington Gahtan ,  Nadia Cannata
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.712kg
ISBN:  

9781138589483


ISBN 10:   1138589489
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   09 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Introduction; Part I: Museums of Individual Languages; 2. The Afrikaanse Taalmuseum en-Monument; 3. The Lithuanian Hearth Language Museum; 4. Sòn de Lenga: Espaci Occitan Museum of Occitan Language and Culture, Dronero, Italy; 5. The Adventurous World of the German Language in Köthen Castle; 6. The English Project, Winchester, England; 7. Dove il sì suona: A Journey Through the Italian Language; Part II Museums of Languages, Linguistics, and Language Groups; 8. Operations at Mundolingua; 9. The Canadian Language Museum: Developing Travelling Exhibits; 10.The Ivar Aasen Centre, Ørsta, Norway: The Oldest Language Museum; 11. Esperanto and Planned Languages: The Aims of the Museum and Department; 12. Celebrating Languages and Multilingualism in the UK and Beyond: A Pop-Up Museum of Modern Languages for the UK; 13. Eurotales: A Museum of the Voices of Europe; Part III: Museums of Writing; 14. Champollion, Writing Systems, and the Modern Installation in Figeac; 15. World Writing in a Museum Setting: A Korean Case of a National Museum Plan; 16. The Ancient Chinese Writing System and Shanghai Museum’s Collection of Artifacts; 17. Language Museums in Change: Politics of Memory and Diversity of Language

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Margaret J.-M. Sönmez is Associate Professor of World Languages and Literatures at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey. Maia Wellington Gahtan is Program Director of the MA in Museum Studies and Professor of Art History and Museology at the Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici in Florence, Italy. Nadia Cannata is Associate Professor in Italian Philology and History of the Italian Language at Sapienza, University of Rome in Italy.

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