Museum Activism

• Otros Autores: Janes, Robert R. (Editor), Sandell, Richard (Editor)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2019
• Colección: Museum Meanings
• Materias: Museology & heritage studies; Library & information services; Politics & government; Archaeology; Museology and heritage studies; Library and information services; Politics and government
• Acceso en línea: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Only a decade ago, the notion that museums, galleries and heritage organisations might engage in activist practice, with explicit intent to act upon inequalities, injustices and environmental crises, was met with scepticism and often derision. Seeking to purposefully bring about social change was vi...