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Strategic management and new museology. Proposals to promote the museums´ activity in Bahía Blanca city, Argentina

open access: yesCulturas, 2019
The purpose of this document is to make known the possible actions to be carried out in four museums of the city of Bahía Blanca, both public and private; in order to improve their efforts.
Viviana Silvia Leonardi   +2 more
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Gender Attitudes Roles Evaluation in Collections‐Based Organizations: Overcoming the Gender Bias

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collections‐based organizations (CBOs) have historically been institutions that reinforce values and power structures including gender inequalities. However, in recent decades, feminism and critical theory have promoted significant changes in how CBOs address gender issues in their collections, exhibitions, and educational programmes ...
Mar Gaitán
wiley   +1 more source

More Inspired, Less Anxious: Well‐Being Impacts of a Self‐Directed Art Museum Visit

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increasingly, art museums are seen as places that can support human flourishing. We describe a quasi‐experimental investigation of the impacts of a self‐directed art museum visit on adults' subjective well‐being. Data were collected from 363 adults at three art museums in Seattle, WA.
Jessica J. Luke   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the biocorrosion community from ancient wooden constructions at Tianluoshan (7000–6300 cal BP), Zhejiang Province, China

open access: yesHeritage Science
Ancient wooden constructions, also known as wooden cultural relics, refers to ancient wood that has been modified or crafted by human activities. To ensure its preservation, it is crucial to gain further understanding of the decomposition mechanisms ...
Biao Wang   +4 more
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Emerging opportunities: the internet, marketing and museums

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2016
The tremendous impact of applying new technologies is obvious when it comes to museums. Internet forms an integral part of museums everyday life and decision making. Websites, online communities, social media, and mobile applications comprise elements of
Richani Evdoxia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Colonizing Knowledge: New Museology as Museology of News

open access: yesPrace Etnograficzne, 2020
The paper examines the impact and influence of the Peter Vergo’s book The New Museology and the ways it colonized the knowledge already existing outside United Kingdom. It discusses the concepts that existed before the 1989 book following the development of La Nouvelle Museologie and ecomuseums, ideas spread at conferences, symposiums and round tables,
openaire   +2 more sources

The Discourse of Equality in Spanish Museums. How Social Media Communicate International Women's Day

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International Women's Day on March 8th is an arena for discourse in contemporary Spain, highlighted by intra‐feminist tension and ideological polarization. In their role as sociocultural mediators, museums construct narratives of gender equality.
Héctor Navarro‐Güere   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Examination of Museology in Japan: Current Trends and Future Directions

open access: yesMuseum, Materials and Discussions
This paper explores the present state and prospective developments of museology as an academic discipline in Japan. It begins with an overview of the current conditions of museums and the field of museology in the country.
Hidenori Kurita
doaj   +1 more source

Museology: an academic discipline or form of cultural activity?

open access: yesTyragetia, 2013
Museology is the science of museums. Most experts characterize it as an independent applied scientific discipline, which studies how museums develop and optimize their activities to meet the needs of society.
Elena Ploşniţa
doaj  

The long-term monitoring and evaluation of cement-based grout used to govern the water seepage of karst caves in China

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2020
Water seepage is the primary cause of stone carvings corrosion in karst caverns, which is typically treated with cement-based grout intervention. In this paper, long-term monitoring (more than 1 1/2 years) was carried out in Qinglin cave and Yanxia cave ...
Shiqiang Fang, Bingjian Zhang, Kun Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

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