1st Edition

Doing Museology Differently

By Duncan Grewcock Copyright 2014
308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

One might believe that museum studies is a stable field of academic inquiry based on a set of familiar institutional forms and functions. But as institutions museums have never been stable or singular, and neither has the discipline of museum studies. Museum studies as a field of academic inquiry has received little critical attention. One result of this neglect has arguably been a lack of... Read more

Introduction: After the Lord Mayor’s Show  Part 1. Adventures in Museology  1. Termini: Departures, Arrivals, Returns  2. Art Artist, A Museum, A City and A Researcher  Part 2. Relational Museum Studies  3. Knowing the Field  4. Museology as a Craft  Conclusion

Biography

Duncan Grewcock is Senior Lecturer in Museum & Gallery Studies at the School of Art & Design History, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Kingston University London. A museologist and museum planner, Duncan is Course Director of MA Museum & Gallery Studies and MA Heritage (Contemporary Practice).