Museums & Social Issues

Edited by Elizabeth A Bollwerk, Natalye B Tate, Robert P Connolly

This book focuses on community engagement in museum and archaeological contexts. It shows how the process of opening authority through engagement is implicitly and explicitly connected to a variety of social issues and, as a consequence, is a social issue in itself.…

Paperback – 2012-09-30
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Museums & Social Issues

Edited by Kris Morrissey, Emily Sparling

This book provides glimpses into the vast food movement in America and around the world, and explores the intersection of the food movement and museum practice. It describes the myriad ways that museums are engaging with their communities and their own operations around food and food issues.…

Paperback – 2012-03-31
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Museums & Social Issues

Edited by Kris Morrissey, Elizabeth Wood

This book explores the place of museums in addressing a goal the University of Washington staunchly supports—to make the world a better place through education and research. It describes the interpretation of identity across the realm of museum work and social issues.…

Paperback – 2011-09-30
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Museums & Social Issues

Edited by Kris Morrissey, Marjorie Schwarzer

Paperback – 2011-06-30
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Museums & Social Issues

Edited by John Fraser, Judith Koke

Paperback – 2010-09-30
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Museums & Social Issues

Edited by Jessica Luke, Dale McCreedy

Paperback – 2010-03-31
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Museums & Social Issues

Edited by Elizabeth Baird, Kris Morrissey

Paperback – 2009-09-30
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Museums & Social Issues

Edited by Kris Morrissey, Robert Garfinkle

This book promotes the idea and the practice of a scientific culture in science museums, art museums, gardens, libraries, coffee houses, school meetings and social gatherings. It encourages common man to think about, use and sometimes contribute to science.…

Paperback – 2009-03-31
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Museums & Social Issues

Edited by Kris Morrissey, Ron Chew

This book focuses on new patterns of settlement, emphasizing the economic factors and types of industries drawing immigrants away from gateway areas in America. It highlights prejudice while non-immigrants become accustomed to immigrant neighbors.…

Paperback – 2008-09-30
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Museums & Social Issues

Edited by John Fraser, Joe E Heimlich

This book addresses heteronormativism, a concept that is extremely important for understanding visitors' ability to feel welcome in our spaces. It looks at homophobia and queer identities: the lack of a material culture to represent what is unique about sexual identity in society.…

Paperback – 2008-03-31
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Museums & Social Issues