1st Edition
Museums of the Arabian Peninsula Historical Developments and Contemporary Discourses
Chapter 1: Introduction
Sarina Wakefield
Part I Museum Trajectories
Chapter 2: Repositioning the Past in the Present: Notes on the Development of Jordanian Museography
Irene Maffi
Chapter 3: Heritage in the Crosshairs: Can Yemen’s Museums Survive?
Stephen Steinbeiser
Chapter 4: Transfiguring Islam, Ethics and Politics through Museum Practices to Forge the Sultanate of Oman
Amal Sachedina
Part II Development Models and Policies
Chapter 5: Qatar’s Accelerated Museum Developmental Model: Rhetoric, Actors and Expertise
Serena Iervolino
Chapter 6: Cultural Diffusion and its Impact on Heritage Representation in the Kingdom of Bahrain
Pierre Lombard and Nadine Boksmati-Fattouh
Chapter 7: Location and Nation: Embodying Kuwait’s National Narrative
Marjorie Kelly
Part III Cross-Border Practices
Chapter 8: Transnational Museologies in the UAE: New models or historicised global practice?
Sarina Wakefield
Chapter 9: Beyond Museum Walls: Envisioning a Role for Cultural Institutions as Instigators of Cross-Cultural Diplomacy
Alex Aubry
Chapter 10: Dubai’s Alserkal Avenue: Cultural district or culture diaspora?
Sabrina DeTurk
Part IV: Community Engagement and Professional Practice
Chapter 11: Visitor Motivation: Sharjah Museums
Mona Al Ali
Chapter 12: From ‘Academic Lectures’ to ‘Hands-on Learning’:
A case study in the practical application of ‘Appropriate Museology’
Catherine Cezeaux, Genevieve Fisher and Joseph A. Greene
Chapter 13: Does it matter if museums are ‘global’?
Pamela Erskine-Loftus
Biography
Sarina Wakefield is a Lecturer in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester and Programme Director of MA/MSc Museum Studies by Distance Learning at the University of Leicester. She is also Founder and Director of the Museums in Arabia conference series.
