{"product_id":"recoding-the-museum-ross-parry-9780415353878","title":"Recoding the Museum: Digital Heritage and the Technologies of Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy has it taken so long to make computers work for the museum sector?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd why are museums still having some of the same conversations about digital technology that they began back in the late 1960s?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoes there continue to be a basic 'incompatibility' between the practice of the museum and the functions of the computer that explains this disconnect?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon an impressive range of professional and theoretical sources, this book offers one of the first substantial histories of museum computing. Its ambitious narrative attempts to explain a series of essential tensions between curatorship and the digital realm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, it reveals how through the emergence of standards, increased coordination, and celebration (rather than fearing) of the 'virtual', the sector has experienced a broadening of participation, a widening of creative horizons and, ultimately, has helped to define a new cultural role for museums. Having confronted and understood its past, what emerges is a museum transformed - rescripted, re calibrated, rewritten, reorganised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ross Parry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415353874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415353878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.89h x 6.77w x 0.54d","brand":"Ross Parry","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112891461887,"sku":"9780415353878","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e884ea6-83ee-4849-a732-905af32ca489.jpg?v=1769611641","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/recoding-the-museum-ross-parry-9780415353878","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}