{"product_id":"the-contemporary-museum-simon-knell-9780815364924","title":"The Contemporary Museum: Shaping Museums for the Global Now","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Contemporary Museum\u003c\/em\u003e issues a challenge to those who view the museum as an artefact of history, constrained in its outlook as much by professional, institutional and disciplinary creed, as by the collections it accumulated in the distant past. Denying that the museum can locate its purpose in the pursuit of tradition or in idealistic speculation about the future, the book asserts that this can only be found through an ongoing and proactive negotiation with the present: the contemporary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is not concerned with any present, but with the peculiar circumstances of what it refers to as the 'global contemporary' - the sense of living in a globally connected world that is preoccupied with the contemporary. To situate the museum in this world of real and immediate need and action, beyond the reach of history, the book argues, is to empower it to challenge existing dogmas and inequalities and sweep aside old hierarchies. As a result, fundamental questions need to be asked about such things as the museum's relationship to global time and space, to systems and technologies of knowing, to 'the life well lived', to the movement and rights of people, and to the psychology, permanence and organisation of culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncorporating diverse viewpoints from around the world, \u003ci\u003eThe Contemporary Museum \u003c\/i\u003eis a follow-up volume to \u003ci\u003eMuseum Revolutions \u003c\/i\u003eand, as such, should be essential reading for students in the fields of museum and heritage studies, cultural studies, communication and media studies, art history and social policy. Academics and museum professionals will also find this book a source of inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Knell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081536492X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815364924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Simon Knell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086934520063,"sku":"9780815364924","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af4a2754-d28d-473b-bef8-378bd44a22c5.jpg?v=1769097374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-contemporary-museum-simon-knell-9780815364924","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}