Museums of the Arabian Peninsula : historical developments and contemporary discourses / edited by Sarina Wakefield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wakefield, Sarina, editor.

Series:

Cultural heritage, art and museums in the Middle East.

Cultural heritage, art and museums in the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Arabian Peninsula--History.

Museums.

Cultural property--Arabian Peninsula.

Cultural property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Summary:

" 'Museums of the Arabian Peninsula' offers new insights into the history and development of museums within the region. Recognising and engaging with varied approaches to museum development and practice, the book offers in-depth critical analyses from a range of viewpoints and disciplines. Drawing on regional and international scholarship, the book provides a critical and detailed analysis of museum and heritage institutions in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Yemen and the UAE. Questioning and engaging with issues related to the institutionalisation of cultural heritage, contributors provide original analyses of current practice and challenges within the region. Considering how these challenges connect to broader issues within the international context, the book offers the opportunity to examine how museums are actively produced and consumed from both the inside and the outside. This critical analysis also enables debates to emerge that question the appropriateness of existing models and methods and provide suggestions for future research and practice. 'Museums of the Arabian Peninsula' offers fresh perspectives that reveal how Gulf museums operate from local, regional and transnational perspectives. The volume will be a key reference point for academics and students working in the fields of museum and heritage studies, memory studies, history, cultural studies, politics and studies of the Middle East"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of figures

Notes on contributors

Acknowledgements

1 Museum trajectories in the Gulf States

Part I Museum trajectories

2 Repositioning the past in the present: notes on the development of Jordanian museography

3 Heritage in the crosshairs: can Yemen's museums survive?

4 Transfiguring Islam, ethics and politics through museum practices to forge the Sultanate of Oman

Part II Development models and policies

5 Qatar's accelerated museum developmental model: rhetoric, actors and expertise

6 Cultural diffusion and its impact on heritage representation in the kingdom of Bahrain

7 Location and nation: embodying Kuwait's national narrative

Part III Cross-border practices

8 Transnational museologies in the UAE: new models or historicised global practice?

9 Beyond museum walls: envisioning a role for Gulf institutions as instigators of cross-cultural diplomacy

10 Dubai's Alserkal Avenue: cultural district or cultural diaspora?

Part IV Community engagement and professional practice

11 Motivations of museum visitors: a case study of Sharjah Museums

12 From 'academic lectures' to 'hands-on learning': a case study in the practical application of 'appropriate museology'

13 Does it matter if museum practices are thought of as 'global'?

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-05359-2

0-429-62433-6

9780429053597

OCLC:

1163955497