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The Promise of Cultural Institutions.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carr, David, 1945-2016., Author.
- Series:
- American Association for State and Local History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Learning and scholarship--Social aspects--United States.
- Learning and scholarship.
- Museums--Social aspects--United States.
- Museums.
- Libraries--Social aspects--United States.
- Libraries.
- Art and state--United States.
- Art and state.
- Politics and culture--United States.
- Politics and culture.
- Libraries and society--United States.
- Libraries and society.
- United States--Intellectual life.
- United States.
- United States--Cultural policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2004.
- Place of Publication:
- [S.l.] : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004.
- Summary:
- This thought-provoking collection of essays is essential reading for anyone who cares about cultural institutions and their role in the community of learners. These institutions--often museums or libraries--have the power to profoundly alter our sense of ourselves and of the world around us, but that power carries with it obligations. David Carr challenges us to contemplate both the effects and the responsibilities, to examine carefully the nuances of these experiences. Yet a visit to a cultural institution is itself only one act in the broader activity of learning throughout our lives. Carr h
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; Foreword by G. Rollie Adams; Foreword; Introduction: Promises and Institutions; Introduction: Promisesand Institutions; CHAPTER 1 A Museum Is an Open Work; CHAPTER 2 Museums, Educative: An Encyclopedia Entry; CHAPTER 3 In the Contexts of the Possible: Libraries and Museumsas Incendiary Cultural Institutions; CHAPTER 4 A Community Mind; CHAPTER 5 The Situation that Educates; CHAPTER 6 A Poetics of Questions; CHAPTER 7 Museums and Public Trust; CHAPTER 8 Crafted Truths: Respecting Children in Museums
- CHAPTER 9 The Promise of Cultural InstitutionsCHAPTER 10 The Promise of Cultural Institutions; Appendix A: Selected Readings; Appendix B: To Observe; Appendix C: Each Life: Cultural Institutionsand Civic Engagement; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Electronic book.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (cloudLibrary, viewed November 22, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-42076-7
- OCLC:
- 1473423914
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