New Museology and the Eco-museum
Lecturer: Prof. Peter Davis, Professor of Museology at the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University
This lecture looks at the approaches to “new museology.” How do the community museum and eco-museum models differ from older approaches to curation and management?
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Recommended Links and Readings:
- Davis, P. (1999) Ecomuseums: A Sense of Place. Leicester University Press
- Outlook on Museums, “The ecomuseum definition in the contemporary museology”
http://www.osservatorioecomusei.net/PDF/UK/definizioneUK.pdf - Amareswar Galla, Museums in sustainable heritage development: A case study for Vietnam. A Paper presented at the 2006 INTERCOM Conference in Taipei, China. http://www.intercom.museum/documents/4-1Galla.pdf