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Museums and Truth.
Museums are usually seen as arenas for the authorised presentations of reality, based on serious, professional knowledge. Yet, in spite of the impossibility of giving anything but a highly abstract and extremely selective impression in an exhibition, very few museums problematize this or discuss the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Museums are usually seen as arenas for the authorised presentations of reality, based on serious, professional knowledge. Yet, in spite of the impossibility of giving anything but a highly abstract and extremely selective impression in an exhibition, very few museums problematize this or discuss their priorities with their public. They don't ask ""what are the other truths of the matter?"" Though the essays in this collection are not written with museums and truth as their explicit subject, th ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (247 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443869515 1443869511 1322216290 9781322216294 1443854492 9781443854498 |