What's in the current Museums Journal...
April 2008,
Features
The other within
Ethnographic collections are supposed to be about the "other" but they could also reveal something about ourselves, says Sharon Heal...
'...'Ethnography is an unfamiliar word - world cultures is easier to understand, whereas ethnography is opaque'...'
What are you looking at?
The depiction of disability has an ignoble history. But a new project could help museums rethink the ways that they represent disabled people. By Julie Nightingale...
'...'the benefit of putting on displays on a disability theme was outweighed by the fear of getting it wrong'...'
Getting in on the cyber-action
As more museums launch internet projects, Aaron Davies offers some cautionary notes for webslingers...
'...'We need to think a lot about how objects are going to travel out of the museum so people can contextualise them locally'...'
News
Cultural Olympiad seeks projects
Modern art for Aberdeen
Reviews
Utsavam: Music from India, Horniman Museum, London
Search Engine, National Railway Museum, York
Comment
The Watts Gallery's decision to sell two paintings was the only way to secure the long-term future of the core collection
Also in this month's edition of Museums Journal magazine
Jobs, People, Courses, Letters, The List, Best in show
The month that was...
Museums Journal March 2008
The other within
Ethnographic collections are supposed to be about the "other" but they could also reveal something about ourselves, says Sharon Heal...
'...'Ethnography is an unfamiliar word - world cultures is easier to understand, whereas ethnography is opaque'...'
What are you looking at?
The depiction of disability has an ignoble history. But a new project could help museums rethink the ways that they represent disabled people. By Julie Nightingale...
'...'the benefit of putting on displays on a disability theme was outweighed by the fear of getting it wrong'...'
Getting in on the cyber-action
As more museums launch internet projects, Aaron Davies offers some cautionary notes for webslingers...
'...'We need to think a lot about how objects are going to travel out of the museum so people can contextualise them locally'...'
News
Cultural Olympiad seeks projects
Modern art for Aberdeen
Reviews
Utsavam: Music from India, Horniman Museum, London
Search Engine, National Railway Museum, York
Comment
The Watts Gallery's decision to sell two paintings was the only way to secure the long-term future of the core collection
Also in this month's edition of Museums Journal magazine
Jobs, People, Courses, Letters, The List, Best in show
The month that was...
Museums Journal March 2008
