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Museums and the past : constructing historical consciousness.

By: Viviane GosselinContributor(s): Viviane GosselinMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: Brijwasi Book Distributors | H-87,Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, New Delhi-110092Publication details: Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press , [2016] ©2016Description: x, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISSN: 9780774830621Genre/Form: Museums DDC classification: 069.0971 GOS

Contents:

1 Introduction: Perspectives on mseums and historical consciousness in Canada / Viviane Gosselin and Phaedra Livingstone -- 2. The Royal Ontario Museum, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and critical public engagement / Susan Ashley -- 3. The voices of the Canoe Project: weaving together indigenous and western historical knowledge traditions / Jill Baird and Damara Jacobs-Morris -- 4. The Torrington Gopher Hole Museum: a model institution / Lianne McTavish -- 5. Public pedagogy and the museum: the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, for example / Brenda Trofanenko -- 6. Changing views? Emotional intelligence, registers of engagement, and the museum visit / Laurajane Smith -- 7. Using museum resources and mobile technologies to develop teens' historical thinking: formative evaluation of an innovative educational set-up / Marie-Claude Larouche -- 8. Museums as in-between institutions: can they be trusted? / Lon Dubinsky and Del Muise -- 9. The concept of historical consciousness applied to museums: a case study of the exhibition People of Québec ... then and now / Pierre-Luc Collin, Claire Cousson, and Lucie Daignault -- 10. Controversy as catalyst: administrative framing, public perception, and the late-twentieth-century exhibitionary complex in Canada / Phaedra Livingstone -- 11. The gift of historical consciousness: museums, art, and poverty / Simon Knell -- 12. Museums and the responsibility gap / Robert R. Janes -- 13. Out of the box and into the fold: museums, human rights, and changing pedagogical practices / Jennifer Carter -- 14. Epilogue: The blossoming of Canadian museology and historical consciousness / Phaedra Livingstone and Viviane Gosselin.

Summary: "This vibrant new collection edited by Viviane Gosselin and Phaedra Livingstone explores the central role of museums as memory keepers and makers."--

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1 Introduction: Perspectives on mseums and historical consciousness in Canada / Viviane Gosselin and Phaedra Livingstone --
2. The Royal Ontario Museum, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and critical public engagement / Susan Ashley --
3. The voices of the Canoe Project: weaving together indigenous and western historical knowledge traditions / Jill Baird and Damara Jacobs-Morris --
4. The Torrington Gopher Hole Museum: a model institution / Lianne McTavish --
5. Public pedagogy and the museum: the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, for example / Brenda Trofanenko --
6. Changing views? Emotional intelligence, registers of engagement, and the museum visit / Laurajane Smith --
7. Using museum resources and mobile technologies to develop teens' historical thinking: formative evaluation of an innovative educational set-up / Marie-Claude Larouche --
8. Museums as in-between institutions: can they be trusted? / Lon Dubinsky and Del Muise --
9. The concept of historical consciousness applied to museums: a case study of the exhibition People of Québec ... then and now / Pierre-Luc Collin, Claire Cousson, and Lucie Daignault --
10. Controversy as catalyst: administrative framing, public perception, and the late-twentieth-century exhibitionary complex in Canada / Phaedra Livingstone --
11. The gift of historical consciousness: museums, art, and poverty / Simon Knell --
12. Museums and the responsibility gap / Robert R. Janes --
13. Out of the box and into the fold: museums, human rights, and changing pedagogical practices / Jennifer Carter --
14. Epilogue: The blossoming of Canadian museology and historical consciousness / Phaedra Livingstone and Viviane Gosselin.

"This vibrant new collection edited by Viviane Gosselin and Phaedra Livingstone explores the central role of museums as memory keepers and makers."--

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