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OverviewMuseum activity has, in recent years, undergone major and rapid development in the Arabian Peninsula, with the regeneration of existing museums as well as the establishment of new ones. Alongside such rapid expansion, questions are inevitably raised as to the new challenges museums face in this region and whether the museum, as a central focus of heritage preservation, also runs the risk of overshadowing local forms of heritage performance and preservation. With contributions from leading academics from a range of disciplines and heritage practitioners with first-hand experience of working in the region, this volume addresses the issues and challenges facing museums in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Yemen and the UAE. It focuses on the themes of politics, public engagement and the possibility of a new museum paradigm which might appropriately reflect the interests and culture of the region. The interdisciplinary approaches analyse museum development from both an inside and outside perspective, suggesting that museums do not follow a uniform trajectory across the region, but are embedded within each states’ socio-cultural context, individual government agendas and political realities. Including case study analysis, which brings the more marginal nations into the debates, as well as new empirical data and critical evaluation of the role of the museum in the Arabian Peninsula societies, this book adds fresh perspectives to the study of Gulf heritage and museology. It will appeal to regional and international practitioners and academics across the disciplines of museum studies, cultural studies, and anthropology as well as to anyone with an interest in the Gulf and Middle East. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Karen Exell , Sarina WakefieldPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.920kg ISBN: 9781472464620ISBN 10: 1472464621 Pages: 188 Publication Date: 25 May 2016 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction: Questions of Globalisation, Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula 2. Building Nations in a Modern Middle East 3. Staging Identity in a Globalised World 4. Universal Art Museums in the Arabian Peninsula 5. Knowledge Production in the Realm of Culture 6. ‘We are not people of the city’: Narratives of Purity and Exclusion 7. Oil, Conflict and Memory in the Arabian Peninsula: Private Collections and Museums 8. ‘... [T]his shifting present which we call the future’Reviews'Greatly expanding the literature on museums and practice in the Gulf, this book explores timely research and emerging avenues of inquiry in this fast developing field. Drawn from across the region the contributions offer insight into aspects of museum practice and audiences which have not been available before - a must read for those in museums in the region and anyone interested in international museum practice.' Pamela Erskine-Loftus, Northwestern University in Qatar, State of Qatar Author InformationKaren Exell is Lecturer in Museum Studies at UCL Qatar where she coordinates the MA in Museum and Gallery Practice. She has a BA from Oxford University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Museum Studies from the University of St Andrews and a PhD in Egyptology from Durham University, UK (2006). Her recent publications include the co-edited volumes Egypt: Ancient Histories and Modern Archaeologies (2013) and Cultural Heritage in the Arabian Peninsula: Debates, Discourses and Practices (2014). Her current research focuses on the development of museums in the Arabian Peninsula states as a non-Western context, the impact of foreign expertise on Arabian Peninsula heritage conceptions, and Arabian Peninsula collecting practices. Sarina Wakefield has recently completed a PhD at the Open University, UK, entitled 'Franchising Heritage: The Creation of a Transnational Heritage Industry in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi'. She has a BSc in Archaeology (2001) and an MA in Museum Studies (2004) from the University of Leicester, UK. She has worked on museum and heritage projects in the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Bahrain, and in 2012 she co-organised the inaugural Museums in Arabia international conference at The British Museum, London. Her publications include 'Falconry as Heritage in the United Arab Emirates' in World Archaeology (44, no. 2, 2012) and 'Hybrid Heritage and Cosmopolitanism in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi' in Reimagining Museums: Practice in the Arabian Peninsula, edited by Pamela Erskine-Loftus (Edinburgh and Boston: Museums Etc., 2013). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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