Overview
- Demonstrates how Asian countries are developing their own museology and museums, which are not simple copies of European or North American models
- Uses carefully chosen examples to describe museums and museology in Asia today, focusing on Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Thailand
- Presents an integrated achievement of an effort of more than 20 years by the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan, in international human resource development in museology
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About this book
Asian countries today have developed or are developing their own museology and museums, which are not simple copies of European or North American models. This book provides readers with carefully chosen examples of museum activities—for example, exhibition and sharing information, database construction, access to and conservation of museum collections, relationships between museums and local communities, and international cooperation in the field of cultural heritage. Readers are expected to include museum professionals and museology students.
Throughout the course of this book, the reader will understand that a museum is not only a place for collecting, representing, and preserving cultural heritage but also plays a fundamental role in community development. This book is highly recommended to readers who seek a worldwide vision of museum studies.
The peer-reviewed chapters in this volume are written versions of the lectures delivered by selected speakers at the international symposium "New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology" held in February 2015 at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan.
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Table of contents (15 papers)
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Museums in the Info-Age
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Balance Between Conservation and Access for Museums
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Museums and Local Communities
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Museums and International Cooperation
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology
Editors: Naoko Sonoda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0886-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0885-6Published: 21 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9275-6Published: 13 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0886-3Published: 20 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 204
Number of Illustrations: 130 b/w illustrations
Topics: Cultural Heritage, Archaeology