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Sounds like a great course.

You might find some interesting articles in the UK Journal Museums &  
Society
http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/museumsociety.html

Also this may be of interest...
Simon J. Knell, Suzanne MacLeod and Sheila Watson (eds),
Museum Revolutions: How Museums Change and are Changed
This single-volume museum studies reference title explores the ways in  
which museums are shaped and configured and how they themselves  
attempt to shape and change the world around them.Written by a leading  
group of museum professionals and academics from around the world and  
including new research, the chapters reveal the diverse and subtle  
means by which museums engage and in so doing change and are changed.  
The authors span over 200 years discussing national museums,  
ecomuseums, society museums, provincial galleries, colonial museums,  
the showman’s museum, and science centres. Topics covered include:  
disciplinary practices, ethnic representation, postcolonial politics,  
economic aspiration, social reform, indigenous models, conceptions of  
history, urban regeneration, sustainability, sacred objects, a sense  
of place, globalization, identities, social responsibility,  
controversy, repatriation, human remains, drama, learning and education.
Capturing the richness of the museum studies discipline, Museum  
Revolutions is the ideal text for museum studies courses, providing a  
wide range of interlinked themes and the latest thought and research  
from experts in the field. It is invaluable for those students and  
museum professionals who want to understand the past, present and  
future of the museum.



Best.

Marti



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Marti Louw, Research Faculty
UPCLOSE | University of Pittsburgh
Center for Learning in Out-of-School Environments
Learning Research and Development Center
3939 O'Hara Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15260
[tel] 412 383 6938  [fax] 412 624 7439
MartiL {at} pitt {dot} edu
http://upclose.lrdc.pitt.edu





On Jan 27, 2010, at 8:34 AM, Eric Siegel wrote:

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