This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book analyses the relations between making and growing beyond …

Museums and museum politics were important elements in the development of the
disciplines of Archaeology and Art History in nineteenth-century Britain. Here Christopher …

Greenwashing Culture examines the complicity of culture with our environmental crisis.
Through its own carbon footprint, the promotion of image-friendly environmental credentials …

In 1924, Professor Ueno Eizaburo of Tokyo Imperial University adopted an Akita puppy he
named Hachiko. Each evening Hachiko greeted Ueno on his return to Shibuya Station. In …

In the quiet halls of the natural history museum, there are some creatures still alive with
stories, whose personalities refuse to be relegated to the dusty corners of an exhibit. The …

Vivimos en una época donde conviven nuevas tecnologías y crisis ecológica, enorme
riqueza y pobreza renovada. En este siglo convulso, el trabajo sigue siendo una fuente …

An investigation of the work and workers in fossil preparation labs reveals the often
unacknowledged creativity and problem-solving on which scientists rely. Those awe …

From Idols to Antiquity explores the origins and tumultuous development of the National
Museum of Mexico and the complicated histories of Mexican antiquities during the first half …

Laboratory technicians are typically portrayed as manual workers following routine
procedures to produce scientific data. However, technicians in vertebrate paleontology …

This article focuses on greening cultural policy within a sustainable development context.
We examine shortcomings of major public-policy responses to the ecological crisis, linking …