The study of rock art in southern Africa dates back to the early eighteenth century when rock
art was first “discovered” and reported by early travellers (Mitchell 2002; Rust 2008). The …

This book traces the development of'community archaeology', identifying both its
advantages and disadvantages by describing how and why tensions have arisen between …

In this pioneering book, Christopher Whitehead provides an overview and critique of art
interpretation practices in museums and galleries. Covering the philosophy and sociology of …

Based on interviews with arts administrators responsible for addressing targeted groups
labelled “socially excluded,” this paper highlights new understandings of the term “cultural …

Reflections on Critical Museology: Inside and Outside Museums offers a reflective and
reflexive re-assessment of museum studies and the first wide-ranging account of critical …

Bourdieu wrote that the sacralisation of art serves to consecrate the social order by 'enabling
educated people to believe in barbarism'and persuading 'the barbarians of their own …

This study analyses the metaphor of spirituality in the non-profit art gallery, a metaphor
overlooked in previous marketing research. Using content analysis and interviews in a …

Abstract Using the Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses exhibition as a case study, this
article offers one possible answer to the question: what is needed for popular music to …

Based on fieldwork that has been conducted at three contemporary art museums and
galleries (National Art Museum of China, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, and Shengzhi …

This thesis takes as a starting point the results of three large scale evaluations of museum
education programmes, which presented an unexpected and potentially highly significant …