Egypt
Journal of Folklore Research (Reviewed by Carrie Hertz)
- Book Review: Museums And Difference
Journal of Folklore Research Museums and Difference. Edited by Daniel J. Sherman. 2008. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Reviewed by Lee Haring, Brooklyn College (Emeritus) The essays in this two-part book explore the central force of “difference”...
- British Museums Advised To Dispose Of Unused Art
New York Times A very brief article about If you are asked for a username and password type "egyptnews" in both fields. The Museums Association, founded in 1889 to represent Britain’s museums and galleries, reversed a 30-year ban on selling art and...
- New Journal: Heritage Management
Heritage Management Left Coast Press have announced the launch of a new global journal edited by Kelley Hays-Gilpin and Edward Bridge (about whom full details can be found on the above page). It is introduced on the above page as follows: Heritage...
- Book Review: Origins And Revolutions: Human Identity In Earliest Prehistory
Nature This is a slow news day gap filler. It has nothing directly to do with Egyptology, but it might be useful for anyone interested in prehistory, so I have slotted in a mention of this book review printed in Nature. Robert N. Proctor reviews Origins...
- Plans For The Future
This is a good report on the grandiose plans for the future of Egyptian sites and museums the gentleman makes no mention of the museum of the revolution (snore) but he does mention the museum of the Suez canal (double snore). I am unaware if the 30 year...
Egypt
Book Review: Museum Revolutions
Journal of Folklore Research (Reviewed by Carrie Hertz)
Museum Revolutions: How Museums Change and Are Changed, edited by Simon J. Knell, Suzanne MacLeod, and Sheila Watson. 2007. London and New York: Routledge.
Museums—wishing to do good in the world, but like so many public institutions, relying on fickle civic support—must continually justify their own existence by aggressively evaluating the purpose and impact of their endeavors. Grappling with volatile and abiding issues like representation, power relations, identity politics, systems of knowledge, value production, post-colonialism, Eurocentricism, nationalism, and the like, museums in the twenty-first century have a lot on their proverbial plates. In this milieu, then, the constant reflexive desire of museum professionals and scholars to appraise the past, present, and future of museology is both unsurprising and heartening. Museum Revolutions: How Museums Change and Are Changed is just one of a diverse series of edited volumes published by Routledge that valiantly tackles these kinds of issues within museum studies.
- Book Review: Museums And Difference
Journal of Folklore Research Museums and Difference. Edited by Daniel J. Sherman. 2008. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Reviewed by Lee Haring, Brooklyn College (Emeritus) The essays in this two-part book explore the central force of “difference”...
- British Museums Advised To Dispose Of Unused Art
New York Times A very brief article about If you are asked for a username and password type "egyptnews" in both fields. The Museums Association, founded in 1889 to represent Britain’s museums and galleries, reversed a 30-year ban on selling art and...
- New Journal: Heritage Management
Heritage Management Left Coast Press have announced the launch of a new global journal edited by Kelley Hays-Gilpin and Edward Bridge (about whom full details can be found on the above page). It is introduced on the above page as follows: Heritage...
- Book Review: Origins And Revolutions: Human Identity In Earliest Prehistory
Nature This is a slow news day gap filler. It has nothing directly to do with Egyptology, but it might be useful for anyone interested in prehistory, so I have slotted in a mention of this book review printed in Nature. Robert N. Proctor reviews Origins...
- Plans For The Future
This is a good report on the grandiose plans for the future of Egyptian sites and museums the gentleman makes no mention of the museum of the revolution (snore) but he does mention the museum of the Suez canal (double snore). I am unaware if the 30 year...