Collections Management as Critical Museum Practice
A new publication from UCL Press that critically assesses collections management from alternative perspectives.
Collections management in museums is often seen as a set of standard procedures, but this volume recognises it as a political, critical, and social project involving significant intellectual labour. It highlights the essential knowledge, value systems, ethics, and workplace pragmatics foundational to this work, presenting local knowledge of place and material relevant to collections management worldwide.
The book explores varied collection types, management activities, and professional roles to develop a contextualised reflexive practice.
Edited by Cara Krmpotich and Alice Stevenson.
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