Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today.

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Author / Creator:Acuff, Joni Boyd, 1982-
Imprint:Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (381 pages)
Language:English
Series:American Association for State and Local History book series
American Association for State and Local History book series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404795
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Other authors / contributors:Evans, Laura.
ISBN:9780759124110
0759124116
9780759124103
0759124108
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Aimed at museum educators, Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today seeks to marry museum and multicultural education theories. It reveals how the union of these theories yields more equitable educational practices and guides museum educators to address misrepresentation, exclusivity, accessibility, and educational inequality.
Other form:Print version: Multiculturalism in art museums today. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014] 9780759124103
Standard no.:99962171847
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction and Context; I: Museum Educators as Change Agents; 1 "Stuck" Is Where You Need to Pay Attention; 2 Stimulating Change through Story-Telling; 3 Excellence and Equity?; 4 Unheard; II: Inclusion versus Exclusion; 5 Collaborating with Communities; 6 Multiculturalism and the Supported Interpretation (SI) Model; 7 Enabling Access; 8 Undisciplined Space; 9 Class Exclusion; 10 Code-Switching in the Art Museum; III: Collaboration with Diverse Audiences; 11 Feminist Art and Adolescents in Museums; 12 Engaging Latino Audiences; 13 Today I Am Here.
  • 14 Community Curation as an Alternative Strategy for Interpreting ExhibitionsIV: Responsive Pedagogy; 15 Taking It Personally; 16 Thoughtful Words; 17 Experiencing Indigenous Ways of Knowing as Embodied in a Museum; 18 Multicultural Critical Reflective Practice and Contemporary Art; 19 I Cannot Tell a Lie; Closing Thoughts; Index; About the Editors and the Contributors.