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2016
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Bernstein. Ein deutscher Werkstoff?
Comment fonctionnent les mécanismes d'appropriation, de décontextualisation, puis de resémentisation propres à toute circulation culturelle sur les objets ? Les quatorze contributions de cet ouvrage esquissent une histoire interculturelle des espaces germanophone, néerlandophone et nordique à partir d'objets concrets, du lego à l'ambre, de la pomme de terre aux licornes...King, Rachel
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2016
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Energy well spent: practical approaches to contemporary collecting at the National Museum of Scotland
Cet ouvrage réunit les interventions du séminaire "Patrimoine contemporain : Science, technique, culture et société" qui s'est tenu au musée des Arts et Métiers de 2012 à 2015. Les membres de ce séminaire ont mené de multiples réflexions sur les questions - à la fois théoriques et pratiques - soulevées...Cox, Elsa
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2017
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This Post Mortem Palace
This volume explores the transformation of scientific exhibitions and museums during the nineteenth century. Contributors focus on comparative case studies across Britain and America, examining the people, spaces, display practices, experiences, and politics that worked not only to define the museum, but to shape public science and scientific knowledge during...Alberti, S J M M
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2006
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Museum nature
From Aztec accounts of hibernating hummingbirds to contemporary television spectaculars, human encounters with nature have long sparked wonder, curiosity and delight. Written by leading scholars, this richly illustrated volume offers a lively introduction to the history of natural history, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Covering an extraordinary...Alberti, S J M M
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The art and science of replication. Copies and copying in the multi-disciplinary museum
Few institutions are warier of copies than museums. Few fields of knowledge are more prone to denounce copies as fake than the heritage field. Few discourses are as concerned with authenticity, aura, originals and provenance as those concerning exhibiting and collecting. So why is it that these are institutions, fields...Alberti, S J M M ; Blackwell, Alice ; Davidson, Peter ; Goldberg, D Martin ; Swinney, Geoffrey N
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