In place of memory: Museums and historic resources as distinct place types.

详细信息   

• 作者：Leach ; Denice Blair.
• 学历：Master
• 年：2007
• 导师：Morrissey, Kristine
• 毕业院校：Michigan State University
• 专业：American Studies.;Geography.;Museology.
• ISBN：9780549252818
• CBH：1448496
• Country：USA
• 语种：English
• FileSize：4506423
• Pages：93

文摘

Museums and historic resources help people to gain a sense of the past that is intimately connected to place and the processes of memory. However, the literature does not clearly define them at their most fundamental level as places. This thesis presents the argument that museums and historic resources exist as two distinct manifestations of place that embody fundamental concepts of place and memory in substantially different ways. It provides descriptions of the spatial identities of museums and historic resources by connecting latent information in the literature to a theoretical construct termed the "Four Contextual Domains," which illuminates what occurs between people, objects, and memory in the intimate relationship of place. Characteristics particular to museum place and historic place are used to establish descriptions for these two distinct place types, emphasizing how and why they are different and suggesting implications for research and professional practice.