On the Meaning of Exhibitions – Exhibition Epistèmes in a Historical Perspective
This essay aims at contributing to our understanding of the nature of exhibitions, namely how and why we make them, and what they – and the things in them – might symbolize. My focus will be on exhibitions of objects in classical museums of cultural history, archaeology and ethnology/ethnography. I...
Main Author: | Kerstin Smeds |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Stockholm University Press
2012-12-01
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Series: | Designs for Learning |
Online Access: | http://www.designsforlearning.nu/articles/45 |
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