Essentialism, adaptation and justice: Towards a new epistemology of museums

Museum Management and Curatorship

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-116

  O’Neill, Mark ^a,b  

^a GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Art; Audiences; Epistemology; Galleries; Justice; Museums

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744899851     PISSN: 09647775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647770600302102     Document Type: Article

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