| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-189) and indexes. |
| Contents |
1. Dream spaces, memories and museums -- 2. What is memory? -- 3. Remembering and forgetting -- 4. Memory and life stages -- 5. Memory in late life -- 6. Remembering and the society of others -- 7. The art of listening -- 8. Oral history and museums -- 9. Recording memories -- 10. Working with testimony -- 11. Dynamics of interviewing -- 12. Collections of objects, or memories? -- 13. Collecting memories and objects -- 14. Reminiscence and the older adult -- 15. Working with reminiscence -- 16. Working with the memory bearers -- 17. Bearing witness -- 18. Memories, dream spaces and the visit -- 19. Dreaming the rational -- 20. Memory spaces, dreams and museums. |
| Subject |
Museums -- Philosophy.
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Museums -- Social aspects.
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Museums -- Educational aspects.
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Memory (Philosophy)
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Memory -- Social aspects.
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Learning, Psychology of.
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Communication and culture.
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| ISBN |
0718502078 (hardback) |
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9780718502072 (hardback) |
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0718502280 (pbk.) |
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9780718502287 (pbk.) |
| Description |
viii, 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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