A Place Not a Place: Reflection and Possibility in Museums and Libraries

A Place Not a Place: Reflection and Possibility in Museums and Libraries

by David Carr (4)
A Place Not a Place: Reflection and Possibility in Museums and Libraries

A Place Not a Place: Reflection and Possibility in Museums and Libraries

by David Carr (4)

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Overview

Museums and libraries inspire us to cross the limits of routine thought, into experiences of reflection and possibility. Each of the essays in A Place Not a Place examines the ways these and other cultural institutions influence us and proposes ways to strengthen their role as advocates for critical thinking and inquiry.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780759114289
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 05/25/2006
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 176
File size: 630 KB

About the Author

David Carr teaches at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His essays, articles and reviews have appeared in Museum News, Curator, Public Libraries, and in other journals and collections.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Reflective Users
Chapter 2 1. The Cognitive Management of Cultural Institutions
Chapter 3 2. What I Saw in the Museum
Chapter 4 3. What I Read in the Library
Chapter 5 4. Wanting, at Ten
Chapter 6 5. Rescuing the User
Chapter 7 6. Reading Beyond the Museum
Chapter 8 7. Five Thoughtful Exercises
Chapter 9 8. Observing Collaboration
Chapter 10 9. What Do We Want
Chapter 11 10. Heroic Life, Learning Life
Chapter 12 11. Memory
Chapter 13 12. A Place Not a Place
Chapter 14 13. Invisible Actions, Invisible Traces
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