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Museums as contested sites of remembrance: the Enola Gay affair
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In recent years, controversies concerning the construction of displays of historical events have turned attention to the role of these public sitings as discussed by the authors, although virtually any location to which acces...Abstract:
In recent years, controversies concerning the construction of displays of historical events have turned attention to the role of these public sitings. Although virtually any location to which acces...read more
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Music as a technology of the self
TL;DR: The question of music's social effects has a venerable tradition within social theory but has rarely been explored through empirical and ethnographic work as mentioned in this paper, which shows how music "gets into" or provides a medium for forms of social agency.
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After Adorno: Rethinking Music Sociology
TL;DR: Theodor W Adorno placed music at the centre of his critique of modernity and broached some of the most important questions about the role of music in contemporary society.
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T. Kuhn Meets T. Rex: Critical Conversations and New Directions in Science Centres and Science Museums.
TL;DR: In this article, T. Kuhn Meets T. Rex: Critical Conversations and New Directions in Science Centres and Science Museums, the authors present a survey of the state of the art in science education.
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Contested cultural heritage: Religion, nationalism, erasure, and exclusion in a global world
TL;DR: In this article, Goldwasser et al. discuss the role of science, religion, and history in contemporary British Ghost Tourism, and present a survey of the past, present, and future of Ghost Tourism.
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Paying the piper : causes and consequences of art patronage
TL;DR: The essays in this collection discuss the conscious sponsorship of the "creation, production, preservation, and dissemination" of the fine arts; that is, arts patronage (p. 1). In particular, the analytical focus of as mentioned in this paper is on the varieties and consequences of various patronage structures.