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Open Museum Journal

Australia's only peer-reviewed online museum journal   |   ISSN 1443-5144    ©

 

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volume 8: Contest & Contemporary Society

edited by Fiona Cameron
& Andrea Witcomb

EDITORIAL

Beyond Surface Representations
Museums, Edgy Topics, Civic Responsibilities and Modes of Engagement
by Fiona Cameron

Pushing Buttons
Controversial topics in museums
by Linda Ferguson


Museums as Sources of Information and Learning
The decision making process
by Lynda Kelly

SHOW & TELL

Along the continuum, museums and possibilities
by Elaine Heumann Gurian

Museums and the culture wars
In defence of civic pluralism
by Graeme Davison

Content and Contention
Can museums present controversial issues?
by Patrick Greene

A journalist’s perspective on the museum world
by Chris Nash

Panel Discussion
chaired by Paul Tacon


August 2006


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