Learning at the museum frontiers : identity, race, and power

In 'Learning at the Museum Frontiers', Viv Golding argues that the museum has the potential to function as a frontier: a zone where learning is created, new identities are forged and new connections made between disparate groups and their own histories. Drawing on a range of theoretical pe...

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Main Author: Golding, Vivien
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington: Ashgate Publication, 2009.
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Online Access:http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=292480
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