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

David Carr

doi:10.5771/9780759114289

Summary

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.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2006
Copyright Year: 2006
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7591-1020-5
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7591-1428-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 151
Product Type: Monograph

1. CONTENTS No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Reflective Users, An Introduction No access
1 The Cognitive Management of Cultural Institutions No access Pages 1 - 24
2 What I Saw in the Museum No access Pages 25 - 28
3 What I Read in the Library No access Pages 29 - 34
4 Wanting, At Ten No access Pages 35 - 42
5 Rescuing the User No access Pages 43 - 56
6 Reading Beyond the Museum No access Pages 57 - 68
7 Five Thoughtful Exercises No access Pages 69 - 80
8 Observing Collaborations Between Libraries and Museums No access Pages 81 - 90
9 What Do We Want to Happen? No access Pages 91 - 100
10 Heroic Life, Learning Life No access Pages 101 - 110
11 Memory No access Pages 111 - 124
12 A Place Not a Place No access Pages 125 - 134
13 Invisible Actions, Invisible Traces No access Pages 135 - 142
Index No access Pages 143 - 150
About the Author No access Pages 151 - 151