Participation and the Post-Museum by Katarzyna Jagodzi?ska - 9781032714059

Participation and the Post-MuseumAuthor(s): Katarzyna Jagodzi?ska\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032714059, 978-1032714059\nSynopsis\nParticipation and the Post-Museum discusses the concept of participation in museum practice, as well as ideas that constitute the paradigm of the post-museum.\n\nBased on extensive empirical research conducted in thirty diverse Polish museums and drawing upon her own museum practice, the author considers whether museums are democratising, or whether this is an illusion that obscures the reinforcement of the authoritarian position that is historically inherent to museums. Referring to different areas of museum practice, the author analyses not only how and why, but mostly if museums are capable and willing to share their power with the public and how it affects their identity. Drawing on literature from the fields of political and social sciences, as well as cultural and museum s.