History & Philosophy of Museums

460.611.81 Fall 2018

Week Dates Topic Required Readings Assignments / Notes

Week 1— What is a Museum?
1 9/5 Course Alexander& Alexander (2008) 1) Discussion Forum
Overview Dillenburg (2011) Initial posts (Saturday September 8)
Godkin (2008) Peer response posts (Tuesday September 11)
Gurian (2006) 2) Plagiarism Certificate
Hooper-Greenhill (1992) Upload Certificate (Sunday September 9)
Low (2004)
Winchell (2008)
Bennet (1995) (Recommended)

Lesson 1—European Museums

2 9/12 Part 1 Findlen (2012) 1) Discussion Forum
Hagan (2008) Part 1—initial posts (Saturday September 15)
Hooper-Greenhill (1992) Part 1—response posts (Tuesday September 18)
Kreft (2008) 2) APA Style
Perziosi (2006) Test (Sunday Sunday September 16)
Chicone and Kissel (2014)
3 9/19 Part 2 Classem (2007) 1) Discussion Forum
Abt (2006) Part 2—initial posts (Saturday September 22)
Alexander (1983)—chp. 1 Part 2—response posts (Tuesday September 25)
Alexander (1995)— chp. 4, chp. 8, chp. 2) Tiki Toki #1
12 Draft TT post (Thursday September 20)
Draft TT response post (Saturday September 22)
Final post in Tiki Toki (Sunday September 23)
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Lesson 2—American Museums

4 9/26 Part 1 Alexander (1997 ) 1) Discussion Forum
Orosz (2010) Part 1—initial posts (Saturday September 29)
Conn (1998) Part 1—response posts (Tuesday October 2)
Hart and Ward (1988)
Goode (1888)
Rydell (2006)
Dana (2004)
Peale (2008) (recomended)
Alexander (1995) (recommended)
5 10/3 Part 2 Alexander (1997) p.13-18, p.101-116 1) Discussion Forum
Betts (1959) Part 2—initial posts (Saturday October 6)
Kohlstedt (2013) Radar and Cain (2008)
Risnicoff (2012) Part 2—response posts (Tuesday October 9)
DiMaggio (2012) 2) Tiki Toki #2
Pryor 2008 (recommended) Draft TT post (Thursday October 4)
Alexander 1997 (recommended)
Draft TT response post (Saturday October 6)
Brinkman 2010 (recommended)
Final post in Tiki Toki (Sunday October 7)
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Lesson 3—Asian Museums

6 10/10 Part 1—Asia Choi (2011) 1) Discussion Forum
Kim (1998) Part 1—initial posts (Saturday October 13)
Lee (2011) Part 1—response posts (Tuesday October 16)
Yamaguchi (1991)
Tsuruta (1959)
Wan-Chen (2012)
7 10/17 Part 2—China Carrier (2009) 1) Discussion Forum
Hamlish (2000) Part 2—initial posts (Saturday October 20)
Ryckmans (1998) Part 2—response posts (Tuesday October 23)
Shouyong (2012) 2) Tiki Toki #3
Yim (2005) Draft TT post (Thursday October 18)
Varutti (2011) Draft TT response post (Saturday October 20)
Xiangguang (2008) Final post in Tiki Toki (Sunday October 21)
Lesson 4—India
8 10/24 Part 1 Jain (2011) 1) Discussion Forum
Madhuparna (2011) Part 1—initial posts (Saturday October 27)
Sarma (1998) Part 1—response posts (Tuesday October 30)
Sharma & Burdhan (2010)
Sugata (2014)

9 10/31 Part 2 Badre (2010) 1) Discussion Forum

Exell & Rico (2013) Fibiger (2011) Part 2—initial posts (Saturday November 3)
Wakefield (2015) Part 2—response posts (Tuesday November 6)
2) Tiki Toki #4
Draft TT post (Thursday November 1)
Draft TT response post (Saturday November 3)
Final post in Tiki Toki (Sunday November 4)
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Lesson 5—Colonial/ Post Colonial

10 11/7 Part 1 Bennett (1995) 1) Discussion Forum
Curtis (2012) Part 1—initial posts (Saturday November 10)
Kreps (2006) Part 1—response posts (Tuesday November 13)
Mathur (2005)
Ray (2014)
(Afri ca)Farah (2006)

Part 2 McGee (2006)

11 11/14
McLeod (2012) 1) Discussion Forum
Ndoro & Pwiti (2005) Part 2—initial posts (Saturday November 17)
Tegomoh (2007) Part 2—response posts (Tuesday November 27)-
(Oceania) AFTER FALL BREAK
Mead (2012) 2) Tiki Toki #5
McCarthy (2009) Draft TT post (Thursday November 15)
Simpson (2006) Draft TT response post (Saturday November 17)
Tapsell (2012) Final post in Tiki Toki (Sunday November 18)
Hakiwai (2005)
(Americas)
Barnes (2008)
Castro (2005)
McMaster (2012)
Nash & Colwell-
Chamthaphnh (2010)
Walker (2008)

WEEK12 11/19 NO CLASSES NO READINGS NO ASSIGNMENTS HAPPY THANKSGIVING FALL BREAK 2018!
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Lesson 6—Post Modernism and the New Museology

13 11/28 Part 1 Anderson (2004) 1) Discussion Forum
Dana (1999) Part 1—initial posts (Saturday December 1)
Dana (1999) Part 1—response posts (Tuesday December 4)
Halpin (1997)
Keene (2006)
Marstine (2006)
Mason (2006)
(re-read/review) Mathur (2005)
Prior (2006)
Shelton (2013)
Vergo (1998)
Weil (2004)

14 12/5 Part 2
1) Discussion Forum
Part 2—initial posts (Saturday December 8)
Part 2—response posts (Tuesday December 11)
2) Tiki Toki #6
Draft TT post (Thursday December 6)
Draft TT response post (Saturday December 8)
Final post in Tiki Toki (Sunday December 9)
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Course Wrap Up

Crane (2012)
15 12/12 Museums: Past, Present,
Davidson (2005)
Future - Reflections 1) Discussion Forum
Gwyn (2012)
Initial posts (Saturday December 15)
Janes (2007)
Peer Response Posts (Tuesday December 18)
Janes (2011)
2) Course Reflection
Lakshmi (2012)
Blog Post (Sunday December 16)
Linenthal (1994)
Weil (2002)
Williams (2012)
Lumley (2005)
Prentice (2005)