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PublisherManchester University Press

ISBN-100719089050

ISBN-139780719089053

eBay Product ID (ePID)117200786

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Book TitlePerforming Heritage : Research, Practice and Innovation in Museum Theatre and Live Interpretation

Number of Pages297 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicDrama, Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Museum Studies

Publication Year2012

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Travel, Art, Political Science

AuthorJenny Kidd

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

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ReviewsThis collection both consolidates and moves forward the previously somewhat fragmented discussion on the relationship between heritage and performance.' Stephen Bottoms, Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 29/02/2012 'an exciting and worthwhile book.' Jessica Nakamura, TDR: The Drama Review 57:2, Summer 2013 ...the book successfully delivers a wide discourse on the definition and value of performance and heritage and relates them to the 'new museology', recognising the role of the audience/visitor in constructing their own meaning., "This collection both consolidates and moves forward the previously somewhat fragmented discussion on the relationship between heritage and performance.'" -- Stephen Bottoms, Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 29/02/2012 an exciting and worthwhile book.' -- Jessica Nakamura, TDR: The Drama Review 57:2, Summer 2013, "This collection both consolidates and moves forward the previously somewhat fragmented discussion on the relationship between heritage and performance.'" -- Stephen Bottoms, Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 29/02/2012an exciting and worthwhile book.' -- Jessica Nakamura, TDR: The Drama Review 57:2, Summer 2013, This collection both consolidates and moves forward the previously somewhat fragmented discussion on the relationship between heritage and performance.'Stephen Bottoms, Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 29/02/2012'an exciting and worthwhile book.'Jessica Nakamura, TDR: The Drama Review 57:2, Summer 2013...the book successfully delivers a wide discourse on the definition and value of performance and heritage and relates them to the 'new museology', recognising the role of the audience/visitor in constructing their own meaning., ...the book successfully delivers a wide discourse on the definition and value of performance and heritage and relates them to the 'new museology', recognising the role of the audience/visitor in constructing their own meaning.

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal069.16

Table Of ContentIntroduction - Anthony Jackson and Jenny Kidd 1. Engaging the audience: negotiating performance in the museum - Anthony Jackson 2. 'Watching me, watching you': performance and performativity in the museum - Helen Rees Leahy 3. Creating heritage experiences through architecture - Alke Gröppel-Wegener 4. The space of museum theatre: a framework for performing heritage - Paul Johnson 5. The 'Doing' of Heritage: heritage as performance - Laurajane Smith 6. Intangible Heritage and the performance of identity - Marilena Alivizatou 7. Authenticity and metaphor: displaying Intangible Human Remains in museum theatre - Anna Farthing 8. Interpreting Msinsi: culture, tourism and story-telling in the Isimangaliso Wetland Park - Emma Durden and Nicky du Plessis 9. Nostalgia for the future of the past - Baz Kershaw 10. Performing Cultural Heritage: an analysis of 'Weaving Paths' - Royona Mitra 11. A la Ronde - eccentricity, heritage and the end of the world - Phil Smith 12. Triangle's Immersive Museum Theatre: performativity, historical interpretation and research in-role - Richard Talbot and Norwood Andrews 13. Mirror Neurons and Simulation: the role of the spectator in museum theatre - Catherine Hughes 14. 'The costume of openness': participatory performance in heritage environments - Jenny Kidd 15. Performing Human Rights: engaging visitors in dialogue at two historic site Museums of Conscience - Joel Chalfen 16. "For a little road it is not. For it is a great road; it is long": performing heritage for development in the Cape - Mark Fleishman Appendix - The Performance, Learning and Heritage project

SynopsisPerforming Heritage is the first book to bring together the range of voices, debates and practices that constitute the fields of museum theatre and live interpretation. Inspiring and challenging in its scope and level of debate, Performing Heritage crosses the disciplines of performance and museum/heritage studies and offers remarkable and timely insights into the processes, outcomes and potential of this rich and rapidly developing practice - and in a variety of international contexts. The book productively brings together academic research and professional practice, and will be essential reading for all those interested in, and concerned with the future of, 'heritage' and its interpretation., Performing Heritage is the first book to bring together the range of voices, debates and practices that constitute the fields of museum theatre and live interpretation. Inspiring and challenging in its scope and level of debate, Performing Heritage crosses the disciplines of performance and museum/heritage studies and offers remarkable and timely insights into the processes, outcomes and potential of this rich and rapidly developing practice - and in a variety of international contexts. The book productively brings together academic research and professional practice, and will be essential reading for all those interested in, and concerned with the future of, 'heritage' and its interpretation. -- ., Performing Heritage is the first book to bring together the range of voices, debates and practices that constitute the fields of museum theatre and live interpretation. Inspiring and challenging in its scope and level of debate, Performing Heritage crosses the disciplines of performance and museum/heritage studies and offers remarkable and timely i

LC Classification NumberAM7