LAURA HANKS laura.hanks@nottingham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
The museum and multivalences of place
Hourston Hanks, Laura
Authors
Contributors
Suzanne MacLeod
Editor
Tricia Austin
Editor
Professor JONATHAN HALE JONATHAN.HALE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Editor
Oscar Ho Hing-Kay
Editor
Abstract
This chapter contends that an increasing exploration and privileging of place may well define one future direction in the making of museums and galleries and it aims to explore current practice of such enhanced situatedness through a range of contemporary British architectural-exhibition designs. Narratives deployed by the design teams will be critiqued, particularly in respect to the notion of multivalency - having or being susceptible of many applications, interpretations, meanings, or values. In particular, the chapter will differentiate between a heterogeneous mode of place multivalency, compared with an integrated approach, exploring the visitor’s understanding of and response to these different applications.
Citation
Hourston Hanks, L. (2018). The museum and multivalences of place. In S. MacLeod, T. Austin, J. Hale, & O. Ho Hing-Kay (Eds.), The Future of Museum and Gallery Design: Purpose, Process, Perception, 86-99. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Acceptance Date | Mar 13, 2017 |
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Online Publication Date | Jun 18, 2018 |
Publication Date | Jun 13, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jan 16, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 14, 2020 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Pages | 86-99 |
Series Title | Museum Meanings |
Book Title | The Future of Museum and Gallery Design: Purpose, Process, Perception |
Chapter Number | 7 |
ISBN | 9781138568204, 9781138307322 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1476133 |
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