Book Review: Performing Heritage: Research, Practice and Innovation in Museum Theatre and Live Interpretation by Anthony Jackson and Jenny Kidd (eds)

This useful text brings together recent thinking about museum theatre and the performance of heritage, offering a range of international case studies to its readers as evidence of the discipline’s usefulness in interpreting the past for visitors. Described as ‘inspiring and challenging’, the book su...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ab5c438a6db74740a43e681080cffc272021-12-01T14:42:31ZBook Review: Performing Heritage: Research, Practice and Innovation in Museum Theatre and Live Interpretation by Anthony Jackson and Jenny Kidd (eds)2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/ab5c438a6db74740a43e681080cffc272014-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10175https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956This useful text brings together recent thinking about museum theatre and the performance of heritage, offering a range of international case studies to its readers as evidence of the discipline’s usefulness in interpreting the past for visitors. Described as ‘inspiring and challenging’, 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.Kirsty SullivanEXARCarticleliving historytheatreinterpretationpalaeolithicmesolithicneolithicchalcolithicbronze ageiron ageroman eraviking ageearly middle ageslate middle agesnewer eranewest eraunited kingdombookreviewMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2014/4 (2014)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic living history
theatre
interpretation
palaeolithic
mesolithic
neolithic
chalcolithic
bronze age
iron age
roman era
viking age
early middle ages
late middle ages
newer era
newest era
united kingdom
book
review
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle living history
theatre
interpretation
palaeolithic
mesolithic
neolithic
chalcolithic
bronze age
iron age
roman era
viking age
early middle ages
late middle ages
newer era
newest era
united kingdom
book
review
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
Kirsty Sullivan
Book Review: Performing Heritage: Research, Practice and Innovation in Museum Theatre and Live Interpretation by Anthony Jackson and Jenny Kidd (eds)
description This useful text brings together recent thinking about museum theatre and the performance of heritage, offering a range of international case studies to its readers as evidence of the discipline’s usefulness in interpreting the past for visitors. Described as ‘inspiring and challenging’, 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.
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title Book Review: Performing Heritage: Research, Practice and Innovation in Museum Theatre and Live Interpretation by Anthony Jackson and Jenny Kidd (eds)
title_short Book Review: Performing Heritage: Research, Practice and Innovation in Museum Theatre and Live Interpretation by Anthony Jackson and Jenny Kidd (eds)
title_full Book Review: Performing Heritage: Research, Practice and Innovation in Museum Theatre and Live Interpretation by Anthony Jackson and Jenny Kidd (eds)
title_fullStr Book Review: Performing Heritage: Research, Practice and Innovation in Museum Theatre and Live Interpretation by Anthony Jackson and Jenny Kidd (eds)
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title_sort book review: performing heritage: research, practice and innovation in museum theatre and live interpretation by anthony jackson and jenny kidd (eds)
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