History & Philosophy of Museums

460.611.81 & .83 Spring 2019

Week Dates Topic Required Readings Assignments / Notes

Week 1— What is a Museum?
1 1/23 Course Alexander& Alexander (2008) 1) Discussion Forum
Overview Dillenburg (2011) □ Initial posts (Saturday January 26)
Godkin (2008) □ Peer response posts (Tuesday January 29)

Gurian (2006) 2) Plagiarism Certificate

Hooper-Greenhill (1992) □ Upload Certificate (Sunday January 27)
Low (2004)
Winchell (2008)
Bennet (1995) (Recommended)

Lesson 1—European Museums

2 1/30 Part 1 Findlen (2012) 1) Discussion Forum
Hagan (2008) □ Part 1—initial posts (Saturday February 2)
Hooper-Greenhill (1992) □ Part 1—response posts (Tuesday February 5)
Kreft (2008) 2) APA Style
Perziosi (2006) □ Test (Sunday Sunday February 3)
Chicone and Kissel (2014)
3 2/6 Part 2 Classem (2007) 1) Discussion Forum
Abt (2006) □ Part 2—initial posts (Saturday February 9)
Alexander (1983)—chp. 1 □ Part 2—response posts (Tuesday February 12)
Alexander (1995)— chp. 4, chp. 8, chp. 2) Tiki Toki #1
12 □ Draft TT post (Thursday February 7)
□ Draft TT response post (Saturday February 9)
□ Final post in Tiki Toki (Sunday February 10)
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Lesson 2—American Museums

4 2/13 Part 1 Alexander (1997 ) 1) Discussion Forum
Orosz (2010) □ Part 1—initial posts (Saturday February 16)
Conn (1998) □ Part 1—response posts (Tuesday February 19)
Hart and Ward (1988)
Goode (1888)
Rydell (2006)
Dana (2004)
Peale (2008) (recomended)
Alexander (1995) (recommended)
5 2/20 Part 2 Alexander (1997) p.13-18, p.101-116 1) Discussion Forum
Betts (1959) □ Part 2—initial posts (Saturday February 23)
Kohlstedt (2013) Radar and Cain (2008)
Risnicoff (2012) □ Part 2—response posts (Tuesday February 26)
DiMaggio (2012) 2) Tiki Toki #2
Pryor 2008 (recommended) □ Draft TT post (Thursday February 21)
Alexander 1997 (recommended)
□ Draft TT response post (Saturday February 23)
Brinkman 2010 (recommended)
□ Final post in Tiki Toki (Sunday February 24)
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Lesson 3—Asian Museums

6 2/27 Part 1—Asia Choi (2011) 1) Discussion Forum
Kim (1998) □ Part 1—initial posts (Saturday March 2)
Lee (2011) □ Part 1—response posts (Tuesday March 5)
Yamaguchi (1991)
Tsuruta (1959)
Wan-Chen (2012)
7 3/6 Part 2—China Carrier (2009) 1) Discussion Forum
Hamlish (2000) □ Part 2—initial posts (Saturday March 9)
Ryckmans (1998) □ Part 2—response posts (Tuesday March 12)
Shouyong (2012) 2) Tiki Toki #3
Yim (2005) □ Draft TT post (Thursday March 7)
Varutti (2011) □ Draft TT response post (Saturday March 9)
Xiangguang (2008) □ Final post in Tiki Toki (Sunday March 10)
Lesson 4—India
8 3/13 Part 1 Jain (2011) 1) Discussion Forum
Madhuparna (2011) □ Part 1—initial posts (Saturday March 16)
Sarma (1998) □ Part 1—response posts (Tuesday March 19)
Sharma & Burdhan (2010)
Sugata (2014)

10 3/27 Part 2 Badre (2010) 1) Discussion Forum

Exell & Rico (2013) Fibiger (2011) □ Part 2—initial posts (Saturday March 30)
Wakefield (2015) □ Part 2—response posts (Tuesday April 2)
2) Tiki Toki #4
□ Draft TT post (Thursday March 28)
□ Draft TT response post (Saturday March 30)
□ Final post in Tiki Toki (Sunday March 31)
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Lesson 5—Colonial/ Post-Colonial

11 4/3 Part 1 Bennett (1995) 1) Discussion Forum
Curtis (2012) □ Part 1—initial posts (Saturday April 6)
Kreps (2006) □ Part 1—response posts (Tuesday April 9)
Mathur (2005)
Ray (2014)
(Africa)
Part 2 □ Farah (2006)
12 4/10
□ McGee (2006) 1) Discussion Forum
□ McLeod (2012) □ Part 2—initial posts (Saturday April 13)
□ Ndoro & Pwiti (2005) □ Part 2—response posts (Tuesday April 16)
□ Tegomoh (2007)
(Oceania) 2) Tiki Toki #5

□ Mead (2012) □ Draft TT post (Thursday April 11)

□ McCarthy (2009) □ Draft TT response post (Saturday April 13)
□ Simpson (2006) □ Final post in Tiki Toki (Sunday April 14)
□ Tapsell (2012)
□ Hakiwai (2005)
(Americas)
□ Barnes (2008)
□ Castro (2005)
□ McMaster (2012)
□ Nash & Colwell-
Chamthaphnh (2010)
□ Walker (2008)
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Lesson 6—Post Modernism and the New Museology

13 4/17 Part 1 Anderson (2004) 1) Discussion Forum
Dana (1999) □ Part 1—initial posts (Saturday April 20)
Dana (1999) □ Part 1—response posts (Tuesday April 23)
Halpin (1997)

Keene (2006)
Marstine (2006)
Mason (2006)
(re-read/review) Mathur (2005)
Prior (2006)
Shelton (2013)
Vergo (1998)
Weil (2004)

14 4/24 Part 2
1) Discussion Forum
□ Part 2—initial posts (Saturday April 27)
□ Part 2—response posts (Tuesday April 30)
2) Tiki Toki #6
□ Draft TT post (Thursday April 25)
□ Draft TT response post (Saturday April 27)
□ Final post in Tiki Toki (Sunday April 28)
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Course Wrap Up

Crane (2012)
15 5/1 Museums: Past, Present,
Davidson (2005)
Future - Reflections 1) Discussion Forum
Gwyn (2012)
□ Initial posts (Saturday May 4)
Janes (2007)
□ Peer Response Posts (Tuesday May 7)
Janes (2011)
2) Course Reflection
Lakshmi (2012)
□ Blog Post (Sunday May 5)
Linenthal (1994)
Weil (2002)
Williams (2012)
Lumley (2005)
Prentice (2005)