{"product_id":"curatopia-museums-and-the-future-of-curatorship-9781526147974","title":"Curatopia: Museums and the Future of Curatorship","description":"\u003cp\u003e  • Publisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Museum Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This provocative and timely volume provides a series of critical reflections on the future of curatorial practice. It maps out new futures for museums and collections, acknowledging that these cross-cultural institutions can only be made relevant by engaging them collaboratively and dialogically.'\u003cbr\u003e Rodney Harrison, Professor of Heritage Studies, University College London \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is the future of curatorship? Is there a vision for an ideal model, a 'curatopia', whether in the form of a utopia or dystopia? Or is there a plurality of approaches, amounting to a curatorial heterotopia? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAddressing these questions through 'the figure of the curator', this volume provides an insightful perspective on the current state of curatorship. It reviews the different models operating in various museums, galleries and cultural organisations around the world and discusses emerging concerns, challenges and opportunities. At the core of the book is an exploration of the ways in which the mutual, asymmetrical relations underpinning global, scientific entanglements of the past can be transformed into more reciprocal, symmetrical forms of cross-cultural curatorship in the present. As the contributors argue, this is the most effective way for curatorial practice to remain meaningful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e International in scope, the volume covers three broad regions: Europe, North America and the Pacific. The contributors, leading and emerging scholars and practitioners in their respective fields, have all worked in and with universities and museums, meaning that they are ideally positioned to enrich the dialogue between academia and the professional museum world.","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45030757597335,"sku":"9781526147974","price":3393.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781526147974.webp?v=1767896667","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/curatopia-museums-and-the-future-of-curatorship-9781526147974","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}