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Mausoleum or museum: Engaging the significance of cultural museum collections for heritage tourism in the 21st century 陵墓或博物馆：发掘文化博物馆藏品对21世纪遗产旅游的意义

IF 1 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-28 DOI: 10.1111/cura.12552

Ngozi Ezenagu

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Proximity, wholeness, and animality: The case of Little Sorrel's repatriation 接近性、整体性和动物性——以小索雷尔的遣返为例

IF 1 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.1111/cura.12557

Jessica Landau PhD

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Performing museography: A practice-led research for art museums, conducted at MUVE, Fondazione dei Musei Civici di Venezia 表演博物馆学：一项由实践主导的艺术博物馆研究，在威尼斯公民博物馆基金会进行

IF 1 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.1111/cura.12567

Jacek Ludwig Scarso

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Lions Attacking a Dromedary: The Verreaux brothers, imperial taxidermy, and postmortem bodily rights 狮子攻击Dromedary：Verreaux兄弟、帝国动物标本制作和尸检身体权利

IF 1 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.1111/cura.12563

Miranda A. M. Niittynen PhD

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The natural history of lions in North Africa and the relevance of their depiction in the “Lions Attacking a Dromedary” diorama 北非狮子的自然历史及其在“狮子攻击无人机”立体模型中的描绘相关性

IF 1 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.1111/cura.12564

Amina Fellous-Djardini, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Hadi Al Hikmani, Brahim Haddane, Simon A. Black

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Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Space–Detail–LightBy Edgar Stach. Basel, CH: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH. 2021. 160 pages. $36.44 (hardcover) 伦佐·皮亚诺建筑工作室:空间-细节-光by EdgarStach。瑞士巴塞尔:Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH。2021. 160页。36.44美元(精装)

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Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-25 DOI: 10.1111/cura.12545

John Echlin

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The man-eaters of Tsavo and the untapped potential of natural history collections 察沃食人族和未开发的自然史收藏潜力

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Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-21 DOI: 10.1111/cura.12562

Bruce D. Patterson

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Visual representations of dromedaries in Greco-Roman antiquity and the middle ages: Imagining the other before orientalism 希腊罗马古代和中世纪的德罗姆达里斯的视觉表现：在东方主义之前想象另一个

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Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-21 DOI: 10.1111/cura.12569

Mathilde Sauquet

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Dismantling the diorama: A case study in “unknowable” human remains 拆解立体模型:“不可知”人类遗骸的案例研究

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Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-21 DOI: 10.1111/cura.12561

Aja M. Lans, Maria Fernanda Boza Cuadros

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Perspective: Is re-interpretation enough? Dismantling violence in the natural history museum 透视：重新解释就足够了吗？拆除自然历史博物馆中的暴力

IF 1 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-21 DOI: 10.1111/cura.12559

Nicole E. Heller

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