Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Studies

Theorizing Archaeological Museum Studies works towards reconnecting archaeological practice, the theoretical richness of archaeology, and museum st...

Through an indigenous and new materialist thinking approach, this book discusses various examples in Africa where colonial public art, statues, sig...

Considering Space demonstrates what has changed in the perception of space within the social sciences and how useful indeed indispensable this ca...

Through analyses of public artworks that have taken the form of blockades and barricades since the 1990s, this book theorises artists responses to ...

This volume reframes the development of US-American avant-garde art of the long 1960sfrom minimal and pop art to land art, conceptual art, site-spe...

This book scrutinizes the relationship between contemporary TV shows and space, focusing on the ways in which these shows use and narrate specific ...

In view of the ever-increasing use of interactive and emerging technologies in museum spaces, Museums and Technologies of Presence rethinks the rol...

This book is a selection of case studies undertaken by cultural heritage and disaster risk management professionals across the world demonstrating ...

How do fashions in drinks work, and how are drinks fashions related to changing trends in clothes and apparel? These twin questions are posed and a...

Women in Scholarly Publishing explores the under-researched topic of gender and scholarly publishing. While often considered separately, the relati...

This volume provides the basis for contemporary privacy and social media research and informs global as well as local initiatives to address issues...

Learn and perfect the skills needed to conduct satisfying reference interviews in the modern technological environment with this easy-to-use guide....

This engaging volume reveals how politics permeates all facets of museum practice, particularly in regions of political conflict. In these settings...

This book provides a cross-urban account on murals, street art, and public art in cities around the globe. It reviews the rules, policies, and regu...

This book provides a cross-urban account on murals, street art, and public art in cities around the globe. It reviews the rules, policies, and regu...

Tan Yigitcanlar offers a comprehensive exploration of artificial intelligences (AI) role in shaping modern cities. This volume delves into how AIdr...

Tan Yigitcanlar offers a comprehensive exploration of artificial intelligences (AI) role in shaping modern cities. This volume delves into how AIdr...

The rise of cloud computing and generative artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized data analytics pipelines. Analysts can collect, store, a...

This volume thoroughly explores the perceptions and ethical considerations surrounding urban artificial intelligence (AI). Yigitcanlar delves into ...

This volume thoroughly explores the perceptions and ethical considerations surrounding urban artificial intelligence (AI). Yigitcanlar delves into ...

Curating Human Rights conceptualizes the human rights museum as a dynamic cultural-political genre that interacts with multiple social activist, st...

Celebrating the James A. Partridge Outstanding African American Information Professional Award the authors examine issues of race, inclusion, diver...

This collection examines the ongoing shared struggles of diverse groups of women in Canada and beyond focusing on a diverse range of themes includi...

Monsters show us our deepest fears and anxieties, our discomfort with difference, and our simultaneous repulsion with and fascination for the other...

While 'space' and 'place' appear as key concepts in the study of culture, their complexity and mutability require ever-new frameworks when approach...

This book covers the wide spectrum of subjects relating to obtaining and using building stones, starting with their geological origin and then desc...

Why do contemporary art curators define their work as ethnography? How can curation illuminate the practice of contemporary anthropology? Does anth...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. The era of team science has long since dawned. However, in orde...

Understanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage explores the construction of authenticity and its consequences in relation to Chinese cultu...