Science, Meaning and Myth in The Museum  

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Bud, Robert

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Public Understanding of Science vol. 4 no. 1 (Jan. 1995), page 1-16.
Fulltext: 1PUS41.pdf (953.6KB)

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The paper depicts the potential of lhe exhibit which addresses science and technology historically to answer urgent contemporary problems. Such exhibits can. it is argued. help the public respond to he threat posed by scientific and technological change to calegoriesranging from motherhood lo self-will-used to structure our world. Museum accounts can play a mythological role in helping individuals make renewed sense of their world. Examples show how hypothetical exhibits dealing with themes such as fermentation and optics can be used to enable visirors to examine thew own interpretations of the natural and the subjective respectively.

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