[DOC] Concrete Petrography: A Handbook of Investigative Techniques; Second Edition by From CRC Press in Arts-Photography

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Museums and Photography combines a strong theoretical approach with international case studies to investigate the display of death in various types of museumsmdash;history; anthropology; art; ethnographic; and science museums ndash; and to understand the changing role of photography in museums. Contributors explore the politics and poetics of displaying death; and more specifically; the role of photography in representing and interpreting this difficult topic. Working with nearly 20 researchers from different cultural backgrounds and disciplines; the editors critically engage the recent debate on the changing role of museums; exhibition meaning-making; and the nature of photography. They offer new ways for understanding representational practices in relation to contemporary visual culture. This book will appeal to researchers and museum professionals; inspiring new thinking about death and the role of photography in making sense of it.