Museums and the Public Sphere

Examining the term public within museums and museum theory, where publicness is wrongly conflated with the general concept of audience, this book considers whether the museum can effectively function as a critical democratic sphere and argues for an understanding of the public that is situated, rath [...]
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Examining the term public within museums and museum theory, where publicness is wrongly conflated with the general concept of audience, this book considers whether the museum can effectively function as a critical democratic sphere and argues for an understanding of the public that is situated, rather than generalized.