Kavanagh, Gaynor,

Dream spaces : memory and the museum / Gaynor Kavanagh. - viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dream spaces, memories and museums -- What is memory? -- Remembering and forgetting -- Memory and life stages -- Memory in late life -- Remembering and the society of others -- The art of listening -- Oral history and museums -- Recording memories -- Working with testimony -- Dynamics of interviewing -- Collections of objects, or memories? -- Collecting memories and objects -- Reminiscence and the older adult -- Working with reminiscence -- Working with the memory bearers -- Bearing witness -- Memories, dream spaces and the visit -- Dreaming the rational -- Memory spaces, dreams and museums. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

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Museums--Philosophy
Museums--Social aspects
Museums--Environmental aspects
Memory (Philosophy)
Memory--Social aspects
Learning, Psychology of.
Communication and culture

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