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Prof. Miriam Posner
\nEmail<\/a> | Office hours: Wednesday, 1pm-3pm, Rolfe 3318<\/p>\n

Most people associate museums with objects, whether they be works of art, fossilized bones, or PEZ dispensers<\/a>. But objects (or images of objects) now proliferate widely in digital form. Now that we don’t have to check our coats or pay a fee to see images of rare artifacts, do the objects themselves still matter? Have museums lost some of their cultural authority? What have they, or we, gained? What is a museum’s purpose in the digital age?<\/p>\n

We’ll investigate these questions in a distinctly hands-on series of encounters. This class takes a pragmatic look at various aspects of the museum profession today, while also giving us a chance to pause together to talk about what all this means for museums and their communities.<\/p>\n

READING SCHEDULE<\/h2>\n

If readings are not linked directly from here, they’re available on CCLE under the appropriate week.<\/em><\/p>\n

WEEK 1 | APRIL 3
\nINTRODUCTION<\/strong>
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