Browsing UMAC Journal by Subject "public engagement"

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2012-01-16Zeitschriftenartikel

A survey of university museums in Shanghai and their role in World 2010

Simpson, Andrew; Rong, Li

World Expo is a grand gathering of the world cultures, during which the host city welcomes people from around the world and also takes this significant opportunity to promote its culture and spirit. Besides the new pavilions ...
2012-10-24Zeitschriftenartikel

For the public, with the public, by the public

George Wilson and the Edinburgh Industrial University Museum

Staubermann, Klaus

University museums have played a significant role in the development of science and engineering knowledge for a long time. The first professorship of technology at Edinburgh University was synonymous with the position of ...
2014-04-14Zeitschriftenartikel

Spaces of BLISS

BLISS Market project and/at the University of the Philippines Vargas Museum

Marcelino, Louise Anne D.

This paper is a case study of the community arts project BLISS Market and the involvement of the University of the Philippines Vargas Museum in such an endeavour. Fostering a multidisciplinary orientation, the project ...
2010-01-28Zeitschriftenartikel

What opportunities can university museums offer for academic-public interaction? Some lessons from London’s Beacon for Public Engagement

Cross, Steve

UCL has recently been named one of the UK’s Beacons for Public Engagement, a group of higher education institutions tasked with finding ways to change the culture of Higher Education to include the public better. UCL’s new ...