Dream Spaces by Gaynor Kavanagh

Dream Spaces by Gaynor Kavanagh

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Bringing together theory from disparate fields and drawing on research, this is a study of memory and the museum. It explores what Sheldon Annis referred to as the "dream space", the non-rational, affective and reflective experience of encountering material and ourselves within the museum.

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Dream Spaces by Gaynor Kavanagh

The dream space, writes Sheldon Annis, is the reflective experience of encountering yourself within a museum. In Memory and the Museum, Gaynor Kavanaugh argues that dream spaces are the point at which our inner and outer experiences meld. During the museum visit, memory and the present cease to be disparate but fuse into one singular experience. Drawing from such fields as behavioral gerontology, applied psychology, and historiography, Kavanaugh employs research from North America, Australia, and Europe to provide a critical and conceptual exploration into museums and the mind.
Gaynor Kavanaugh is head of Graduate Studies and principal lecturer in History at Bath Spa University.
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ISBN 13 9780718502287
ISBN 10 0718502280
Title Dream Spaces
Author Gaynor Kavanagh
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2000-04-01
Number of pages 210
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