Interpreting the environment at museums and historic sites
by
 
Reid, Debra Ann, 1960- author.

Title
Interpreting the environment at museums and historic sites
 
Interpreting history ;

Author
Reid, Debra Ann, 1960- author.

ISBN
9781538115480
 
9781538115497

Personal Author
Reid, Debra Ann, 1960- author.

Physical Description
xx, 205 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Series
Interpreting history ; 17
 
Interpreting history ; 17.

Abstract
"Interpreting the Environment at Museums and Historic Sites is for anyone who wants to better understand the environment that surrounds us and sustains us, who wants to become a better steward of that environment, and who wants to share lessons learned with others. The process starts by focusing attention on the environment - the physical space that constitutes the largest three-dimensional object in museum collections. It involves conceptualizing spaces and places of human influence; spaces that contain layer upon layer documenting human struggles to survive and thrive. This evidence exists in natural environments as well as city centers. The process continues by adopting an environment-centric view of the spaces destined to be interpreted. This mind-set forms the basis for devising research plans that document how humans have changed, destroyed, conserved and sustained spaces over time, and the ways that the environment reacts. Interpretation built on this evidence then becomes the basis for minds-on engagement with the places that humans inhabit and the spaces that they have changed and continue to manipulate. Interpreting the Environment at Museums and Historic Sites provides a tool kit designed to help you research environmental history, document evidence of human influence on land and the environment over time, and tailor that knowledge to new public engagement. It proposes a multi-disciplinary approach that requires expertise in the humanities as well as the sciences and social sciences to best understand space and place over time. It incorporates case studies of the theory and method of environmental history to explore how human goals take lasting shape in the environment - creating working environments, getting water, generating and harnessing power, growing food, traveling and trading, building things, and preserving natural landscapes." --from the Publisher

Subject Term
Environmental sciences -- Museums.
 
Environmental education.
 
Ecology -- Study and teaching.
 
Human ecology -- Study and teaching.
 
Museums -- Educational aspects.
 
Historic sites -- Interpretive programs.

Added Author
Veil, David D.,

Bibliographical References
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Field 805
npmlib 10902011 GE95 I67 ysh


LibraryShelf NumberItem BarcodeCopyMaterial TypeStatus
NPM LibraryGE95 I67 2019109020111B*二館西文書一區