Museum Texts

<p>Answering key questions in the study of how museums communicate, Louise Ravelli provides a set of frameworks to investigate the complexities of communication in museums:</p><p>* What is an appropriate level of complexity for a written label?<br>* Why do some choice in language make a more direct relation to visitors?<br>* Is there a correct way of presenting a particular view of content?<br>* How do design practices contribute to the overall meanings being made?</p><p>The frameworks enhance the way we critically analyze and understand museums text, both in the sense of conventional – written texts in museums – and in an expanded sense of the museum as a whole operating as a communicative text.</p><p>Using a wide range of examples Ravelli argues that communication contributes fundamentally to what a museum is, who it relates to and what it stands for.</p><p>Not only museum studies and communications studies students, but also professionals in the field will find <em>Museum Texts </em>an indispensable guide on communication frameworks.</p> <p>1. Introduction: Texts, Frameworks and Meanings 2. Organization as a Way of Making Meaning: Using Language to Organize, Shape and Connect 3. Focus: Making Texts Accessible: Adjusting the Level of Complexity 4. Interacting In and Through Language: Using Language to Relate, Engage and Evaluate 5. Representing the World through Language: Using Language to Portray, Interpret and Construct 6. Extending the Frameworks: Understanding Exhibitions and Museums as Texts 7. Conclusion: Integrating the Frameworks</p>