Editor | Tula Giannini Jonathan P. Bowen |
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Language | English |
Series | Springer Series on Cultural Computing |
Subject | Museums, museum informatics, digital culture, digital humanities |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Publisher | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
Publication date | 2019 |
Media type | Print (hardcover), electronic |
Pages | xxviii+590 |
ISBN | 978-3-319-97456-9 |
OCLC | 1042394473 |
Museums and Digital Culture (2019) is an interdisciplinary book about developments in digital culture with respect to museums. [1] [2] It is edited by Tula Giannini and Jonathan P. Bowen, who are also the authors of 12 chapters. The book is part of the Springer Series on Cultural Computing, edited by Ernest Edmonds. The book was launched at the EVA London 2019 Conference. [3]
The book is divided into nine parts, with 28 chapters by a variety of authors. The book includes a foreword by Loïc Tallon, co-editor of the 2008 book Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience . There is also a preface, list of contributors and abbreviations, and an index.
The book is divided into the following parts:
The following authors contributed to chapters in the book:
The book has been reviewed in the following journals:
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