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"Only a decade ago, the notion that museums, galleries and heritage organisations might engage in activist practice, with explicit intent to act upon inequalities, injustices and environmental crises, was met with scepticism and often derision. Seeking to purposefully bring about social change was viewed by many within and beyond the museum community as inappropriately political and antithetical to fundamental professional values. Today, although the idea remains controversial, the way we think about the roles and responsibilities of museums as knowledge-based, social institutions is changing. Museums and Activism examines the increasing significance of this activist trend in thinking and practice. At this crucial time in the evolution of museum thinking and practice, this ground-breaking volume brings together more than fifty contributors working across six continents to explore, analyse and critically reflect upon the museum's relationship to activism. Including contributions from practitioners, artists, activists and researchers, this wide-ranging examination of new and divergent expressions of the inherent power of museums as forces for good, and as activists in civil society, aims to encourage further experimentation and enrich the debate in this nascent and uncertain field of museum practice. Museum Activism elucidates the largely untapped potential for museums as key intellectual and civic resources to address inequalities, injustice and environmental challenges. This makes the book essential reading for scholars and students of museum and heritage studies, gallery studies, arts and heritage management and politics. It will be a source of inspiration to museum practitioners and museum leaders around the globe"--

Museology --- Sociology of culture --- Didactics --- museology --- museums [institutions] --- Museum exhibits. --- Museums --- Social influence. --- Social justice. --- Educational aspects. --- Political aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Influence (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Prestige --- Social pressure --- Equality --- Justice --- Display techniques --- Displays, Museum --- Museum displays --- Exhibitions --- Museum techniques --- Education --- Public institutions --- Cabinets of curiosities --- Community organization

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How did people in the late medieval period perceive and express social status? This volume brings together multi-disciplinary perspectives on representations of social difference in the Low Countries during a time of dynamic social change. The premise of the volume is that medieval social change may only be fully understood if hierarchies of wealth and power are examined alongside literary and artistic sources. Medieval texts and material culture expressed social standing and gave meaning to the experience of social change. The aim of the study is to recognise and translate the language of symbols used to encode and display status in the late Middle Ages.

Social stratification --- Community organization --- History of civilization --- History of Europe --- anno 1200-1499 --- Civilization, Medieval. --- Middle Ages. --- Social classes --- Social status in art. --- Social status in literature. --- Social status --- History. --- Social status in literature --- Social status in art --- Middle Ages --- Civilization, Medieval --- History --- 940.1 --- -Social status --- -Social status in art --- Dark Ages --- History, Medieval --- Medieval history --- Medieval period --- World history, Medieval --- World history --- Medievalism --- Renaissance --- Medieval civilization --- Civilization --- Chivalry --- Social standing --- Socio-economic status --- Socioeconomic status --- Standing, Social --- Status, Social --- Power (Social sciences) --- Prestige --- Class distinction --- Classes, Social --- Rank --- Caste --- Estates (Social orders) --- Class consciousness --- Classism --- 940.1 Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) --- Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) --- Social history --- Statut social --- Classes sociales --- Statut social dans la littérature --- Statut social dans l'art --- Histoire sociale --- Histoire --- Belgium --- Netherlands --- Social perception --- Medieval, 500-1500 --- Upper class --- Nobility --- Attitudes --- Self-presentation --- Middle Ages, 500-1500 --- Social status - Europe - History --- Social classes - Europe - History