Systems Thinking in Museums: Theory and Practice

by Yuha Jung (Editor), Ann Rowson Love (Editor)

Systems Thinking in Museums explores systems thinking and the practical implication of it using real-life museum examples to illuminate various entry points and stages of implementation and their challenges and opportunities. Its premise is that museums can be better off when they operate as open, dynamic, and learning systems as a whole as opposed to closed, stagnant, and status quo systems that are compartmentalized and hierarchical. This book also suggests ways to incorporate systems thinking based on reflective questions and steps with hopes to encourage museum professionals to employ systems thinking in their own museum. Few books explore theory in practice in meaningful and applicable ways; this book offers to unravel complex theories as applied in everyday practice through examples from national and international museums.

267 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 6, 2017

Reviews

[Mira · Rating 4 out of 5]

This text takes a thorough and praxis based look at systems thinking in museums. As a student researching sociomuseology, issues of access for diverse communities and education, I found some great grounding information.