Robert R. Janes, Museums in a Troubled World: Renewal, Irrelevance or Collapse?

• Published in: Nordisk Museologi
• Main Author: Hafsteinsson, Sigurjón Baldur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Oslo Library 2016
• Subjects: Subarctic
• Online Access: https://journals.uio.no/museolog/article/view/3190; https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.3190

Robert R. Janes is a provocative former mu- seum director, museum journal editor and scholar. He has previously authored two books Museums and the Paradox of Change: A Case Study in Urgent Adaptation (1997), and Preserving Diversity: Ethnoarchaeological Perspectives on Culture Change in the Western Canadian Subarctic (1991). In 1986, he co-authored the book Thule Pioneers (with E. Bielawski and Carolynn Kobelka). His books also include edited volumes such as Museum Management And Marketing (with Richard Sandell, 2007) and Looking Reality In The Eye: Museums And Social Responsibility (with Gerald T. Conaty, 2005). In these publications, Janes has been an ardent spokesperson for museums to be responsive to change, and in his new book he continues to provoke the museum field with interesting questions that include: Are museums’ practices outmoded?