Volume 8
Contest & Contemporary Society: Redefining Museums in the 21st Century
Edited by Andrea Witcomb & Fiona Cameron, August 2006

» Editor's introduction:
Criticality and Contention: museums, contemporary societies, civic roles and responsibilities in the 21st Century
by Fiona Cameron

» Beyond Surface Representations
Museums, Edgy Topics, Civic: Responsibilities and Modes of Engagement
by Fiona Cameron

» Pushing Buttons: Controversial topics in museums
by Linda Ferguson

» Museums as Sources of Information and Learning: The decision making process
by Lynda Kelly

SHOW & TELL

» Along the continuum, museums and possibilitiestraditions
by Elaine Heumann Gurian

» Museums and the culture wars - In defence of civic pluralism
by Graeme Davison

» Content and Contention - Can museums present controversial issues?
by Patrick Greene

» A journalist's perspective on the museum world
by Chris Nash

» Panel Discussion (92k PDF)
chaired by Paul Tacon