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Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies, 2006
This article uses the ideas of New Museology as a model to discuss a planning phase of the Commun... more This article uses the ideas of New Museology as a model to discuss a planning phase of the Community Museum Project in Langley Park, Maryland. It considers that a community museum is an agent for managing change that links education, culture, and power. The methodology is based on educational and psychological concepts of lifelong learning and life-stage development, which seeks to establish conditions to enable communities to learn about themselves and their needs, and to act upon that knowledge. The community museum concept establishes a role for the museum as a mediator in the process of cultural transition .
Collections, Apr 23, 2024
Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies, 2006
This article uses the ideas of New Museology as a model to discuss a planning phase of the Commun... more This article uses the ideas of New Museology as a model to discuss a planning phase of the Community Museum Project in Langley Park, Maryland. It considers that a community museum is an agent for managing change that links education, culture, and power. The methodology is based on educational and psychological concepts of lifelong learning and life-stage development, which seeks to establish conditions to enable communities to learn about themselves and their needs, and to act upon that knowledge. The community museum concept establishes a role for the museum as a mediator in the process of cultural transition .