debates in the humanities and social sciences about the use of emotion. This timely and
unique book explores the ways emotion is embroiled and used in contemporary …

The idea that visitors attend museums and heritage sites for the purposes of education or
learning has dominated debate in both museology and heritage management. This chapter …

This article takes as its focus the Australian War Memorial, including its collections, the
physical infrastructure of the site, its staff and the range of people who encounter it as …

The multisensory aspect of the museum, while neglected for many years, is undergoing a
resurgence as museum workers have begun to push towards re‐establishing the senses as …

The conceptual understanding of museums as 'contact zones' has been widely appropriated
in the museum literature and beyond. But the discussion lacks empirical insights into actual …

This article posits the value in considering the affective politics in the everyday space of the
British Museum with a postcolonial lens. Based on research collaborations with artist …

The growing interest in the metaverse has led to a corresponding increase in attention
towards virtual reality (VR) exhibitions. Furthermore, with the potential and possibility of a …

Drawing on a long-term narrative study of global visitors to the Museum of New Zealand Te
Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa), this paper illuminates the experience of a museum space. It …

Within museology, the past few decades have seen a resurgence in focus on the experience
of the museum visitor and what museum professionals can do to provide more meaningful …

Eveline Dürr is Professor at the Department for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig-
Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany. She has conducted fieldwork in Mexico, the …