Moon, M: Interpreting Food at Museums and Historic Sites
Beschreibung:
Food is such a friendly topic that its often thought of as a hook for engaging visitors a familiar way into other topics, or a sensory element to round out a living history interpretation. But its more than just a hook its a topic all its own, with its own history and its own uncertain future, deserving of a central place in historic interpretation. With audiences more interested in food than ever before, and new research in food studies bringing interdisciplinary approaches to this complicated but compelling subject, museums and historic sites have an opportunity to draw new audiences and infuse new meaning into their food presentations.
Youll find:
Interpreting Foodoffers a framework for understanding the big ideas in food history, suggesting best practices for linking objects, exhibits and demonstrations with the larger story of change in food production and consumption over the past two centuries a story in which your visitors can see themselves, and explore their own relationships to food. This book can help you develop food interpretation with depth and significance, making relevant connections to contemporary issues and visitor interests.
Youll find:
- A comprehensive, thematic framework of key concepts that will help you contextualize food history interpretations;
- A concise, evaluative review of the historiography of food interpretation;
- Case studies featuring the expression of these themes in the real world of museum interpretation; and
- Best practices for interpreting food.
Interpreting Foodoffers a framework for understanding the big ideas in food history, suggesting best practices for linking objects, exhibits and demonstrations with the larger story of change in food production and consumption over the past two centuries a story in which your visitors can see themselves, and explore their own relationships to food. This book can help you develop food interpretation with depth and significance, making relevant connections to contemporary issues and visitor interests.
Interpreting Food offers a framework for understanding the big ideas in food history, suggesting best practices for linking objects, exhibits and demonstrations with the larger story of change in food production and consumption over the past two centuries ¿ a story in which your visitors can see themselves, and explore their own relationships to food. This book can help you develop food interpretation with depth and significance, making relevant connections to contemporary issues and visitor interests.
Preface: A Mug-UpAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why It's Time to Rethink Food in History InterpretationChapter One: Starting from Scratch: The Origins of Food InterpretationChapter Two: Who's at the Table? Interpreting Food and IdentityChapter Three: It's Good for You! Interpreting Food and HealthChapter Five: Food - New and Improved! Interpreting Food Technology and FashionChapter Six: Edible Activism: Interpreting the Politics of the PlateChapter Seven: Final Thoughts: Toward ResilienceSuggested ResourcesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author