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Title:
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WHAT ROLE FOR HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUMS IN THE AGE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES |
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Author(s):
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Dalia Gallico |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-36-8 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers, Tomayess Issa, Adriana Backx Noronha Viana, Theodora Issa and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2021 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Environmental Sustainability, House-Museum, Commitments, Awareness, Good Practices, Education, Interdisciplinary |
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Type:
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Full |
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First Page:
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177 |
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Last Page:
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185 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The paper presents the nuanced role of culture in the sustainable development agenda of the United Nations, highlighting
the contribution of House Museums in all the World. Museums are increasingly aware of the need to become more
sustainable. To this end, many museums are already doing some green work and green thinking, thus contributing to the
United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) and to creating a sustainable future. Government and funding
bodies are increasingly demanding environmental assessment. As agents of social responsibility we are expected more and
more to deal with the results of environmental change such as flooding and drought, and to fulfil our role as a forum for
public debate. We believe that despite the Covid-19 Pandemic and its devastating effect on personal, public, political,
economic and cultural life over this past year it is important to also keep looking beyond it. Sustainability remains even
more relevant for the future of society and museums alike. The research presents the results about an open call for museums
and museum professionals, to have an important role to play in building a more peaceful, equal, and sustainable future.
Best practices on sustainability address these issues, examine the challenges, inspire examples and show that a lot is
possible. |
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