eprintid: 10076892
rev_number: 11
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datestamp: 2019-06-26 14:15:56
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Noussia, Julia Antonia
title: Constructing spaces, representing places: a comparative analysis of open air museums in England
ispublished: unpub
divisions: F26
note: Thesis digitised by ProQuest.  Third-party copyrighted content has been removed from this e-thesis.
abstract: The advent of the new millennium witnesses an increased interest in heritage and countryside. These two key issues of contemporary English culture are spatially represented in open air museum sites. This study addresses this growing phenomenon by investigating open air museums as a cultural process where meanings are constantly generated and circulated over time. Through a series of five detailed case studies, this thesis suggests that open air museums represent hybridised forms with shared characteristics drawn from conventional museums and landscapes. The challenge of the research was to investigate how museum narratives interact with landscape to produce representations of the geographical heritage of places. This interdisciplinary approach draws upon a number of developments within cultural geography, landscape research and museum studies, in a study of spatial structure and cultural representation. A main contribution of the research is to establish a methodology capable of responding to the complex character of open air museums. Adopting a variety of methods normally displayed in museum practice and landscape research, the thesis examines the evolution of open air museums by focusing on the process of transition from space to place. The central question of the research is to examine the configuration of space in open air museums and to explore how the spatial properties of each site affects the way that people experience it.
date: 1997
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
thesis_class: doctoral_open
thesis_award: Ph.D
language: eng
thesis_view: UCL_Thesis
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
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full_text_status: public
pages: 352
institution: UCL (University College London)
department: Geography
thesis_type: Doctoral
citation:        Noussia, Julia Antonia;      (1997)    Constructing spaces, representing places: a comparative analysis of open air museums in England.                   Doctoral thesis  (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).     Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10076892/1/Noussia_10076892_thesis_redacted.pdf