We’re pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of a new
museum journal. Apologies for any cross-posting.
Museums & Social Issues, a new peer-reviewed journal edited by Kris
Morrissey, provides a forum for the consideration of social issues and
their engagement with museums. Each issue focuses on a specific theme,
and including theoretical, philosophical and practical perspectives
from within and outside of the museum field, exploring the
intersections between society and museums.
Spring 2006, Vol. 1, No. 1 - Museums and Public Understanding of
Evolution
Co-Editors: Kris Morrissey (Michigan State Univ., East Lansing) & Judy
Diamond (Univ. of Nebraska)
CONTENTS:
Introduction, by Eugenie Scott
Scientific Integrity in Science Museums, by Robert Pennock
Exhibiting Evolution, by Judy Diamond & Judy Scotchmoor
Designing Human Evolution Exhibitions: Insights from Exhibitions and
Audiences, by Monique Scott & Ellen Giusti
Museum Visitors’ Understanding of Evolution, by Amy N. Spiegel,
Margaret Evans, Wendy Gram & Judy Diamond
Group Identity, Protest and Evolution, by John Fraser
Ignoring the Elephants: Visual Images and Jazz Age Critics, by
Constance Clark
Resources, by Johanna Jones
Book Reviews:
Evolution v. Creationism: An Introduction, by Eugenie Scott reviewed by
Richard K. Stucky
Evolutionary Science and Society: Educating A New Generation, reviewed
by Gregory Forbes
Exhibit Reviews:
Darwin Exhibit, reviewed by Richard Bellon
Explore Evolution, reviewed by Robert (Mac) West
ISBN: 1-59874-882-3 / Published Spring and Fall / 288 pages per
volume / ISSN: 1559-6893
One-year subscription rates for paper (electronic and combination rates
forthcoming):
Individuals: $40 / Museum Organizations $79* / Libraries-Institutions:
$119
Single issues – Individuals: $25 / Museum Organizations: $45* /
Libraries-Institutions: $65
* The special subscription rate for museum organizations applies to
museums, galleries, historical societies, zoos, science and technology
centers, botanical gardens, historic houses and other museum-related
organizations, and libraries contained within such organizations.
To subscribe, contact Left Coast Press, Inc., 1630 N. Main Street,
#400, Walnut Creek, CA 94596/
phone & fax: (925) 935-3380 / Web: www.LCoastPress.com / email:
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Mitch Allen
Publisher
Left Coast Press, Inc.
1630 N. Main Street, #400
Walnut Creek, California 94596
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