Dear Peter Rebernik, the Rebernik,
I do not understand that you say we do not have museology as a science. We have
it, just to mention Waidacher, Maroevic and Stransky.
Best regards
Dr. Christian Mueller-Straten
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> Von: Verlag Dr. C. Mueller-Straten <[log in to unmask]>
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l
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> Datum: Dienstag, 26. Mai 1998 12:58
> Betreff: Re: museum theory
>
>
> Dear Peter,
>
> raising again the questing of museum theory, I may drop some sentences on
> it.
> By, keep in mind, I am not a museologist.
>
> You say: Museum theory is related to Museology, but is not equated with.
> Then
> you deal with the so-called museum definitions.
>
> In my personal opinion most of the often cited museums definitions are no
> definitions at all. I made this clear in a prepared contribution for one of
> the
> next ISSOM courses in Brno. Check the typical "definitions of what`s a
> definition", developed bey the theory of sciences and you will see that I am
> right.
> Museum definitions are a part of museum theory. The are not equated with the
> theory.
> Museum theory is part of museology.
>
> Speaking of museums, we have to separate the buildings and the institutions.
> There is also a museum building theory.
> And there is the theory of the institution.
>
> What generally makes a theory a theory?
> A theory is a working tool to explain something.
> It should not only explain the present status of something, but also its
> past
> and future.
> It should be useful for in- and outsiders.
> There may be different theories on the same subject at the same time.
> A theory may be replaced by a better theory someday, it another theory
> explains
> something better than the earlier one. This is mostly caused by a change of
> paradigms.
> A theory contains in itself provabel and depending sentences on the subject
> around a real definition of the subject.
>
> Why did only a few people answer this important question? Because pragmatism
> seems to be a higher value for museum people than insight in their doing.
> Most
> of them come from theory overloaded universities and are longing for
> practical
> doing. Only a few of them realize later that without museum theory (or a
> museological background) they are not only feathers in the wind, but are
> also
> missing a guiding and controlling line for their creativity.
>
> Museology and museum theory are important. But we need young scientists for
> the
> further development of it. On October 6th, 1998, the International
> Association
> of Museologists (IAM) will be founded in Tutzing, near Munich at the
> Evangelische Akademie, 19 hours.
> YOU WANT MORE INFOS? JUST MAIL DIRECTLY BACK "SEND IAM-INFOS".
>
> Yours
>
> Dr. Christian Mueller-Straten
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