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  • Deaccessioning Museum Objects

    Transparency and Ethics in Disposal Practice

    by Jennifer Durrant ...
    Series series Museums in Focus
    Deaccessioning Museum Objects is an innovative exploration of museum collections management practice and the ethical complexities of object disposal within the contemporary social context.Disposal of objects from museum collections aids in the creation of dynamic and sustainable institutions but can be perceived as a betrayal of public trust and professional duty. Written by an experienced museum ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Finding Marjorie King

    A daughter's journey to discover her mother's identity

    by Jennifer Durrant, Cheryl Rogers ...
    Who was Marjorie King? Her daughter, Jennifer, needed to know. Why did her beautiful, funny, shy mother never speak about her past? Where was her Mum’s family?They were Jennifer’s family, too. A framed portrait revealed a stunning young Asian woman. But there were no images of Marjorie as a child. And while there was a steady stream of relatives from Jennifer’s father’s family to their Swan Valley ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Silver is the Moon (with Audio Descriptions)

    How a girl who is blind imagines the world and lives boldly in it

    by Jennifer Durrant ...
    Narrated by Ellie Wallwork ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Silver is the Moon

    Unabridged

    39 min

    ***Silver is the Moon***is a true story about a girl born blind on the island of Corsica in 1923. Josée grows up surrounded by a loving family on a farm not far from the sea. She feels like all the other kids in the village until they go to school, and she can’t join them.To compensate, Josée’s family reads to her every day to show her the world until she learns to read Braille on her own. Josée ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Silver is the Moon

    How a girl who is blind imagines the world and lives boldly in it

    by Jennifer Durrant ...
    Narrated by Ellie Wallwork ...

    Unabridged

    32 min

    ***Silver is the Moon***is a true story about a girl born blind on the island of Corsica in 1923. Josée grows up surrounded by a loving family on a farm not far from the sea. She feels like all the other kids in the village until they go to school, and she can’t join them.To compensate, Josée’s family reads to her every day to show her the world until she learns to read Braille on her own. Josée ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Transforming Museums in the Twenty-first Century

    by Graham Black ...
    In his book, Graham Black argues that museums must transform themselves if they are to remain relevant to 21st century audiences – and this root and branch change would be necessary whether or not museums faced a funding crisis. It is the result of the impact of new technologies and the rapid societal developments that we are all a part of, and applies not just to museums but to all arts bodies ... Read more

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  • Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother: My Autobiography

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    Renewal, Irrelevance or Collapse?

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