博物馆社会学:思想、概念与行动——简评《博物馆社会学》

The Sociology of the Museum:the Thought, the Concept and the Action——A brief Review of "Museum Sociology"

自17世纪下半叶大量公立博物馆建立以来,博物馆作为文物、艺术品的征集、典藏、陈列和研究的实物场所其定义正随社会时代的发展不断被更新。在博物馆全球地方化的进程中,馆方征集、研究、展示以及进行教育的整个行为,与社会产生着越来越深的反身性影响。廖世璋《博物馆社会学》是第一本博物馆社会学著作,其将博物馆放在社会文化的大视角之下,把博物馆看作社会现象,结合具体的博物馆案例分析,对当代博物馆的发展提出批判性思考,提出对博物馆反身性的"博物馆社会运动"的呼吁。

With the establishment of a large number of public museums during the second half of the 17 th century,the definition of museum,a site for collecting,reserving,exhibiting and studying cultural relics and artworks,has been continually updating along with the development of society.During the procedure of museum localization in the range of world,the acts of museums collecting,studying,displaying the exhibits and educating the public,have been producing more and more reflexive impact on the society.Museum sociology by Dr.ShiZhang Liao is the first writing in the field of museum sociology.He put the museum under the view of the whole society and culture,recognized museum as a social phenomenon,combined with actual cases of museum,put up with critical research upon the development of modern museums,and proposed the'social movement of museum'on the reflexivity of museum.