Preface: Making sense of the Arabian Peninsula museums / Mounir Bouchenaki and Christina Kreps -- Introduction: Paradigms of practice in Arabian museums / Karen Exell and Sarina Wakefield -- Part I. (Identity) politics and the museum -- Dictating history, narrating legacy : Ali Abdullah Saleh's museum in Yemen / Stephen Steinbeiser -- A visible silence : Africans in the history of pearl diving in Dubai, UAE / John Thabiti Willis -- Part II. The public and the museum -- Why not go to the museum today? : on tourism and museum preferences in Saudi Arabia / Sebastian Maisel -- A study of visitor behaviour at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha / Thalia Kennedy, Jo Hargreaves and Aisha Al Khater -- The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha : constructing a museum minded-community in Qatar / Mariam Ibrahim Al Mulla and Karen Exell -- Working with teachers on how to effectively utilise museums in Qatar / Elizabeth Roberts and Nora Elsheikh -- Encountering contemporary art in Qatar : critical conversations at Mathaf : Arab Museum of Modern Art / Grace Murray -- Part III. A new museum paradigm? -- Kuwait's museums : for locals only? / Marjorie Kelly -- Museums as a catalyst for a new urban and cultural identity in Qatar : interrogating the case of the Museum of Islamic Art / Ali A. Alraouf -- The rise of art institutions in the United Arab Emirates and its impact on contemporary art / Atteqa Ali
Summary:
"Museum activity has, in recent years, undergone major and rapid development in the Arabian Peninsula, with the regeneration of existing museums as well as the establishment of new ones. Alongside such rapid expansion, questions are inevitably raised as to the new challenges museums face in this region and whether the museum, as a central focus of heritage preservation, also runs the risk of overshadowing local forms of heritage performance and preservation"--Provided by publisher.
