Autumn 2008

02 September 2008

Contents

MAIN TOPIC: Museum Studies in Greece


From museology to museum
M. Scaltsa

Museums and new technologies. Studies in Cultural Informatics at the University of the Aegean
A. Bounia – S. Dascalopoulos

Museum Studies at the University of Athens
M. Dermitzakis

Museum renewal, higher education restructuring, and museum studies in Greece
O. Gratziou

Museum Studies: a reality check
D. Konstantios

OPINIONS
Simple, yet not self-evident, issues
A. Gazi

IDEAS IN ACTION
The museum in the maelstrom of “globalization” and “multiculturalism”
St. Gotsis

Maritime museums and national identity: The case of Greece
E. Stefanou

“A mosaic of cultures”. The museum as a meeting place for people and ideas
E. Katsanika – I. Gavriilidou

The museum “within the walls”: Tracing a meeting in prison
O. Sakali – S. Giovanoglou

Negotiating the un-built: A utopia at the Byzantine & Christian Museum
M. Theodorou

Museum showcases: A survey of the situation in Greek museums today
E. Stamatopoulou – M. Pangalou

OUR LIFE IN PUBLIC
Moments of the past. 1965: An important year for organized conservation in Greece
E. Papadopoulou

BCM News
M. Zindrou

Events of the Society of the Friends

MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD
Museum contemplations. Berlin – Brussels
D. Konstantios

BOOKS – CONFERENCES
Technology in the Service of Cultural Heritage
D. Tzortzaki

Museum and Modernity
L. Katsanika-Stefanou

“Protection of museum artefacts from earthquakes”
K. Spyrakos

COMMUNICATION
ILISSIA in the media