Chris McGlinchey

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“Stakeholders” and its conflicting meanings: a problem for cultural heritage studies?

The word ‘stakeholders’ is a common term that museum and cultural heritage professionals use to describe all those that might be engaged to advance their understanding about a culture, artwork, object or site of cultural significance. This definition is somewhat at odds with earlier meanings. The word was first documented…

Cultural Heritage

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Cultural Heritage

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·Nov 9, 2016

A Critical Look: How Science Cast Doubt on a Sculpture Attributed to Gustav Klutsis

In 1922, the Moscow-based Latvian-born artist Gustav Klutsis (1895–1938) designed a series of dynamic communication devices for Moscow’s streets and squares. Sparked by the historical coincidence of two events in the early life of the Soviet Union — the fifth anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and the Fourth Congress…

Art

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A Critical Look: How Science Cast Doubt on a Sculpture Attributed to Gustav Klutsis

Art

10 min read