March 2014. Volume 12, no. 1

Contents

Narrating place: the sense of visiting
Caterina Albano

The Poetics and Politics of the Swedish Model for Contemporary Collecting
Bodil Axelsson

Presence in the Museum
On metonymies, discontinuity and history without stories
Adam Bencard

Doing emotion work in museums: reconceptualising the role of
community engagement practitioners
Ealasaid Munro

Book Reviews

Samuel J. M. M. Alberti and Elizabeth Hallam (eds.), Medical Museums: Past, Present, Future, London: Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2013, paperback £25, pp. vi+250
Jonathan Reinarz

Carol Scott (ed.), Museums and Public Value: Creating Sustainable Futures, Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2013, hardback £45.00, pp. xvii + 189
Douglas Worts