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Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge
Author | : Kerstin Barndt |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2017-09-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0472122649 |
Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge explores the museums, libraries, and special collections of the University of Michigan on its bicentennial. Since its inception, U-M has collected and preserved objects: biological and geological specimens; ethnographic and archaeological artifacts; photographs and artistic works; encyclopedia, textbooks, rare books, and documents; and many other items. These vast collections and libraries testify to an ambitious vision of the research university as a place where knowledge is accumulated, shared, and disseminated through teaching, exhibition, and publication. Today, two hundred years after the university’s founding, museums, libraries, and archives continue to be an important part of U-M, which maintains more than twenty distinct museums, libraries, and collections. Viewed from a historic perspective, they provide a window through which we can explore the transformation of the academy, its public role, and the development of scholarly disciplines over the last two centuries. Even as they speak to important facets of Michigan’s history, many of these collections also remain essential to academic research, knowledge production, and object-based pedagogy. Moreover, the university’s exhibitions and displays attract hundreds of thousands of visitors per year from the campus, regional, and global communities. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs of these world-renowned collections, this book will appeal to readers interested in the history of museums and collections, the formation of academic disciplines, and of course the University of Michigan.
Landscape Ecosystems of the Nichols Arboretum, University of Michigan
Author | : Alan J. Tepley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Landscape ecology |
ISBN | : |
Nichols Arboretum
Author | : Tracy Boyle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Environmental education |
ISBN | : |
Restoring School Girls' Glen
Author | : Tamara S. Orlow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Nichols Arboretum (University of Michigan). |
ISBN | : |
A Setting For Excellence
Author | : Frederick W. Mayer |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2015-07-15 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0472120921 |
While there are times when the mix of old and new buildings and the chaotic activities of thousands of students can give a haphazard appearance to the university, campus planning has in fact become a highly refined form of architecture. This is demonstrated in a convincing fashion by this immensely informative and entertaining history of the evolution of the campuses of the University of Michigan by Fred Mayer, who served for more than three decades as the campus planner for the university during an important period of its growth during the late twentieth century. By tracing the development of the Michigan campus from its early days to the present, within the context of the evolution of higher education in America, Mayer provides a strong argument for the importance of rigorous and enlightened campus planning as a critical element of the learning environment of the university. His comprehensive history of campus planning, illustrated with photos, maps, and diagrams from Michigan’s history, is an outstanding contribution to the university’s history as it approaches its bicentennial in 2017. Perhaps more important, Mayer’s book provides a valuable treatise on the evolution of campus planning as an architectural discipline.
Regents' Proceedings
Author | : University of Michigan. Board of Regents |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Proceedings of the Board of Regents
Author | : University of Michigan. Board of Regents |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1344 |
Release | : 1932 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
A Setting For Excellence, Part II
Author | : Frederick W. Mayer |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2017-10-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0472122908 |
Campus planning is often a crucial underlying set of goals for university administrations, even if, over time, the mix of new and old buildings, changes in usage patterns and activities of students, and evolution of styles present challenges to a cohesive campus plan. In its two-hundred year history the University of Michigan has planned its campus in waves, from the earliest days of the iconic buildings around the Diag to the plans for the hospitals and the North Campus. This immensely informative and entertaining second volume in the history of the evolution of the campuses offers an absorbing narrative from the perspective of Fred Mayer, who served for more than three decades as the campus planner for the university during an important period of its growth during the late twentieth century. By tracing the development of the Ann Arbor campus from its early days to the present, within the context of the evolution of higher education in America, Mayer provides a strong argument for the importance of rigorous and enlightened campus planning as a critical element of the learning environment of the university. His comprehensive history of campus planning, illustrated with photos, maps, and diagrams from Michigan’s history, is an outstanding contribution to the university’s history as it approaches its bicentennial.