From interpretative work to representation: practice-centred aspects of museum study
The modern stage of development of museum study related with widening of problematic area of museology. An opposition between museum theory and practice is defined by applicable nature of the research discipline, but along with this museum knowledge gets an impulse for further growth as a holistic value system not least because of their close interaction. Interdisciplinary nature of the theory and the practice of museum study set mission of re-thinking of its conceptual construct and research vocabulary. The author analyses such terms as «actualization», «interpretative work», «presentation», and «representation» in the contest of issues of preservation of cultural memory.