Curatorial dreams : critics imagine exhibitions / edited by Shelley Ruth Butler and Erica Lehrer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Butler, Shelley Ruth, contributor, editor.

Lehrer, Erica T., contributor, editor.

JSTOR (Organization)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museum exhibits--Philosophy.

Museum exhibits.

Museums--Philosophy.

Museums.

Museum techniques--Philosophy.

Museum techniques.

Curatorship.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 383 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

What if museum critics were challenged to envision their own exhibitions? In Curatorial Dreams, fourteen authors from disciplines throughout the social sciences and humanities propose exhibitions inspired by their research and critical concerns to creatively put theory into practice. Pushing the boundaries of museology, this collection gives rare insight into the process of conceptualizing exhibitions. The contributors offer concrete, innovative projects, each designed for a specific setting in which to translate critical academic theory about society, culture, and history into accessible imagined exhibitions. Spanning Australia, Barbados, Canada, Chile, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States, the exhibitions are staged in museums, scientific institutions, art galleries, and everyday sites. Essays explore political and practical constraints, imaginative freedom, and experiment with critical, participatory, and socially relevant exhibition design. While the deconstructive critique of museums remains relevant, Curatorial Dreams charts new ground, proposing unique modes of engagement that enrich public scholarship and dialogue. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Curating in the Vernacular

1 Making Transparency Visible: Centre William Rappard, Headquarters of the World Trade Organization, Geneva / George E. Marcus Marcus, George E. 27

2 Most Disturbing Souvenirs: Curative Museology in a Cultural Conflict Zone / Erica Lehrer Lehrer, Erica 46

3 The Alchemy of Flight: Race, Mobility, Humanity / Chandra D. Bhimull Bhimull, Chandra D. 64

4 By and For Children: History and Healing in a Hospital Museum, KwaZulu-Natal / Monica Eileen Patterson Patterson, Monica Eileen 82

Part 2 Breaking Frames

5 Frozen World/Mundo Congelado: AIDS, Chicano Art, and the Queer Remains of Mundo Meza / Robb Hernández Hernández, Robb 105

6 The Play: Reassembling African Arts in the West / Joshua I. Cohen Cohen, Joshua I. 127

7 But Is It Art?: Not Really / Matti Bunzl Bunzl, Matti 141

Part 3 Activating Art and History

8 Intervention/Resurrection: Intergenerational Activations of La Cueca Sola / Lissette Olivares Olivares, Lissette, Lucian Gomoll Gomoll, Lucian 155

9 The Terrible Gift: Difficult Memories for the Twenty-First Century / Roger I. Simon Simon, Roger I. 172

10 Reading the World: Native Histories at the Bosque Redondo Memorial, New Mexico / Margaret A. Lindauer Lindauer, Margaret A. 187

Part 4 Establishments Revisioned

11 The World in One City: The Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam / Serena Iervolino Iervolino, Serena, Richard Sandell Sandell, Richard 211

12 Museum without Walls: After Into the Heart of Africa / Shelley Ruth Butler Butler, Shelley Ruth 231

13 abNormal: Bodies in Medicine and Culture / Manon Parry Parry, Manon 246

14 Reel Objects: Movies in Museums / Janice Baker Baker, Janice 265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Curatorial dreams.

ISBN:

9780773598546

0773598545

Publisher Number:

40026101395

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.