It's all mediating : outlining and incorporating the roles of curating and education in the exhibition context / edited by Kaija Kaitavuori, Laura Kokkonen and Nora Sternfeld ; produced by the Finnish Association for Museum Education Pedaali.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaitavuori, Kaija, editor.

Kokkonen, Laura, editor.

Sternfeld, Nora, editor.

Finnish Association for Museum Education Pedaali, producer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Educational aspects.

Museums.

Museums--Curatorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (111 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It's all Mediating: Outlining and Incorporating the Roles of Curating and Education in the Exhibition Context brings together thinkers and practitioners in the fields of exhibition curating and gallery education from different corners of Europe. The publication explores the two core functions of museums: exhibiting of the content and educational activities directed to audiences. These areas of activity - both committed to ""mediating"" between art and its audience - have existed since the bir...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; THAT CERTAIN SAVOIR/POUVOIR; CONTRADICTING ONESELF; WHY MEDIATE ART?; WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT?; ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MIRROR; ON MEDIATING AND SOCIAL IMPACT; REFLECTIONS ON GALLERY EDUCATION IN THE TIME OF THE CRISIS; WHAT DOES GLOBALISATION MEAN FOR EDUCATION IN THE ART MUSEUM?; REFLECTIONS FROM THE FLOOR; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 29, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6939-2

OCLC:

893739626