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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788095103321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-6939-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (111 p.)

Disciplina

069.15

Soggetti

Museums - Educational aspects

Museums - Curatorship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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...