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- Steorn, Patrik, 1971-
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Curating Queer Heritage : Queer Knowledge and Museum Practice
- 2012
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In: Curator. - : Wiley. - 0011-3069 .- 2151-6952. ; 55:3, s. 355-365
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Important work in the last decades within the museum studies field has laid bare the implicit nationalist, evolutionist, and patriarchal narratives of the traditional museum. So far, though, only a few writers have discussed the museum’s role in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. This article is a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections. Two shows with LGBT / queer perspective that were exhibited in Stockholm, Sweden during EuroPride 2008 are the focus of this article’s analysis. They consist of the photo exhibition Show Yourself! at the Nordic Museum, and Queer: Desire, Power, and Identity at the National Museum of Fine Arts. The author himself was the curator of the latter exhibition. This article offers personal reflections on the methodological challenges of translating an abstract queer perspective into museum practice in order to envision online and on-site museum encounters that can mobilize various kinds of pluralistic passions.
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- Portin, Fredrik, 1980, et al.
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The Diplomatic Museum: A Latourian Perspective on the Civic Role of Museums
- 2021
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In: Curator: The Museum Journal. - : Wiley. - 0011-3069 .- 2151-6952. ; 64:4, s. 675-691
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article offers a Latourian perspective on ICOM’s new definition of a museum. It argues that a thorough understanding of politics as a public practice is needed in order to make the definition practically applicable. The task of the museum will accordingly vary depending on how the meaning of a museum as a “democratising, inclusive and polyphonic” space is explicated. Here a hitherto unchartered aspect of Latour’s political philosophy within museum studies is used to investigate the political nature of museums. It is argued that the new definition calls for museums that are diplomatic institutions open to the public, representing the social and its tangible and intangible heritage with a hope for peace, for the mediation of social tensions.
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- Sanders, Dawn, 1958, et al.
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‘Death on Display’: Reflections on Taxidermy and Children's Understanding of Life and Death
- 2015
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In: Curator:The Museums Journal. - : Wiley. - 2151-6952 .- 0011-3069. ; 58:3, s. 251-262
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Taxidermic collections have become perceived as extraneous in modern museums, and as such have become vulnerable to disassembly during periods of economic austerity and/or shifts in curatorial perceptions. In this paper we argue that rich educational opportunities could be lost through such actions. We highlight the ways that taxidermy provides a useful context for learning about, and understanding, the relationships between life and death in the animal kingdom. We draw attention to research on the ways taxidermic display is currently used, the ways children learn through family conversation, and the types of understandings children are known to have about life and death. We believe these collections represent potential research spaces for understanding the impact of parental communication on children's understandings of life and death. Our preliminary research plans, and conversations with curatorial partners, suggest that recording and analyzing family conversations at these sites has much to offer. Furthermore, we propose such studies might facilitate new interdisciplinary relationships between museum curators and researchers, thus contributing to wider debate on the place of natural history collections in society.
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