Inge Daniels

What are Exhibitions for? An Anthropological Approach (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Why do people go to exhibitions, and what do they hope to gain from the experience? What would happen if people were encouraged to move freely through exhibition spaces, take photographs and be playful?

In this book, Inge Daniels explores what might happen if people and objects were freed from the regulations currently associated with going to an exhibition. Traditional understandings of exhibitions place the viewers in a one-way communication form, where the exhibition and those behind its creation inform their audiences. However, motivations behind exhibition-going are multiple and complex and frequently the intentions of curators do not match the expectations of their visitors.

Based on an in-depth ethnographic examination of the processes involved in the making and reception of one particular exhibition-experiment as well as a study that follows 'freed' objects into their new homes, this publication not only sheds light on what exhibitions are, but also what they could become in the future. Featuring over 175 colour illustrations and using practical examples, this is an important contribution for students and scholars of anthropology, museum studies, photography, design and architecture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350065369
• Artikelnr.: 55093167

Autorenporträt

Inge Daniels is Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction: What Are Exhibitions For? SPREAD 1: The AHJ
booklet: A practical tool to study exhibition visitors Chapter 1.
Representational and Performative Knowledge SPREAD 2: Mike - 'There is a
connecting memory in my feet' Chapter 2. Photography, Exhibition Design and
Atmosphere SPREAD 3: Sue - 'Photography students have been very surprised
to learn that what appears to be an actual window is in fact an illusion'
Chapter 3. Similarities and Stereotypes SPREAD 4: Jen - 'I was very
interested in anime and manga' Chapter 4. To Learn or Not to Learn SPREAD
5: Natasha - 'And I have been putting them in the dishwasher' SPREAD 6:
Natalia - 'It's in our shower because it's very useful; Molly - 'It is
something I found and can't give away' Chapter 5. Photography, Performance
and Play SPREAD 7: Ali - 'I never found England a very interesting place'
Conclusion: Exhibitions as Technologies of the Imagination? Notes
References