ARTH 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Museology, Inculturation, Macarthur Fellows Program
18 Jan 2017
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There is a very important political influence on how museums are viewed. Sharon macdonald"s museum studies introduction and the new museology by. Questions and calls into understanding the meanings of how museum objects are situated and contextual rather than inherent: everything in a museum has a contextual aspect to it, presents a certain cannon. Objects react and interact in peculiar ways. Look at museums in relationship to other things. If a certain object is put in a certain area, will change the meaning: idea between museums and other places becomes blurred. Representations of stereotypes/nationalities can be seen in museums: ex. How the museum and its exhibitions may be variously perceived, especially those who visit. Visitors are crucial in the economics of museums. 3 big items: contextualization, museums integrated with other things, and visitors. In the 80s cultural interest in critiquing. Deconstruction: the analytic examination of something (as a theory) often in order to reveal its inadequacy.
