Students will be expected to carry out assigned museum visits and do the readings before the. An interdisciplinary, comparative approach spring 2015 provisional syllabus dr. Look at the interactive floor plan, the museum map, and the permanent exhibition links. Exhibiting cultures ivan karp, ivan karp, steven d lavine haftad. It is always a pleasure to read a book on a theme or series of themes that has come of agethat, rather than being treated as new insights, are beginning to be ex plored, applied as assumptions to the analysis of cases, and, indeed, perhaps questioned in their turn. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Native american dioramas at the university of michigan exhibit museum of natural history to be removed. Transforming the unimaginative and literal into an art for the nation. Debating the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, exhibiting cultures probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how art and artifacts are displayed and understood. All readings are an essential component of the course, so make sure to read them. Giving a particular account of the climate, soil, minerals, animals, vegetables, manufactures, trade, commerce and languages, together with the religion, government, genius, character, manners and customs of the indians and other inhabitants. The significant ideological and cultural role of public museums in shaping national identity is widely acknowledged.
This includes the folder museums, which has files from some of karp and kratzs joint projects, from the exhibiting cultures and museums and communities conferencebook projects and some exhibitmuseum related memos and notes. Exposition, chicago, 1893, in exhibiting cultures, ed. The folders af phil and luo also contain files for joint projects karp did with or planned with dismas masolo. Lavine is the president of the california institute of the arts. First published in 1986, interpreting japanese society became something of a classic in the field. Transforming the unimaginative and literal into an art for. Survival international used to complain about the museum of mankinds habit of mounting exhibitions which represented a people as living in some timeless. The poetics and politics of museum display 2nd printing edition. Question the ways we think about our own and other cultures, and how we present them examine the issues of collecting. Muse library updated 826 exhibitions in musuems michael belcher exhibits 1 exploring science in museums susan pearce natural history 1 foundations of governance for museums in nonmusuem. Historical practices for the second museum age ruth b. While living and working in japan the contributors have studied important areas of society. Carol duncan and alan wallach, the universal survey museum, in museum.
Transforming the unimaginative and literal into an art. Exhibiting cultures available for download and read online in other formats. Inf388e unique 27805 and inf350g unique 27610 historical. C smithsonian institution press in association with the american association of museums, 1991. Bob bullock texas state history museum exhibit floor plan. The poetics and politics of musuem display ivan karp, steven d. Students are able to describe, analyze and critically evaluate the roles of categories such as race, gender, class, ethnicity, national origin and religion as they relate to internationalglobal institutions, issues, cultures and citizenship. The poetics and politics of museum display by ivan karp, steven d.
Exhibiting cultures presents a compelling range of theoretical debates that address different kinds of museums, museum practices, museum practitioners, and museum audiences. Kop exhibiting cultures av ivan karp, ivan karp, steven d lavine pa. Karp, ivan and steven lavine, editors, washington, dc. Teaching in, with, and about museums kristin hass january 26. Afterimage the book offers a compendium of just what ails the contemporary museum. Bauman, richard and patricia sawin 1991 the politics of participation in folklife festivals. Elaine heumann gurian elaine heumann gurian, llc ein. Elaine heumann gurian elaine heumann gurian, llc ein 54. The poetics and politics of museum display, washington, dc, and london. The poetics and politics of exhibiting other cultures, in representation, 153 168. The poetics and politics of museum display smithsonian institution press, 1991.
Locus readings will be made available to you as pdf files or via stable urls. Commodification of the exotic at the worlds columbian exposition, chicago, 1893. Stephen greenblatt, resonance and wonder, in exhibiting cultures. The poetics and politics of museum display by ivan karp. In this newly revised and updated edition, the value of anthropological approaches to help understand an ancient and complex nation is clearly demonstrated. The following oral history transcript is the result of a taperecorded interview with ivan karp on march 12, 1969. Art museums and the ritual of citizenship, in exhibiting cultures. Exhibiting cultures presents a compelling range of theoretical debates that address different kinds of museums. The ongoing transformation of the american museum, in making museums.
Wonderstruck by brian selznick, from the mixedup files of mrs. Illustrated by maps and plans of the principal places, collected from. Uceap london spring 2017 university of california, office. The poetics and politics of museum display paperback. The poetics and politics of museum display washington 1991. The paper will require students to do outside research on a topic of their choice. The contributors represent a variety of stances on the role of museums and their function as intermediaries between the makers of. The poetics and politics of exhibiting other cultures, in representation. Read download exhibiting cultures pdf pdf download. Public cultures global transformations durham 2006 lampugnani, sachs eds. A n a na lys i s o f h ow m useum c i r c ul ati o n c an h elp v i s it ors r emember a s p ac e. Term paper 30% students will write an 810 page paper that relates to the themes of the class.
Debating the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, exhibiting cultures probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts. Survival international used to complain about the museum of mankinds habit of mounting exhibitions which represented a people as living in. Exhibiting cultures isbn 9781560980216 pdf epub ivan. This paper focuses on the roles of taiwans public art museums in generating nationalist narratives that privilege notions of cultural distinctiveness and authenticity in the visual representation of art from taiwan. The poetics and politics of museum display paperback 1991 by ivan karp editor, steven d. There are also articles available for download as pdf documents through the course website. The poetics and politics of museum display washington 1991 karp, ivan et.
Duncan, carol 1991 art museums and the ritual of citizenship in exhibiting cultures. The contributorsmuseum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropologyrepresent a variety of stances on. Anth 381 starzmann fall 2015 syllabus mcgill university. Noodling around with exhibition opportunities, exhibiting cultures, 1991, smithsonian press, ed. The contributorsmuseum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropologyrepresent a. Lets empower all those who have a stake in exhibitions, museum news, marchapril 1990.
Decisions about how cultures are presented reflect deeper judg. Weil, from being about something to being for somebody. The course deals with the museum as an architectural artifact as well as a cultural practice. Ivan karp is national endowment for the humanities professor of liberal arts at emory university and director of the center for the study of public scholarship. Bringing together museum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropology, exhibiting cultures engages in debate over meaning and representation that have accompanied and driven museums efforts regarding multiculturalism. Page bearing signatures is kept on file in the graduate school. Develop reading strategies early on in this course, i. Questions of identity and origins in the museological. The poetics and politics of museum display ivan karp, 1991 3. The natural and civil history of the french dominions in north and south america.
The multiple gazes found within and among cultures make far more complicated the great debates of the museum world, which were echoed and refer enced in the papers and discussions of the conference that resulted in this volume. Exhibiting difference 189 store, gorgeous netbags bearing contemporary designs, and bulletholed shields painted in the colours of local lager companies. The poetics and politics of museum display, edited by ivan karp and steven d. C smithsonian institution press, 1991, 4256 stephen e. Teaching in, with, and about museums kristin hass january.
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