Spring 2024 Anthropology GR6365 section 001

EXHIBITION CULTURES

Call Number 10860
Day & Time
Location
T 2:10pm-4:00pm
001 MUSEUM OF NA
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required Instructor
Instructor Laurel Kendall
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Laurel Kendall. This course is a continuation of Museum Anthropology G6352 (not a prerequisite). Through the study of museum exhibitions, this course explores a series of debates about the representation of culture in museums, the politics of identity, and the significance of objects. We will consider the museum as a contemporary and variable form, as a site for the expression of national, group, and individual identity and as a site of performance and consumption. We will consider how exhibits are developed, what they aim to convey, what makes them effective (or not), and how they sometimes become flashpoints of controversy. Because the work of museums is visual, enacted through the display of material forms, we will also consider the transformation of objects into artifacts and as part of exhibitions, addressing questions of meaning, ownership, value, and magic. We will look at this range of issues from the point of view of practitioners, critics, and audiences. G6365 works in tandem with the exhibition project that will be developed in “Exhibition Practice in Global Culture” to produce a small exhibit at AMNH.

Web Site Vergil
Department Anthropology
Enrollment 11 students (12 max) as of 5:06PM Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Subject Anthropology
Number GR6365
Section 001
Division Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Note MUSAs must fulfill prog requirements. Others contact instr
Section key 20241ANTH6365G001