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What are exhibitions for? : an anthropological approach

Summary: 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 ofcurators 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 will not only shed 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.

Record details

ISBN: 1350065390
ISBN: 9781350065390
ISBN: 1350065382
ISBN: 9781350065383
ISBN: 9781350065376
ISBN: 1350065374
ISBN: 1350065366
ISBN: 9781350065369
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 231 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Representational and performative knowledge -- Photography, exhibition design and atmosphere -- Similarities and stereotypes -- To learn or not to learn? -- Photography, performance and play.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.