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Affect as a modality for change |
2011.05.04 06:05:00 | |
Scott East, Centre for Cultural Research, UWS: Affect as a modality for change
It is common to acknowledge that audiences connect with museums in various ways, but what does this mean for a museum seeking to be socially relevant? Museums often see their role as delivering quality information and education. Drawing on research around contemporary museum exhibitions, the paper explores the multi-sensory experiential spaces of these exhibitions where quality information and logic are only a few of the things at work. Engaging with the risky and fickle-world of responses requires active experimentation and responsiveness rather than a check-list approach of good practice. Provocatively the paper will suggest the space of museums already contains the directions needed for change. Tags: #hotscience | climate change | hot science global citizens
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