The Constituent museum constellations of knowledge, politics and mediation : a generator of social change Sánchez de Serdio, Aida ed. Byrne, John ed. Morgan, Elinor ed. Paynter, November ed. Zeleznik, Adela ed. text ne Amsterdam S.l.] Valiz L'Internationale 2018 monographic eng
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384 p. What would happen if museums put relationships at the centre of their operations? This question inspires this publication, which offers a diverse, rigorous, and experimental analysis of what is commonly known as education, mediation or interpretation within museum institutions. It regards the visitor not as a passive receiver of predefined content, but as an active member of a constituent body, whom it facilitates, provokes, inspires and learns from. Moving beyond the practice of mediation as such, the publication situates constituent practices of collaboration and co-production within the existing social-political (neoliberal) context. It does this to reimagine and affect both the physical and organizational structures of museums and galleries. Understanding the challenges of a constituent practice in an integral, interdisciplinary manner is what this publication aspires to. This is explored by placing the museum's constituents-museum professionals, active audience/co-curator, local and political agencies, operational structures and contexts-at the centre of the museum organization and looking at how their positions in society start to shift and change. Issues that are addressed: ownership and power dynamics, collective pedagogy, pedagogy of encounter, collaboration, assent, dissent and consent, co-labour and co-curation (economies of exchange), precarity, and working with interns, archives and how to activate them, broadcasting, digital cultivation, crowdsourcing, and many other topics. (Font: Editor) [editors: John Byrne, Elinor Morgan, November Paynter, Aida Sánchez de Serdio, Adela Zeleznik] 9789492095428 https://interaccio.diba.cat/CIDOC/blogs/2020/relacions-al-centre https://interaccio.diba.cat/CIDOC/blogs/2020/relacions-al-centre ES-BaOER 190927 20240507091319.0 46235 cat