Inclusive Curating in Contemporary Art: A Practical Guide (Collection Development, Cultural Heritage, and Digital Humanities)

French, Jade

ISBN 10: 1802700056 / ISBN 13: 9781802700053

Published by Arc Humanities Press, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inclusive Curating in Contemporary Art: A Practical Guide (Collection Development, Cultural Heritage, and Digital Humanities)
• Publisher: Arc Humanities Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1802700056
• ISBN 13: 9781802700053
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Recent decades have witnessed concerns over representation, inclusion, and social justice move from the margins to the centre of museum practice. While a growing number of institutions seek to reflect the diversity of their communities in exhibition-making, gaps remain in understanding applied approaches and practices. This book presents the inclusion of new voices and perspectives into the museum via "inclusive curating," a facilitated process empowering a wide demographic of people to become curators. Grounded in a case study, this book offers guidance in putting inclusive curating into action alongside a range of practical resources and key debates. Curating is often considered an exclusive job for a privileged few. But, by breaking it down using methods demonstrated throughout this book, not only does curating become more usable for more people, it also contributes to understanding the process and practices by which our cultural spaces can become democratized.

About the Author

Jade French is a practice-led researcher at the University of Leeds who explores inclusive art and museum studies.