Behind the Scenes
Museums and Selective Criticism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2563864 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian Durrans (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 11 |
| Publication date | 1992-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2783531 |
| OpenAlex | W2177927393 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
A recent upsurge of interest in representational politics has led to criticism of exhibitions and museums in the ethnographic/anthropological field. It is argued that this development has been positive to the extent that it recognizes museological practice to be part of a system of power and authority. But some criticism has been unhelpful in so far as it has underestimated the complexity of what museums do and of wider social implications of evidence-based efforts in pubUc education. Since museological criticism is as much a product of its context as are museums themselves, produtive discussion calis for greater reflexivity rather than less
Aesthetics · Art · Art criticism · Art history · Criticism · Ethnography · Exhibition · Literary criticism · Literature · Performance art · Political science · Politics · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Theatre criticism · Visual arts · Anthropology · Art Education and Development · History · Law · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Participatory Visual Research Methods
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2017 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |