In and against the museum

The Contested Spaces of Museum Education for Adults

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2925319
AutoresSotiria Grek (0000-0001-5452-7762, University of Edinburgh, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen30
Número2
Páginas195-211
Fecha de publicación2009-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDiscourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01596300902809237
OpenAlexW1994535857
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas17

This paper focuses on museum and gallery education for adults in Dundee, Scotland. Dundee has recently experienced a shift from being mainly working class to an educational, cultural and tourist centre. Hence, an interesting field for the examination of the educational policies and practices of the city museums/galleries and the different fashions they receive and act upon wider developments in the museum world has emerged. Questions arising are how the new, open and accessible museum (and gallery) has changed the way education is constructed and offered in the museums in the city? What is the relationship of education with marketing and the new discourse of social inclusion and participation in museums and galleries? For example, one of the most pertinent findings was that, at least in Dundee, activity-based and individual learning has been over-valued, at the expense of a more social and dialogic educational experience that participants seemed to largely prefer and indeed propose as more meaningful to them. Although new ideas and participatory practices have improved attendance and the engagement of the local adult population, other issues, such as the new economic reality for museums and the close relationship of education with marketing are policies that were often treated with resistance, if not opposition, by the research participants

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