Exhibitions as Public Health Interventions
The University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4970272 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert B Riter (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA, corresponding author), K Bailey (0000-0002-3773-5954, University of Alabama), Jeff Hirschy (University of Southern Mississippi, MS, USA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 000276422110031 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027642211003136 |
| OpenAlex | W4236196014, W3158149925 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Can exhibitions of artifacts from the tobacco industry, its allies and critics, act as a public health intervention? The University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society is a curatorial and research center dedicated to the creation of exhibitions on the tobacco industry and its allies, the marketing of cigarettes and other tobacco products, and the efforts to counteract the use and promotion of cigarettes throughout the 20th century to the present day (Blum, 1994, p. 8). Physical and digital exhibitions provide social and historical context to increase public understanding of a deadly product which, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, kills 1,300 Americans a day. University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society collects "communication artifacts" of the tobacco industry, from ubiquitous advertisements to subtler promotional efforts such as financial support for museums and other cultural institutions. This summary of the center's work spotlights archives, curated and made public through exhibitions
Advertising · Art · Business · Center (category theory) · Context (archaeology) · Exhibition · Health promotion · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess) · Psychological intervention · Public health · Public relations · Sociology · Tobacco control · Tobacco industry · Visual arts · History · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis · Participatory Visual Research Methods
| Highly cited | No |
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