Simon A Pedagogy of Witnessing

Curatorial Practice and the Pursuit of Social Justice
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5271-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series, Transforming Subjects: Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Studies in Education

Explores the curating of “difficult knowledge” through the exhibition of lynching photographs in contemporary museums.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simon, Roger I.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Mario Di Paolantonio
Preface

1. Exhibiting Archival Photographs of Racial Violence as a Pedagogy of Witness

2. Without Sanctuary Exhibitions at the Andy Warhol Museum and Chicago Historical Society

3. The Curatorial Work of Exhibiting Archival Photographs of Lynching in America

4. Public Performance in the Social Space of Museum Comment Books: Without Sanctuary Exhibitions and the Extended Conversation about Race in America

5. Curatorial Judgment, the Pedagogical Framing of Exhibitions, and the Relation of Affect and Thought

6. Some Closing Remarks on Curatorial Practice and the Pursuit of Social Justice

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Roger I. Simon (1942–2012) was Professor Emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, and the author of several books, including The Touch of the Past: Remembrance, Learning, and Ethics.