Interdisciplinary Exhibitions and the Production of Knowledge : Perspectives from Curatorial Practice.

How can exhibitions not only stage existing knowledge, but also raise questions that might eventually lead to new research? This question has become ever more relevant due to the museum sector's growing interest in the development of thematic exhibitions that combine narratives and objects from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pleiger, Henriette
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2025.
Subjects:	Art and Science. Cultural Management. Curating. Interdisciplinarity. Museology. Museum Education. Museum Practice. Museum. Practical Museography. Practice-Based Research. Science. Sociology of Science. Transdisciplinarity. ART / Museum Studies. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Mapping out the scope of this research: A literature review
3 Theories of interdisciplinarity and their methodological application to museum practice
4 A transdisciplinary and participatory exhibition: Setting the bar for good practice
TOUCHDOWN. An exhibition with and about people with Down's syndrome
5 The 'inter-disciplined' exhibition: Art meets science
Weather Report. About Weather Culture and Climate Science
6 A multidisciplinary exhibition and the political dimension of interdisciplinarity
We Capitalists. From Zero to Turbo
7 Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix: Interview questions