Selfie at a museum: Defining a paradigm for an analysis of taking (self-portrait) photographs at museum exhibitions
Due to the development of social media, posting one's photos is becoming increasingly popular; they often take the form of, so called, ‘selfie’. The phenomenon of photographing oneself has also occurred in cultural institutions, including museums. The museums are implementing various strategies...
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| author | Patrycja Chlebus-Grudzień |
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| description | Due to the development of social media, posting one's photos is becoming increasingly popular; they often take the form of, so called, ‘selfie’. The phenomenon of photographing oneself has also occurred in cultural institutions, including museums. The museums are implementing various strategies of reacting to people taking pictures of themselves with exhibits at the background. The article presents an analysis of these reactions, and, based on that, various ways of defining the functions and role of the contemporary museum. The author also attempts to provide an answer to the following question: is posting photographs by visitors an element of creating their own image (‘the Culture of Narcissism’), or is it rather a form of interaction with heritage, of a dialogue with the presented contents (‘remix culture’)? |
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| spelling | doaj.art-155e47fe6fd8411e9ce05cb0a4a18ebf2022-12-22T02:01:59ZengLodz University PressTourism0867-58562080-69222018-06-0128171310.18778/0867-5856.28.1.093519Selfie at a museum: Defining a paradigm for an analysis of taking (self-portrait) photographs at museum exhibitionsPatrycja Chlebus-Grudzień0Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of SociologyDue to the development of social media, posting one's photos is becoming increasingly popular; they often take the form of, so called, ‘selfie’. The phenomenon of photographing oneself has also occurred in cultural institutions, including museums. The museums are implementing various strategies of reacting to people taking pictures of themselves with exhibits at the background. The article presents an analysis of these reactions, and, based on that, various ways of defining the functions and role of the contemporary museum. The author also attempts to provide an answer to the following question: is posting photographs by visitors an element of creating their own image (‘the Culture of Narcissism’), or is it rather a form of interaction with heritage, of a dialogue with the presented contents (‘remix culture’)?https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/tourism/article/view/3519selfiemuseumtourism photographyculture of narcissismremix culture |
| spellingShingle | Patrycja Chlebus-Grudzień Selfie at a museum: Defining a paradigm for an analysis of taking (self-portrait) photographs at museum exhibitions Tourism selfie museum tourism photography culture of narcissism remix culture |
| title | Selfie at a museum: Defining a paradigm for an analysis of taking (self-portrait) photographs at museum exhibitions |
| title_full | Selfie at a museum: Defining a paradigm for an analysis of taking (self-portrait) photographs at museum exhibitions |
| title_fullStr | Selfie at a museum: Defining a paradigm for an analysis of taking (self-portrait) photographs at museum exhibitions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Selfie at a museum: Defining a paradigm for an analysis of taking (self-portrait) photographs at museum exhibitions |
| title_short | Selfie at a museum: Defining a paradigm for an analysis of taking (self-portrait) photographs at museum exhibitions |
| title_sort | selfie at a museum defining a paradigm for an analysis of taking self portrait photographs at museum exhibitions |
| topic | selfie museum tourism photography culture of narcissism remix culture |
| url | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/tourism/article/view/3519 |
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