Anthropology, Museums and the Body: Lessons From an Experimental Teaching Environment
With increased interests in solving complex problems through interdisciplinary research—how best can museums use this approach to address critical social issues? In order to answer this question, an interdisciplinary group of curators, artists and students worked together at the Smithsonian Institut...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of Leicester
2019-11-01
|
| Series: | Museum & Society |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/mas/article/view/3413 |
| _version_ | 1811223516165439488 |
|---|---|
| author | Gwyneira Isaac Kate Clark Kelsey Adams Heather Ashe Katie Benz Delaney Cummings David Gassett Francine Margolis Amanda Quink Emily Somberg |
| author_facet | Gwyneira Isaac Kate Clark Kelsey Adams Heather Ashe Katie Benz Delaney Cummings David Gassett Francine Margolis Amanda Quink Emily Somberg |
| author_sort | Gwyneira Isaac |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | With increased interests in solving complex problems through interdisciplinary research—how best can museums use this approach to address critical social issues? In order to answer this question, an interdisciplinary group of curators, artists and students worked together at the Smithsonian Institution to create an experimental teaching environment to rethink the disciplinary boundaries around the study of the human body. Our aim was to use a range of anthropological, art and science collections and readings to undertake the issues of race, gender, genetics, and disability, and the historic inequities resulting from colonialism. We discuss this endeavor, including the public program we developed—the Face Cast Lab—as well as lessons learned about who affects change through this type of museum-based teaching. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-12T08:33:59Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-6c159b66a3954646a3372973d9f9cad7 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1479-8360 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-12T08:33:59Z |
| publishDate | 2019-11-01 |
| publisher | University of Leicester |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Museum & Society |
| spelling | doaj.art-6c159b66a3954646a3372973d9f9cad72022-12-22T03:40:03ZengUniversity of LeicesterMuseum & Society1479-83602019-11-0117347249310.29311/mas.v17i3.34132907Anthropology, Museums and the Body: Lessons From an Experimental Teaching EnvironmentGwyneira IsaacKate ClarkKelsey AdamsHeather AsheKatie BenzDelaney CummingsDavid GassettFrancine MargolisAmanda QuinkEmily SombergWith increased interests in solving complex problems through interdisciplinary research—how best can museums use this approach to address critical social issues? In order to answer this question, an interdisciplinary group of curators, artists and students worked together at the Smithsonian Institution to create an experimental teaching environment to rethink the disciplinary boundaries around the study of the human body. Our aim was to use a range of anthropological, art and science collections and readings to undertake the issues of race, gender, genetics, and disability, and the historic inequities resulting from colonialism. We discuss this endeavor, including the public program we developed—the Face Cast Lab—as well as lessons learned about who affects change through this type of museum-based teaching.https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/mas/article/view/3413anthropology, social issues, the body, interdisciplinary teaching, museum ethics |
| spellingShingle | Gwyneira Isaac Kate Clark Kelsey Adams Heather Ashe Katie Benz Delaney Cummings David Gassett Francine Margolis Amanda Quink Emily Somberg Anthropology, Museums and the Body: Lessons From an Experimental Teaching Environment Museum & Society anthropology, social issues, the body, interdisciplinary teaching, museum ethics |
| title | Anthropology, Museums and the Body: Lessons From an Experimental Teaching Environment |
| title_full | Anthropology, Museums and the Body: Lessons From an Experimental Teaching Environment |
| title_fullStr | Anthropology, Museums and the Body: Lessons From an Experimental Teaching Environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anthropology, Museums and the Body: Lessons From an Experimental Teaching Environment |
| title_short | Anthropology, Museums and the Body: Lessons From an Experimental Teaching Environment |
| title_sort | anthropology museums and the body lessons from an experimental teaching environment |
| topic | anthropology, social issues, the body, interdisciplinary teaching, museum ethics |
| url | https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/mas/article/view/3413 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT gwyneiraisaac anthropologymuseumsandthebodylessonsfromanexperimentalteachingenvironment AT kateclark anthropologymuseumsandthebodylessonsfromanexperimentalteachingenvironment AT kelseyadams anthropologymuseumsandthebodylessonsfromanexperimentalteachingenvironment AT heatherashe anthropologymuseumsandthebodylessonsfromanexperimentalteachingenvironment AT katiebenz anthropologymuseumsandthebodylessonsfromanexperimentalteachingenvironment AT delaneycummings anthropologymuseumsandthebodylessonsfromanexperimentalteachingenvironment AT davidgassett anthropologymuseumsandthebodylessonsfromanexperimentalteachingenvironment AT francinemargolis anthropologymuseumsandthebodylessonsfromanexperimentalteachingenvironment AT amandaquink anthropologymuseumsandthebodylessonsfromanexperimentalteachingenvironment AT emilysomberg anthropologymuseumsandthebodylessonsfromanexperimentalteachingenvironment |