A pedagogy of witnessing curatorial practice and the pursuit of social justice / Roger I. Simon.
| Author/creator | Simon, Roger I. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Albany, NY : SUNY Press, [2014] |
| Description | xviii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | SUNY series, transforming subjects: psychoanalysis, culture, and studies in education SUNY series, transforming subjects: psychoanalysis, culture, and studies in education. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Foreword by Mario Di Paolantonio -- Exhibiting archival photographs of racial violence as a pedagogy of witness -- Without Sanctuary exhibitions at the Andy Warhol Museum and Chicago Historical Society -- The curatorial work of exhibiting archival photographs of lynching in America -- Public performance in the social space of museum comment books: Without Sanctuary exhibitions and the extended conversation about race in America -- Curatorial judgment, the pedagogical framing of exhibitions, and the relation of affect and thought -- Some closing remarks on curatorial practice and the pursuit of social justice. |
| Abstract | This book focuses on two museum exhibitions that presented the same lynching photographs. Through a detailed description of the exhibitions and drawing on interviews with museum staff and visitor comments, Roger I. Simon explores the affective challenges to thought that lie behind the different curatorial frameworks and how viewers' comments on the exhibitions perform a particular conversation about race in America. He then extends the discussion to include contrasting exhibitions of photographs of atrocities committed by the German army on the Eastern Front during World War II, as well as to photographs taken at the Khmer Rouge S-21 torture and killing center. With an insightful blending of theoretical and qualitative analysis, Simon proposes new conceptualizations for a contemporary public pedagogy dedicated to bearing witness to the documents of racism. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Text in English. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014941805 |
| ISBN | 1438452691 (hc alk. pb) |
| ISBN | 9781438452692 (hc alk. pb) |
| ISBN | 9781438452708 (pb alk. pb) |
| ISBN | 1438452705 (pb alk. pb) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |