Minor Arts and Heritage Fall 25-26.pdf
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… Museums had and still have various tasks such as collecting, conservation, research and education. However, there are many different types of museums and the contemporary museum differs from museums in the nineteenth century, which were mainly visited by the middle classes. Nowadays participation and reaching a broad and diverse audience are important for the legitimation of museums. In order to fulfill these new societal function museums changed their presentations from object centered to context and visitor centered and cultural or museum education has gained importance. In this course students will study the historic development of the museum as a institution, museum architecture, organisation, funding, exhibitions, education programmes, … or curatorship related to the themes of the course - Identify relevant stakeholders, actors and factors in diverse practices related to arts and heritage research - Apply the knowledge gained on a practical case study Teaching methods Lectures, workshops Assessment participation, the students will choose their own case study and create a podcast reflecting on the case from the three perspectives (art, law, policy) 5 Keywords: museums and coloniality, dissonant heritage, reparation, restitution, …