Edging Disciplines

Martinon, Jean-Paul. 2017. Edging Disciplines. Journal of Curatorial Studies, 6(2), pp. 221-229. ISSN 2045-5836 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

For the past eighteen years, I have taught the practice, history, theory, and ethics of curating. Throughout this time, one of the most recurrent themes has been the impossibility of ascribing a limit to curating. Where does it end and where does it begin? In order to teach curating, that is, in order to provide some kinds of limits to it, I had to borrow from many disciplines: art, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, history, political science, cultural studies, etc. In each case, I looked for what seemed pertinent to the task of framing curating within somewhat permeable boundaries. Now that the activity of curating extends to a wide range of practices not always related to either the visual or culture, how am I to continue this teaching? This essay provides both a personal trajectory and an analysis of this edging of disciplines at stake in curatorial studies.

Item Type:

Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1386/jcs.6.2.221_1

Keywords:

Curating, Curatorial Programs, Higher Education, Teaching Strategies, Trans-Disciplinarity

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Visual Cultures

Dates:

DateEvent
24 September 2017Accepted
1 October 2017Published

Item ID:

21169

Date Deposited:

21 Sep 2017 15:04

Last Modified:

29 Apr 2020 16:35

Peer Reviewed:

Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/21169

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