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:	Date Event 24 September 2017 Accepted 1 October 2017 Published
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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