Methods of Exhibition Analysis
1st Edition
Published on 9. December 2025
270 pages
978-3-8394-1859-8 (ISBN)
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Exhibitions, as constructed cultural dispositions, media of showing, and processes of social interaction, hold great interest for cultural analysis. Being able to analyze exhibitions is a skill that allows us to critically examine exhibitions as public places regarding their effects and uses, and to change them as a result. The contributions to this volume present nineteen methods of exhibition analysis from the perspective of cultural analysis, perception studies and practice-oriented work. They locate these methods in the context of their respective discourses and present them in step-by-step guidelines for hands-on application, thus providing the first compilation on exhibition analysis for research, teaching and museum practice.
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»Particularly noteworthy is the compelling way in which the publication came about as a book-in-progress by testing the different analytical approaches with target audiences and dynamically developing them. An approach recommended for any method book, as it produces - like in this case - a really user-oriented manual.«More details
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Luise Reitstätter, Universität Wien, Österreich
Luise Reitstätter (Dr. phil.) ist Kulturwissenschaftlerin. Ihre Arbeitsfelder umfassen Praktiken der modernen und zeitgenössischen Kunst, kritische Museums- und Ausstellungsforschung sowie Methodenentwicklung für visuelle und materielle Kulturanalysen. Sie ist als Co-Projektleiterin im FWF-DFG-Forschungsprojekt »The Museum Gaze« an der Universität Wien tätig.
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Carla-Marinka Schorr, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Deutschland
Carla-Marinka Schorr (Dr. phil.) ist Museumswissenschaftlerin. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen auf der Ausstellungsanalyse, Authentizitäts- und Wertzuschreibungsprozessen sowie dem Themenkomplex Museum und Demokratie.
