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Art in Science Museums: Towards a Post-Disciplinary Approach book cover

1st Edition

Art in Science Museums Towards a Post-Disciplinary Approach

Edited By Camilla Rossi-Linnemann, Giulia de Martini Copyright 2020
288 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Art in Science Museums brings together perspectives from different practitioners to reflect on the status and meaning of art programmes in science centres and museums around the world. Presenting a balanced mix of theoretical perspectives, practitioners’ reflections, and case-studies, this volume gives voice to a wide range of professionals, from traditional science centres and museums,... Read more

Introduction: the post-disciplinary museum

Camilla Rossi-Linnemann and Giulia de Martini

  1. Premise

    2. 1.1 How art contributed to the public image of science

    Pietro Greco

    1.2 Making meaning with Art, Science and Technology

    John Durant

  2. Art as a narrative tool: seeing the unseen

    3. 2.1 A house of collaboration: investigating the intersections of art and biomedicine

    Ken Arnold, Adam Bencard, Bente Vinge Pedersen, Thomas Söderqvist, Karin Tybjerg and Louise Whiteley

    2.2 Sophia’s Whale and the Hypercubic Showcase of Sudden Comprehension

    Nuno Ferrand de Almeida, Nuno Valentim, Luís Mendonça, Rui Mendonça and Maria João Fonseca

    2.3 In the Spirit of Enquiry…

    James Peto

    2.4 Context, collaboration and contemporary culture

    Hannah Redler Hawes

    2.5 Case studies

  3. Art for science education and enquiry: patterns of thinking

    4. 3.1 The Exploratorium: Art as Inquiry

    Marina McDougall

    3.2 Art Thinking

    Christopher Lindinger and Maria Pfeifer

    3.3 Art as ingredient for meaningful science learning

    Samar D. Kirresh

    3.4 Answering the unasked questions

    Ian Brunswick and Andrea Bandelli

    3.5 Case studies

  4. Art, inclusion, controversy and imagination: from facts to values

    5. 4.1 Criticality, Imagination and Interaction: A new basis for Art Science Curation

    Mike Stubbs and Mark Wright

    4.2 Shifting meaning, shifting contracts – Biological arts and evolving museum ethics

    Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr

    4.3 Decolonising natural history museums through contemporary art

    Bergit Arends

    4.4 Case studies

  5. (Open) Conclusions - The Post Disciplinary Museum

Camilla Rossi-Linnemann and Giulia de Martini

Biography

Camilla Rossi-Linnemann is currently International Partnership Coordinator at the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, where she focuses on international projects and collaborations for visitor engagement and cultural diplomacy, especially based on the interrelation between science, technology and art.





Giulia de Martini is currently Head of Research at TheFabLab, a digital manufacturing laboratory, where she studies the impact of innovation in society and spreads awareness about the technological and human competences involved in the fourth industrial revolution, focusing on the connections between different fields of knowledge.

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