1st Edition

Creativity and Learning in Later Life An Ethnography of Museum Education

By Shari Sabeti Copyright 2018
196 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Creativity and Learning in Later Life examines how processes such as ‘creativity’ and ‘inspiration’ are experienced by writers who engage with the visual arts, and questions how age is perceived in relation to these processes. The author’s careful analysis challenges many of the assumptions on which museum education currently operates, contributing to wider debates surrounding the value of arts... Read more

List of Figures 

Acknowledgements 

Introduction 

Creative Reception  

1. The Guided Tour  

2. The Lone Artwork 

Creative Writing  

3. Writing Alone  

4. Writing Together 

Creative Ageing 

5. A Caring Role  

6. Distance, Proximity and the Ageing Body 

Conclusion: Creative Space? 

Index

Biography

Shari Sabeti is Chancellor’s Fellow in the Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, UK.