List of figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Interviewees
Preface
- An Introduction: who creates the knowledge and defines the reality?
- Why is research in art museums confusing and how can we make it less so
- The practitioner researcher in the art museum
- Building practice as research in the art museum: Tate Learning as a case study
- Co-researching with community members, academics and visitors
- Fostering a culture where the practitioner researcher can thrive: Knowle West Media Centre as a case study
- Constructing an expanded framework for research in the art museum: moving from the exotic animal to the household pet
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Emily Pringle trained originally as a painter and worked freelance for several years as an artist, educator, researcher and programmer before joining Tate in 2010. In 2014 she established the Tate Research Centre: Learning (www.tate.org.uk/research/research-centres/tate-research-centre-learning). In 2017 she was awarded an AHRC Leadership Fellowship, which allowed her to take ten months away from Tate to explore and write on art museum research. She is currently Head of Research at Tate.
"In this provocative and timely study, Emily Pringle presents a powerful critique of deeply entrenched ways of thinking about research and knowledge creation within cultural institutions. Her original and insightful analysis reveals the enormous, largely untapped potential for practitioners working across the art museum to harness the power of collaborative research to foster radical and progressive change within their organisations." - Richard Sandell, Professor of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK
"As a museum practitioner and researcher myself, I found this book very worthwhile. In my own experience, I have observed the divide between formalized research and day-to-day professional practice. This book stimulated me to ask questions of myself and my institution, and gave me a clear structure within which to consider the new research possibilities that arose in response to these." - Esther McNaughton, The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū
