Sensing art and artifacts: explorations in sensory museology

Howes, David; Clarke, Eric; Macpherson, Fiona; Best, Beverley; Cox, Rupert

doi:10.1080/17458927.2018.1516024

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“…Todėl keliamas esminis klausimas, ar žaidėjas / lankytojas turi pats susikurti kontekstą, įsitraukti, pažinti, mokytis, interpretuoti, diskutuoti ir kritiškai vertinti, ar muziejus turi transformuotis iš uždaros elitinės institucijos į demokratinio dialogo erdvę 40 , kurioje įvyktų, būtų palaikomas kūrybiškas bendradarbiavimas. Kadangi naujosios muzeologijos teorijos požiūriu muziejus turi būti orientuotas į išorę, keturios istorinės ICOM apibrėžtos muziejų funkcijos kolekcionavimas, konservavimas, tyrimas, eksponavimas buvo praplėstos iki aštuonių metafunkcijų: konservavimo, kultūrinės, socialinės, mokslinės, edukacinės, ekonominės, politinės ir simbolinės 41 . Būtent kultūrinės ir edukacinės funkcijos lėmė žaismo fenomeno ir muzeologijos teorijos santykio intensyvėjimą.…”

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The Concept of ‘Play’ from the Point of View of Theories of Museology

Jovaišaitė-Blaževičienė

2022

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In the first decades of the 21st century, the topic of the ‘playing’ person has become the core of interdisciplinary research on human activity. As museums have been adopting a new approach towards cultural dissemination and educational goals, the discourse of play is also becoming one of the current fields of research in museology. Although the cultural aspects of play and game have been discussed for a long time, the interpretation of the concept of play from the museological point of view is a relatively new field which requires the definition of the synonymously used terms and the respective concepts. The aim of this article is to highlight the concept and function of play in museology based on the analysis of museology theories, to identify the preconditions for the formation of play communication, and to identify the directions of the development of the concept of play in the contemporary museological research. The article is based on an integrated literature review of the analysis of the concept of play while focusing on theoretical texts and monographs of scholars studying the phenomenon of play, as well as on theoretical and empirical research articles analysing the expression of play in all types of museums. This paper also discusses the linguistic use of the terms play and game. In the Lithuanian language, we not only have to deal with the synonymous use of play (žaismas)/game (žaidimas) in the translation of spel, play, spielen, but also with the use of play in the translation of both play and game used in different contexts in the English-language literature. Since game is a structured form of play, and, in the museological research and practice, game is more commonly defined as the digital expression and referred to as gamification, it is suggested that play (as an action and a state of being) should be distinguished from game (as a structured form of action) by using two different terms in the Lithuanian language. The literature reviewed in this article has highlighted that the concept of play in the museum is linked to the development of new theories of museology, and it reveals itself as a creative construct that is shaped and sustained by the institution. Play is defined as the concept for communicating the theme of the museum, manifested through the act of play and the elements of game. This approach to the dissemination of content and the organisation of activities is expressed through the application of play and game methods which allow the audience to engage in a more intensive relationship with the museum’s theme and exhibits. Play becomes a necessary medium for the museum’s metagame which includes and expresses playfulness, play action, playful elements, real and digital games, whereas the audience is engaged by play to satisfy its educational and entertainment needs. To summarise on the interdisciplinary context of the phenomenon of play, in museology, it is most appropriate to associate play with an intellectual or conceptual state that involves exchange, change and playful action. The term game in the museological context is more commonly used to refer to a specific spatial, temporal or rule-based action which, in the museum practice, is more frequently associated with gamification.

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The Concept of ‘Play’ from the Point of View of Theories of Museology

Jovaišaitė-Blaževičienė

2022

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“…There is a body of scholarship emerging in the domain of sensory work which has taken up this challenge of producing innovative research and which uses combinations of methods to try to get at some of these issues (Howes et al, 2018;Mason & Davies, 2009;Pink, 2011). However, we have found very few cases that situate this work within a detailed study of how the settings work as socially organised sets of practices.…”

Section: Visual Studies and Sensorial Scholarshipmentioning

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Seeing as accountable action: The interactional accomplishment of sensorial work

Gibson

Lehn

2019

Current Sociology

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In this article it is argued that the growing field of the sociology of the senses has had a strong methodological focus on people’s accounts of their sensorial experiences at the expense of studying the practical achievement of sense work as an interactional phenomenon. Recent work has called for more innovative methods in sensorial scholarship and the use of creative approaches to explore the senses. While applauding this move, in this article the authors show the importance of a focus on micro-behavioural actions in studying the senses. Drawing on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, they analyse video recordings of near vision tests in optometry consultations illustrating the highly routinised, but also the embodied and improvised character of the actions through which the vision is made available for scrutiny. They argue that sensorial scholarship has sidelined the study of social context as a lived-order and demonstrate the importance of treating sensorial actions as routinised, embodied and improvisatory. The authors agree that using more creative methods would be valuable but caution against relying exclusively on methods that do not sufficiently contextualise the senses as a lived and practical social accomplishment.

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“…Rather than conceiving of sensory experiences as passive or impartial data input, sensory theory recognises them as bi-directional conduits of social order, action, negotiation, regulation, control, and action (Vannini et al., 2013). As Howes and Classen (2013) argue, sensory experiences are informed by both the personal meaning a particular sensation invokes as well as the social value it carries, centring the senses in socio-cultural orderings of class, status, and power.…”

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Comfort in chaos: A sensory account of climate change denial

Bosca

2023

Environ Plan D

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This paper argues that sensory practices that insulate individual bodies from the effects of climate disruption may enable and perpetuate a distinct form of climate change denial. Existing scholarship has established the ways in which climate-modifying technologies, such as air conditioning, reconfigure socio-ecological relationships through sensory norms. This paper extends this analysis by relating these sensory norms to contemporary discourses on climate denial. Drawing on a heatwave case study in Western Sydney, Australia, the paper explores how practices of thermal comfort for particular, often privileged, bodies may be understood as sensory enablers of climate change denial. This work encourages theoretical movement beyond the scientific and political disembodiment that often characterises contemporary climate change denial discourse, and urges greater attention to the sensory drivers of climate-related behaviours, experiences, and perceptions. This sensory approach may allow theoretical and strategic engagement with otherwise hidden social barriers to sustainable climate interventions and action.

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Sensing art and artifacts: explorations in sensory museology

Cited by 16 publications

References 6 publications

The Concept of ‘Play’ from the Point of View of Theories of Museology

The Concept of ‘Play’ from the Point of View of Theories of Museology

Seeing as accountable action: The interactional accomplishment of sensorial work

Comfort in chaos: A sensory account of climate change denial

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