Creativity and Learning in Later Life: An Ethnography of Museum Education

ISBN-13: 9781138937314 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 184 str.

Shari Sabeti

Opis

This book presents the first full-length ethnographic study of museum education practices, by exploring a four-year long engagement with adult classes at a major urban art gallery in the United Kingdom. Using detailed descriptions of gallery tours, creative writing classes, and in-depth interviews with class members and gallery educators, it provides a richly layered picture of how and why experiencing and making 'art' matters. By tracing the process of creativity through the minds of the participants, the book also offers a powerful critique of the ways in which museums view themselves as spaces of 'inspiration', and of how 'older adults' are constructed through educational programming.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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