Abstract
This research proposes childhood as a place from where we can critically engage with art and potentially offer innovative curatorship appealing to the general public. It also discusses children not as subjects to be educated in the museum but as active members of the community who can add on to current knowledge building in the museum and curatorial studies. The research presents and contrasts childhood’s philosophical and critical approaches (including W. Benjamin, G. Agamben, J. Butler, and J. Gordillo, among others) and proposes childhood as disruptive to adult, production, and capitalist time as concepts. It also explores questions as: How could art museums invite their audiences to experience “childhood space and time” through curatorship?; How could the “childhood experience” (naturally curious, perceptive, incomplete, affectionate) expand the art museum possibilities through curatorial practices?; How could curators include children and their perspectives into their work and knowledge building? The paper’s aim is to offer a first approach to understanding the critical potential of childhood in art curatorial practice in order to later include children into the conversation.
Presenters
Irma L Uribe SantibáñezStudent, PhD, Universidad Iberoamericana, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Art Museum; Critical Curatorship; Critical Theory; Innovation; Engagement; Childhood; Epistemology
