Магистратура
2021/2022
Выставочная деятельность
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для Вашей будущей карьеры»
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»
Статус:
Курс обязательный (История художественной культуры и рынок искусства)
Направление:
50.04.03. История искусств
Кто читает:
Школа исторических наук
Где читается:
Факультет гуманитарных наук
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль
Формат изучения:
с онлайн-курсом
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели:
Нефедова Ольга Вадимовна
Прогр. обучения:
История художественной культуры и рынок искусства
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
44
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course “Exhibition Activity” introduces the principles and practices of exhibition and display planning and management. During the course key areas of exhibition management are taught, such as planning new display and exhibitions, display and exhibition design and production, the issues around object handling, movement, packing, and risk assessment, as well as presentation techniques: audio-visual and interactives. The course provides training in a range of practical skills as well as encouraging critical thinking in relation to exhibition and display practices. The course offers a set of lectures and seminars that allow students to develop a basic practical and theoretical understanding of the current exhibit practice. The course “Exhibition Activity” introduces the principles and practices of exhibition and display planning and management. The aim of this course is to provide students a broad and challenging introduction to the practical and theoretical issues of contemporary museum and gallery exhibition practice in an international context; to encourage students to develop critical awareness in relation to museums, galleries and biennales; to introduce students to the key areas of cultural heritage including theoretical principles, collections management, museum, gallery and site management, exhibition development, education and emerging digital technologies.
Learning Objectives
- Developing students’ writing and analytical competencies through assignments designed around specific writing and speaking activities that gradually lead students to the final production of the analysis.
- Developing students’ oral and communication skills.
- Develop students’ critical thinking related to exhibitions' assessment
- Developing ability to apply fundamental museum management terminology.
- Developing students’ research and methodology skills through portfolio assignments.
- Developing an understanding of purpose and function of museum, the ability to analyze its functions, programs, achievements.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To be able to understand the changing role, function and organization of art and heritage organizations in society.
- To know documentation, related to collections management systems, preventive conservation, environmental monitoring, risk management, security issues, storage and loans management
- To know popular computer‐based Collections Management Systems.
- To know the methods developed by museums, collections and archives for safe interaction with objects
- To learn how to manage and fill in different types of documentation: object catalogues, accession registers, and procedural documentation (such as loan forms).
- To understand large scale project management principles and practice of heritage interpretation.
- To understand the educational role of the museum, gallery and heritage site within the community.
- To understand the role of interactives and interactivity in exhibition spaces.
Course Contents
- Introduction.
- General introduction to collections care and management.
- Introduction to the accreditation/registration process.
- Practicalities of documentation within a museum environment.
- The issues around object handling, movement, packing and risk assessment.
- Managing museums and cultural heritage.
- Education, outreach and community engagement.
- Digital heritage. Critical and theoretical study of the role of digital media in museums and galleries.
Interim Assessment
- 2021/2022 2nd module0.24 * In-class participation + 0.24 * In-class test + 0.4 * Final Exam + 0.12 * Presentation
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Ambrose, T., & Paine, C. (2012). Museum Basics (Vol. 3rd ed). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=463323
- Piacente, M., & Lord, B. (2014). Manual of Museum Exhibitions (Vol. Second edition). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=759389
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Bogdanov, A. V., & Smirnov, V. A. (2019). Why It Is Necessary to Revise the Standards of Exhibition Lighting. Light & Engineering, 27(4), 5–10. https://doi.org/10.33383/2018-145
- Johnson, A., Huber, K. A., Cutler, N., Bingmann, M., & Grove, T. (2017). The Museum Educator’s Manual : Educators Share Successful Techniques (Vol. Second edition). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=1545635
- Peter Bjerregaard. (2019). Exhibitions As Research : Experimental Methods in Museums. [N.p.]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1769606