Collecting and Exhibiting Computer-Based Technology : Expert Curation at the Museums of the Smithsonian Institution Hardback
by Petrina Foti
Part of the Routledge Research in Museum Studies series
Hardback
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Computer technology has transformed modern society, yet curators wishing to reflect those changes face difficult challenges in terms of both collecting and exhibiting.
Collecting and Exhibiting Computer-Based Technology examines how curators at the history and technology museums of the Smithsonian Institution have met these challenges. Focusing on the curatorial process, the book explores the ways in which curators at the institution have approached the accession and display of technological artifacts.
Such collections often have comparatively few precedents, and can pose unique dilemmas.
In analysing the Smithsonian’s approach, Foti takes in diverse collection case studies ranging from DNA analyzers to Herbie Hancock’s music synthesizers, from iPods to born-digital photographs, from the laptop used during the filming of the television program Sex and the City to "Stanley" the self-driving car.
Using her proposed model of "expert curation", she synthesizes her findings into a more universal framework for undertanding the curatorial methods associated with computer technology and reflects on what it means to be a curator in a postdigital world. Collecting and Exhibiting Computer-Based Technology offers a detailed analysis of curatorial practice in a relatively new field that is set to grow exponentially.
It will be useful reading for curators, scholars, and students alike.
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- Pages:166 pages
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- Publication Date:15/11/2018
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:166 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:15/11/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9780815369943
