FOLK-F 406 MUSEUM PRACTICE IN FOLKLORE STUDIES (3 CR.)
An introduction to curatorial practice in museums, with an emphasis on museums of ethnography and cultural history. With campus collections serving as laboratories for course activities, students will work with objects of material culture and engage in a range of activities central to professional practice in museums and other collections.
1 classes found
Spring 2024
Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
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SEM | 3 | 30800 | Closed | 9:45 a.m.–11:00 a.m. | TR | C2 102 | Jackson J |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
SEM 30800: Total Seats: 8 / Available: 0 / Waitlisted: 0
Seminar (SEM)
- Above class meets with ANTH-A 405
Paying particular attention to museums of ethnography and cultural history, this course is an undergraduate-level introduction to curatorial practice in museums. What do museum curators do and how do they do it? Why do they do what they do? If you decide to become a curator or to work in a museum more generally, how should you go about this? What skills and habits does training in the arts and sciences generally, and in folklore studies or anthropology particularly, provide to would-be curators? What skills can this course provide to museum-workers-in-training and what other skills should bachelor¿s-level students seeking to (possibly) work in a museum seek out in route to graduation? How do working folklorists and anthropologists contribute to the success of museums in a changing world? Such questions are at the heart of this course and they will be addressed through a diversity of seminar and hands-on activities. Even if you are lukewarm on museums as a visitor, this course will provide skills and insights of broader relevance and will help you understand what is happening behind the scenes in museums and other collecting organizations. The course provides preparation for museum internships and practicum, for bachelor¿s level employment, and for graduate study in curatorship, public folklore, museum studies, folklore studies, and anthropology.