Presenting Cultural Artifacts in the Art Museum: A University-Museum Collaboration

Autor/in	Chung, Sheng Kuan
Titel	Presenting Cultural Artifacts in the Art Museum: A University-Museum Collaboration
Quelle	In: Art Education, 62 (2009) 3, S.33-39 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-3125
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Graduate Students; Art Education; Art Appreciation; Audiences; Museums; Values; Cultural Background; Partnerships in Education; Cooperative Learning; Cultural Pluralism; Beliefs; Folk Culture; Art Expression; Learning Experience; Multicultural Education; College Faculty; Higher Education; Art Teachers; Exhibits; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Kunstverständnis; Spectator; Zuschauer; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Wertbegriff; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Kooperatives Lernen; Kulturpluralismus; Belief; Glaube; Lernerfahrung; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Fakultät; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Art teacher; Kunsterzieher; Kunsterzieherin
Abstract	With increasing emphasis on multicultural art education and integrative pedagogy, educators have incorporated community resources, such as cultural artifacts exhibited in art museums, to enrich their programs. Cultural artifacts are human-made objects which generally reveal historic information about cultural values, beliefs, and traditions. Cultural artifacts are accessible to school children because they are concrete manifestations of artistic expression, cultural heritage, scientific discovery, and sociopolitical development; therefore, they can be effectively used to explain complex concepts, values, traditions, and ideas from various cultures to enhance learning experiences. A contextual exploration using a variety of cultural artifacts thus can foster historical thinking and multicultural literacy/understanding while helping students understand the diverse visual world around them. Nonetheless, several art educators/scholars identify issues and problems associated with multicultural art appreciation, and particularly ways in which art museums display cultural artifacts as fine art objects. This article reports on a multifaceted, collaborative project consisting of artifacts research, museum exhibition, and curriculum development that involved university faculty, graduate students, and museum staff. This university-museum collaboration addresses ways to change how cultural artifacts are presented to museum audiences and illuminates the significance of such collaboration for art education. (Contains 6 figures and 4 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10