Academic Catalog 2024-2025
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HART407 Curatorship and Art Historiography 3cr The expertise in the fields of art, history of
art, archaeology, anthropology, science, and/or
classics enable curators to perform their
broad-ranging, multifaceted jobs as
specialists/scholars, conservators & managers &
archivists of material & digital museum
collections, monitors of archeological work &
contract, connoisseurs of artworks and cultural
products, interpreters of cultural (& natural)
heritage, producers and designers of actual &
virtual exhibitions, organizers of symposia,
authors / editors / publishers of scholarly and
popular catalogs / books / websites, and
ambassadors of cultures. Some even regard
curating as a medium of artistic practice. Very
often, curators’ work is interactively engaging
and entangled with the important sociopolitical,
and ethical & legal issues of our society,
inviting experts and the public with different
perspectives to participate the dynamic culture
of curating and to scrutinize, debate, and
reflect on our views, actions, and policies. The
roles of curators evolve alongside the evolving
scholarship, the changing technology, and the
roles of museums. This seminar is to discuss the
interrelationships between curatorship and art
historiography.
Prerequisites: HART 100 and any 200 or 300 level HART course.
Seminar
Instructor’s Discretion
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