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Towards a children's museology: developing child-led practice in museums and cultural institutions

迈向儿童博物馆学：在博物馆和文化机构中发展儿童主导的实践

基本信息

批准号：
ES/V011235/1
负责人：
Ceciel Brouwer
金额：
$ 11.82万
依托单位：
University of Leicester
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2020 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV011235%2F1
关键词：
Towards children museology developing child

项目摘要

Over the last decade, children and young people have powerfully demonstrated their ability to shape the ways in which we think about some of the most serious challenges in the present, including climate change and human rights (Charles et. al 2018). This fundamental shift in young people's roles in public debate is accompanied by an emerging body of work that sees young people as more capable and more complex than is often assumed, a 'new sociology of childhood' (Prout 2000; 2011; Kehily 2009; Davis, Prout and Tisdall 2004). However, in museums and heritage sites, engagement with these ideas and the adoption of practices that empower children through active participation is only just beginning (Patterson 2016).As of yet, this kind of work is often limited to 'child-friendly' topics, underresourced or temporary in nature, and contained within the safe realm of museum education alone. There have been very few more substantive efforts to involve children in making decisions that shape the organisation more fundamentally. New theories and methods are needed to address issues relating to ethics, power and authenticity. The work I will undertake as part of the fellowship advances a critical practice that actively engages children within all aspects of the museum by developing new networks, generating new insights and sharing research.The monograph will provide the first in depth and rigorous study in this area, drawing on my PhD research which explored the challenges and opportunities of engaging children as experts on themselves. Taking contemporary photographs involving children as an example, the thesis revealed that the most complex images of childhood and adolescence are often seen as challenging topics for display and are commonly the subject of curatorial self-censorship. Where museums do collect, interpret and exhibit portrayals that recognise how aspects of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and class begin to affect our identity from a very young age, children's own voices have been largely excluded. Drawing on innovative case studies in the UK, US and Europe, the monograph is a collective call for museums to involve children in making decisions about the topics that matter to them and realise their potential as sites at which children can meaningfully shape their rights and representation.To take this work forward, the fellowship facilitates the development of a longer-term proposal for a collaborative research project on children's museology, bringing together a network of researchers and practitioners that have begun to experiment with strategies involving young people as shared decision-makers, co-creators and project leaders. This network will form the basis of a grant application for a 3-year postdoctoral project. Through action research with campaigning and issue-based museums, the project will demonstrate how these institutions can be sites at which child-led practice is, despite its significant challenges, embedded within everything the museum does. A key outcome will be an ethical framework for children's participation that considers the universal capacities of children, currently underacknowledged in museum practice (Mai and Gibson 2013), and recognises children's particular vulnerabilities. Both my current and future research are situated within the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) and draw on the centre's legacy of ethically shaped museum research, innovative methods for collaboration and a network of practitioners and researchers. The work of RCMG has profoundly impacted the thinking and practices of the cultural sector; the centre's studies have shown how museums are active in creating the conditions within which human rights are experienced - fought for and claimed, realised and refused - in the everyday (Sandell and Dodd 2010; Marstine et al 2015). By seeing children as a marginalised community, this project will explore new pathways to build on and enrich this body of research.

在过去十年中，儿童和年轻人已经有力地证明了他们有能力塑造我们对当前一些最严重挑战的思考方式，包括气候变化和人权（Charles et. al, 2018）。年轻人在公共辩论中的角色发生了根本性的转变，随之而来的是一种新兴的研究成果，认为年轻人比通常认为的更有能力、更复杂，这就是“新童年社会学”（Prout 2000; 2011; Kehily 2009; Davis, Prout and Tisdall 2004）。然而，在博物馆和遗产遗址中，对这些想法的参与和通过积极参与赋予儿童权力的实践才刚刚开始（Patterson 2016）。到目前为止，这类工作通常局限于“儿童友好”的主题，资源不足或临时性的，并且仅局限于博物馆教育的安全领域。很少有更实质性的努力让儿童参与制定更根本地塑造组织的决策。需要新的理论和方法来解决与道德、权力和真实性有关的问题。作为奖学金的一部分，我将开展一项重要的实践，通过发展新的网络，产生新的见解和分享研究，积极吸引儿童参与博物馆的各个方面。这本专著将在这一领域提供第一个深入而严谨的研究，借鉴我的博士研究，探讨了让儿童成为自己的专家的挑战和机遇。以涉及儿童的当代照片为例，该论文揭示了儿童和青少年最复杂的图像通常被视为具有挑战性的主题，并且通常是策展人自我审查的主题。虽然博物馆确实收集、解释和展出了一些认识到性别、性取向、种族和阶级等方面如何从很小的时候就开始影响我们的身份的画像，但儿童自己的声音在很大程度上被排除在外。这本专著借鉴了英国、美国和欧洲的创新案例研究，集体呼吁博物馆让儿童参与到对他们重要的主题的决策中来，并实现他们作为儿童可以有意义地塑造他们的权利和代表性的场所的潜力。为了推进这项工作，该奖学金促进了儿童博物馆学合作研究项目的长期提案的发展，将研究人员和实践者的网络聚集在一起，他们已经开始尝试将年轻人作为共同决策者、共同创造者和项目领导者的策略。该网络将成为3年博士后项目资助申请的基础。通过对活动和基于问题的博物馆的行动研究，该项目将展示这些机构如何成为儿童主导实践的场所，尽管存在重大挑战，但博物馆所做的一切都融入其中。一个关键的成果将是儿童参与的道德框架，考虑到儿童的普遍能力，目前在博物馆实践中未得到充分承认（Mai和Gibson 2013），并认识到儿童的特殊脆弱性。我目前和未来的研究都位于博物馆和画廊研究中心（RCMG）内，并借鉴该中心的道德塑造博物馆研究遗产，创新的合作方法以及从业者和研究人员网络。RCMG的工作深刻影响了文化领域的思维和实践；该中心的研究表明，博物馆如何积极创造条件，在日常生活中体验人权-争取和主张，实现和拒绝（Sandell和Dodd 2010； Marstine等人2015）。通过将儿童视为一个被边缘化的群体，该项目将探索建立和丰富这一研究体系的新途径。