Marta Jecu
Research project
Exodus Stations = Contemporary Art and the Ethnographic Museum =
Project summary
This research project is studying improvement of display strategies in museums of material culture (especially ethnology) towards a politically aware display – by involving artistic and creative practices that can be accessible to a large audience. The aim is to theorize and implement the contribution of artistic practice for a more analytic and efficient reception of heritage and of transmission of information in museums, which inscribes itself in the framework of de-colonising studies. The project develops a multidisciplinary approach of intellectual history and follows the implication of contemporary art for reshaping the discourse and the role of the museum in the urban cultural landscape.Based on theoretical research and case studies in six European ethnologic museums, the project will follow the way in which contemporary art can enhance museums as an active and effective agent of dissemination and critical reception of cultural patrimony.
