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    Framing Effects in Museum Narratives: Objectivity in Interpretation Revisited

    Bergqvist, A (2016) Framing Effects in Museum Narratives: Objectivity in Interpretation Revisited. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement, 79. pp. 295-318. ISSN 1358-2461

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    Abstract

    Museums establish specific contexts, framings, which distinguish them from viewing the world face-to-face. One striking aspect of exhibition in so-called participatory museums is that it echoes and transforms the limits of its own frame as a public space. I argue that it is a mistake to think of the meaning of an exhibit as either determined by the individual viewer's narrative or as determined by the conception as presented in the museum's ‘authoritative’ narrative. Instead I deploy the concept of a model of comparison to illuminate the philosophical significance of perspective in understanding the idea of objectivity in museum narratives.

    Item Type: Article
    Peer-reviewed: Yes
    Date Deposited: 05 Jun 2018 10:27
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
    Additional Information: This is an Author Accepted Manuscript of a paper accepted for publication in Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement, published by Cambridge University Press and copyright The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors.
    Divisions: Faculties > Arts and Humanities
    Research Centres > History Research Centre
    URI: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/620735
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1358246116000187
    ISSN 1358-2461

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