Collecting and Exhibiting Computer-Based Technology: Expert Curation at the Museums of the Smithsonian...

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Petrina Foti

Collecting and Exhibiting Computer-Based Technology

Expert Curation at the Museums of the Smithsonian Institution

Petrina Foti

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Routledge
15 November 2018

Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Museums & museology; Cultural studies; Computer science

Series: Routledge Research in Museum Studies

"Computer technology has transformed modern society, yet curators wishing to reflect those changes face difficult challenges in terms of both collecting and exhibiting. Collecting and Exhibiting Computer-Based Technology examines how curators at the history and technology museums of the Smithsonian Institution have met these challenges.

Focusing on the curatorial process, the book explores the ways in which curators at the institution have approached the accession and display of technological artifacts. Such collections often have comparatively few precedents, and can pose unique dilemmas. In analysing the Smithsonian’s approach, Foti takes in diverse collection case studies ranging from DNA analyzers to Herbie Hancock’s music synthesizers, from iPods to born-digital photographs, from the laptop used during the filming of the television program Sex and the City to ""Stanley"" the self-driving car. Using her proposed model of ""expert curation"", she synthesizes her findings into a more universal framework for undertanding the curatorial methods associated with computer technology and reflects on what it means to be a curator in a postdigital world.

Collecting and Exhibiting Computer-Based Technology offers a detailed analysis of curatorial practice in a relatively new field that is set to grow exponentially. It will be useful reading for curators, scholars, and students alike."

By: Petrina Foti
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 394g
ISBN: 9780815369943
ISBN 10: 0815369948
Series: Routledge Research in Museum Studies
Pages: 166
Publication Date: 15 November 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Petrina Foti is Adjunct Professor in Museum Studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology, USA. She is involved with the Oral History Collection at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, USA.