Museums, schools and geographies of cultural value

Hooper‐Greenhill, Eilean; Phillips, Martin; Woodham, Anna

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“…However, as noted in Hooper-Greenhill et al (2009), an unexpected outcome was evidence that high proportions of such visits originated from areas classified as having high levels of social deprivation according to indices produced by the then Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) (see Figure 2). 7 In this paper we want to explore this finding further, drawing on Foucault's tri-fold conception of spatialities to first examine the geography of museums as they relate to the development of RitR, and second to explicate the distribution of school visits to hub museums.…”

Section: Ritr and Museum Spatialisationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The latter concerns linked to a series of debates about the agency, instrumentalisation, governmentality and commodification of museums and culture (Belfiore, 2002;Gray, 2008;Holden, 2004Holden, , 2006Hooper-Greenhill et al, 2009;Levitt, 2008;Newman & McLean, 2004b;O'Neill, 2008).…”

Section: Ritr and Museum Spatialisationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Silverman (2010), Munro (2013) Museum as instrument of social discipline Hooper-Greenhill (1992), Bennett (1995), Finnegan (2009) Museum as learning instrument Hooper-Greenhill et al (2009) examine the state and development of so-called 'regional museums'.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As outlined in Hooper-Greenhill (2007) and Hooper-Greenhill, Phillips, and Woodham (2009), museums have long been viewed as having an educational role, with visits to museums, for example, being considered in the UK as an activity that can be formally counted as part of school education since 1885. However, the extent to which schools and their pupils have engaged with museums is questionable, it being suggested that there has been, at least in the UK, a 'serious mismatch' between assertions about the educational value of museums and actions to realise this, throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Hooper-Greenhill et al, 2009, p. 151).…”

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Foucault and museum geographies: a case study of the English ‘Renaissance in the Regions’

Phillips

Woodham

Hooper‐Greenhill

2015

Social & Cultural Geography

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This paper explores the subject of museum geographies, focusing particularly on the development of museum policies in a changing political context. The empirical focus is the emergence and transformation of the museum programme Renaissance in the Region, which is linked to the concepts of primary, secondary and tertiary spatialisations presented by Michel Foucault. The paper discusses the development of the programme and how it transformed aspects of the primary, secondary and tertiary spatialisations of museums in England, before focusing attention on the geography of school visits to museums. The results of two extensive studies of school visits to museums in the programme suggest that large numbers of visits come from schools located in areas with high indices of multiple deprivation and income deprivation affecting children. It is argued that this social geography reflects the tertiary spatialisation of museums linked to their emergence in areas of past industrial development, although practices linked to reconfigurations of the primary and secondary spatialisation as part of the Renaissance in the Regions programme may also have played some role. The paper concludes by discussing recent changes in government policy and the degree to which the 'New Renaissance' policy may signify reductions in the social reach of museums into areas of social deprivation and exclusion.Keywords: museum geographies; Foucault; spatialisations; Renaissance in the Regions; social inclusion; deprivation Foucault et les géographies du musée: cas d'étude de la « Renaissance dans les régions » anglaise Cet article explore le sujet des géographies du musée, en mettant particulièrement l'accent sur le développement des politiques de musée dans un contexte politique changeant. L'accent empirique est mis sur l'émergence et la transformation du programme de musée Renaissance dans la Région, qui est lié aux concepts de spatialisations primaire, secondaire et tertiaire, présentés par Michel Foucault. Cet article discute du développement du programme et de la fac on dont il a transformé les aspects de spatialisation primaire, secondaire et tertiaire de musées en Angleterre, avant de se concentrer sur la géographie de visites scolaires dans les musées. Les résultats de deux études importantes de visites scolaires de musées dans le programme suggèrent que de grands nombres de visites viennent d'écoles situées dans des zones aux indices de privations et de manque de revenus élevés affectant les enfants. Il est *Corresponding author. Email: mpp2@le.ac.uk Social & Cultural Geography, 2015 Vol. 16, No. 7, 730-763, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2015 argué que cette géographie sociale reflète la spatialisation tertiaire des musées liée à leur émergence dans les secteurs d'ancien développement industriel, bien que les pratiques liées aux reconfiguations de spatialisation primaire et secondaire en tant que programme de Renaissance des Régions aient aussi pu jouer un certain rôle. L'article conclut en discutant des changements récents en politique...

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Section: Ritr and Museum Spatialisationsmentioning

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“…In analysing the impact of location on participation, we are developing from a number of recent studies which have also sought to reveal the effects of supply and proximity on participation (e.g. Brook, 2013Brook, , 2016Hooper-Greenhill, Phillips, & Woodham, 2009;Widdop & Cutts, 2012). Brook (2013) demonstrates that geographic variables (in particular accessibility) used alongside socio-demographic variables are a better predictor of attendance at Opera venues in London than using socio-demographic variables alone.…”

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Libraries and the geography of use: how does geography and asset “attractiveness” influence the local dimensions of cultural participation?

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2017

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“Not Designed for Us”: How Science Museums and Science Centers Socially Exclude Low‐Income, Minority Ethnic Groups

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This paper explores how people from low-income, minority ethnic groups perceive and experience exclusion from informal science education (ISE) institutions, such as museums and science centers. Drawing on qualitative data from four focus groups, 32 interviews, four accompanied visits to ISE institutions, and field notes, this paper presents an analysis of exclusion from science learning opportunities during visits alongside participants’ attitudes, expectations, and conclusions about participation in ISE. Participants came from four community groups in central London: a Sierra Leonean group (n = 21), a Latin American group (n = 18), a Somali group (n = 6), and an Asian group (n = 13). Using a theoretical framework based on the work of Bourdieu, the analysis suggests ISE practices were grounded in expectations about visitors’ scientific knowledge, language skills, and finances in ways that were problematic for participants and excluded them from science learning opportunities. It is argued that ISE practices reinforced participants preexisting sense that museums and science centers were “not for us.” The paper concludes with a discussion of the findings in relation to previous research on participation in ISE and the potential for developing more inclusive informal science learning opportunities.

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Museums, schools and geographies of cultural value

Cited by 14 publications

References 44 publications

Foucault and museum geographies: a case study of the English ‘Renaissance in the Regions’

Foucault and museum geographies: a case study of the English ‘Renaissance in the Regions’

Libraries and the geography of use: how does geography and asset “attractiveness” influence the local dimensions of cultural participation?

“Not Designed for Us”: How Science Museums and Science Centers Socially Exclude Low‐Income, Minority Ethnic Groups

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