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How Institutions Think: Between Contemporary Art and Curatorial Discourse
Contributor(s): O'Neill, Paul (Editor), Steeds, Lucy (Editor), Wilson, Mick (Editor)
ISBN: 0262534320     ISBN-13: 9780262534321
Publisher: MIT Press
OUR PRICE:   $31.46  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Art | Museum Studies
- Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General
- Art | Criticism & Theory
Dewey: 708
LCCN: 2017027129
Series: Mit Press
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.3" W x 11.6" (1.70 lbs) 256 pages
 
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Reflections on how institutions inform art, curatorial, educational, and research practices while they shape the world around us.

Contemporary art and curatorial work, and the institutions that house them, have often been centers of power, hierarchy, control, value, and discipline. Even the most progressive among them face the dilemma of existing as institutionalized anti-institutions. This anthology-taking its title from Mary Douglas's 1986 book, How Institutions Think-reconsiders the practices, habits, models, and rhetoric of the institution and the anti-institution in contemporary art and curating. Contributors reflect upon how institutions inform art, curatorial, educational, and research practices as much as they shape the world around us. They consider the institution as an object ofienquiry across many disciplines, including political theory, organizational science, and sociology.

Bringing together an international and multidisciplinary group of writers, How Institutions Think addresses such questions as whether institution building is still possible, feasible, or desirable; if there are emergent institutional models for progressive art and curatorial research practices; and how we can establish ethical principles and build our institutions accordingly. The first part, "Thinking via Institution," moves from the particular to the general; the second part, "Thinking about Institution," considers broader questions about the nature of institutional frameworks.

Contributors include
Natasa Petresin Bachelez, Dave Beech, M lanie Bouteloup, Nikita Yingqian Cai, Binna Choi and Annette Kraus, C line Condorelli, Pip Day, Cl mentine Deliss, Keller Easterling and Andrea Phillips, Bassam El Baroni, Charles Esche, Patricia Falgui res, Patrick D. Flores, Marina Grzinic, Stefano Harney and Fred Moten, Alhena Katsof, Emily Pethick, Sarah Pierce, Moses Serubiri, Simon Sheikh, Mick Wilson

Contributor Bio(s): O'Neill, Paul: - Paul O'Neill, an artist, curator, educator, and writer, is Artistic Director of Publics, Helsinki, and the author of The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture (MIT Press). He is coeditor of The Curatorial Conundrum: What to Study? What to Research? What to Practice? and How Institutions Think (both published by the MIT Press).Steeds, Lucy: - Lucy Steeds is Reader in Art Theory and Exhibition History at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London. She is coeditor of The Curatorial Conundrum: What to Study? What to Research? What to Practice? and How Institutions Think (both published by the MIT Press).Wilson, Mick: - Mick Wilson is an artist, educator, and researcher based in Sweden and Ireland and coeditor of The Curatorial Conundrum: What to Study? What to Research? What to Practice? and How Institutions Think (both published by the MIT Press).