Posthuman Art Conservation Curriculum
Description:
At least half of the art objects in the public trust are currently in need of conservation today. In consideration of this crisis, a posthuman version of art conservation curriculum is proposed to transgress current limitations of the field. Through applying Michel Foucault's genealogy and archaeology to art conservation and its education, Anthropocentric motivations undergirding conservation are revealed. Foucault's death meditation inspires my narrativization of a fire event that incites a re…
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Date:
December 2022
Creator:
Peck, Scott Joseph
Partner:
UNT Libraries