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Title: | Collecting pandemic phenomena : reflections on rapid response collecting and the art museum |
Authors: | Debono, Sandro |
Keywords: | Art museums -- Collection management -- Methodology Art museums -- Activity programs -- Case studies Art museums -- Curatorship COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspects |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | Sage |
Citation: | Debono, S. (2021). Collecting Pandemic Phenomena: Reflections on Rapid Response Collecting and the Art Museum. Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, 17(2), 179-185. |
Abstract: | Rapid Response Collecting has been a most apt methodology with which to document the COVID-19 pandemic for an increasing number of museums. As the phenomenon unfolded across the globe, museums searched for and head-hunted the truth-revealing objects that could tell the stories and histories of the present to current and future generations. Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic took Rapid Response Collecting to a higher level. A methodology originally conceived for a sporadic phenomenon happening within a specific context during the early years of the 21st century gained much more traction almost overnight. This paper shall make a case for a better understanding of the potential use and application of Rapid Response Collecting by art museums. It shall look into the defining values of this collections development methodology and how these can be applied and adopted when acquiring works of art. In doing so, it shall seek to understand to what extent the mainstream version of Rapid Response Collecting can be adapted for the needs, purposes and requirements of the art museum. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/107315 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEduAOCAE |
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