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Expanding the boundaries of museum studies: Popular education through engagement with hidden histories of organising and activism

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: This article shares a descriptive case study of a popular education project entitled Alternative Tours UIC (ALTourUIC) that took place during a graduate course in the Museum and Exhibition Studies Programme at University of Illinois at Chicago. The educational activities created by the students included a map locating historically rich areas of campus, guided and self-guided tours, and social media spaces inviting participants to contribute stories of campus-based activism. The aims were to make visible marginalised and suppressed histories of activism and organising by members of the campus community at University of Illinois at Chicago. Importantly, this article offers a model of popular education that we recommend be taken up by museums to create greater awareness of frequently unknown and ignored histories and actively engage students in critical learning and investigation.

Source: Journal of Adult and Continuing Education

DOI: 10.1177/1477971416672326

Authors: Emese R Toth, Sandy Guttman, Andie Kimura, Therese Quinn

Institution: University of Illinois Chicago

Language: English

Topic: Museums and Cultural Heritage

Subfield: Museology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2528040349

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Cites: 23

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10