Health, fun and ontonorms: museums promoting health and physical activity
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Health, fun and ontonorms: museums promoting health and physical activity. / Bønnelycke, Julie; Grabowski, Dan; Christensen, Julie Hellesøe; Bentsen, Peter; Jespersen, Astrid Pernille.
In: Museum Management and Curatorship, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2021, p. 286-302.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Health, fun and ontonorms: museums promoting health and physical activity
AU - Bønnelycke, Julie
AU - Grabowski, Dan
AU - Christensen, Julie Hellesøe
AU - Bentsen, Peter
AU - Jespersen, Astrid Pernille
N1 - (Ekstern)
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Recent years have seen an increase in health-related activities and exhibitions, as a rising number of museums are addressing global public health challenges. Museums have been identified as promising actors for the promotion of health and the communication of health knowledge, as they have the ability to provide meaningful and relevant learning experiences. However, we argue that the turn to health in museums risks the enactment of knowledge deficits in the audiences, with museums acting as health authorities, providing ‘correct answers’ and prescriptions for action, rather than being fora for the discussion of health as a socio-scientific issue and everyday experience. Employing the concepts of logic of care and onto norms from Annemarie Mol, and based on qualitative studies of three cases of health-promoting exhibitions, we discuss the implications of health promotion situated in a museum setting, and how museums can work to address health in a situated and careful manner.
AB - Recent years have seen an increase in health-related activities and exhibitions, as a rising number of museums are addressing global public health challenges. Museums have been identified as promising actors for the promotion of health and the communication of health knowledge, as they have the ability to provide meaningful and relevant learning experiences. However, we argue that the turn to health in museums risks the enactment of knowledge deficits in the audiences, with museums acting as health authorities, providing ‘correct answers’ and prescriptions for action, rather than being fora for the discussion of health as a socio-scientific issue and everyday experience. Employing the concepts of logic of care and onto norms from Annemarie Mol, and based on qualitative studies of three cases of health-promoting exhibitions, we discuss the implications of health promotion situated in a museum setting, and how museums can work to address health in a situated and careful manner.
KW - Exhibitions
KW - Health promotion
KW - Learning designs
KW - Logic of choice
KW - Museums and science centres
KW - Physical activity
U2 - 10.1080/09647775.2020.1723132
DO - 10.1080/09647775.2020.1723132
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85079068065
VL - 36
SP - 286
EP - 302
JO - Museum Management and Curatorship
JF - Museum Management and Curatorship
SN - 0964-7775
IS - 3
ER -
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