Evolving Feminist Curatorial Practice
- Submitting institution
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The University of Manchester
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 185712344
- Type
- T - Other
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- Brief description of type
- A collection of critical work
- Open access status
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- Month
- July
- Year
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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A - SALC
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- In ‘Evolving Feminist Curatorial Practice’ (2014-2019) Ashton explored the potential role of feminist curatorial practices in challenging existing gender inequalities within the arts and heritage sectors. Funded by a number of sources including ACE, Wellcome ISSF, the Heritage Fund and the National Trust, Ashton’s research was divided into two projects – ‘Feminist Practices in Arts and Heritage’ (2014-2018) and ‘The Travelling Heritage Bureau of International Women Artists (THB)’ (2017-2019). These facilitated the bringing together of 250 artists, curators, archivists, technologists, community groups, activists, and 60 international organisations. This multi-component output evidences a range of outcomes from the research including a documentary film, publications and documentation of socially engaged practice-as-research.
The research questions considered how to define feminist curatorial and archiving practice, what practices and spaces emerge as a result of feminist curatorial practice, and whether feminist curatorial and archiving approaches and interventions might lead to increased equity and social action.
Artists and participants collaborated on a number of projects including workshops, such as the event at HOME (Manchester, 2016) in which participants considered how the mechanisms and the content of the archive can be unravelled, and exhibitions, underpinned by the research questions noted above, under the aegis of ‘The Travelling Heritage Bureau’, a supportive network with and for international women artists.
‘Evolving Feminist Curatorial Practice’ emerged from the context of contemporary museum exhibition and archiving practices with a specific focus on the processes of collecting, learning, interpretation and engagement. It responded to wider socio-political challenges surrounding women’s rights through an analysis of feminist actions and interventions.
The project resulted in the development of action- and equalities-based curatorial and archival models; identification of barriers, and of the opportunities and needs of women creatives; identification of and reflection on international feminist museum practice; establishing BAME women-led studio and gallery spaces.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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