Methods of Exhibition Analysis

Exhibitions, as constructed cultural dispositions, media of showing, and processes of social interaction, hold great interest for cultural analysis. Being able to analyze exhibitions is a skill that allows us to critically examine exhibitions as public places regarding their effects and uses, and to change them as a result. The contributors to this volume present nineteen methods of exhibition analysis from the perspective of cultural analysis, perception studies and practice-oriented work. They locate these methods in the context of their respective discourses and present them in step-by-step guidelines for hands-on application, thus providing the first compilation on exhibition analysis for research, teaching and museum practice.

About the author

Luise Reitstätter (Dr. phil.) ist Kulturwissenschaftlerin. Ihre Arbeitsfelder umfassen Praktiken der modernen und zeitgenössischen Kunst, Museums- und Ausstellungsanalysen sowie Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. Von 2017 bis 2025 leitete sie das Labor für empirische Bildwissenschaft am Institut für Kunstgeschichte der Universität Wien. Sie ist als Co-Projektleiterin im Forschungsprojekt The Museum Gaze tätig.Carla-Marinka Schorr ist Museumswissenschaftlerin. Im Rahmen ihrer Promotion entwickelte sie eine qualitative Ausstellungsanalysemethode. Sie arbeitet an der Universität Würzburg als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin und Projektmanagerin des AHRC-DFG-Forschungsprojekts Cultural Dynamics: Museums and Democracy in Motion.

Summary

Exhibitions, as constructed cultural dispositions, media of showing, and processes of social interaction, hold great interest for cultural analysis. Being able to analyze exhibitions is a skill that allows us to critically examine exhibitions as public places regarding their effects and uses, and to change them as a result. The contributors to this volume present nineteen methods of exhibition analysis from the perspective of cultural analysis, perception studies and practice-oriented work. They locate these methods in the context of their respective discourses and present them in step-by-step guidelines for hands-on application, thus providing the first compilation on exhibition analysis for research, teaching and museum practice.

Product details

• Assisted by: Luise Reitstätter (Editor), Carla-Marinka Schorr (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.10.2025
• EAN: 9783837678567
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-7856-7
• No. of pages: 250
• Illustrations: 20 SW-Abb., 50 Farbabb.
• Series: Edition Museum
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Museum, Media Studies, Cultural Management, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Theory of art, Exhibition, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Social interaction, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, ART / Criticism & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, The arts, auseinandersetzen, Management & management techniques, Central government policies, Culture and institutions, Groups of people