The liminal museum. An investigation of the socio-educational processes starting from architecture
The research intends to tackle the museum’s heritage through the lens of architecture, specifically that of liminal spaces. The study of liminal spaces is still underrated if not neglected in the museum’s discourse, and the role that architecture plays in enhancing visitors’ experiences is a perspec...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade de Évora
2023-11-01
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| Series: | Midas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/midas/4861 |
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| Summary: | The research intends to tackle the museum’s heritage through the lens of architecture, specifically that of liminal spaces. The study of liminal spaces is still underrated if not neglected in the museum’s discourse, and the role that architecture plays in enhancing visitors’ experiences is a perspective not profoundly examined in museum studies. Only an introductory investigation into the museum’s liminal spaces recently opened the discourse on the potentialities of this multifaced dimension. This paper intends to dwell on the potential of liminal spaces to build up commitment to the heritage discourse of the museum. To do this, the aim is to highlight how architecture design can help to accommodate social and educational processes that are determining in shaping the heritage meaning making. A comparison between identities and morphologies of the museum’s architecture is analysed by selecting six case studies through their affordances and performances at the museum’s threshold. The selection is narrowed to a specific typology of museum characterised by the coexistence of historical buildings and contemporary additions and considered relevant to the discourse. The case studies analysis showed that contemporary museums’ additions could be considered a strategic device to enhance the heritage and involve socio-educational processes in the museum-heritage meaning-making. |
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| ISSN: | 2182-9543 |