Museum objects, health and healing : the relationship between exhibitions and wellness /
Cowan, Brenda,
Museum objects, health and healing : the relationship between exhibitions and wellness / Brenda Cowan, Ross Laird and Jason McKeown. - 1 online resource. - Routledge research in museum studies .
"Museum Objects, Health and Healing provides an innovative and interdisciplinary study of the relationship between objects, health and healing. Shedding light on the primacy of the human need for relationships with objects, the book explores what kind of implications these relationships might have on the exhibition experience. Merging museum and object studies, as well as psychotherapy and the psychology of well-being, the authors present a new theory entitled Psychotherapeutic Object Dynamics, which provides a cross- disciplinary study of the relationship between objects, health and well-being. Drawing on primary research in museums, psychotherapeutic settings and professional practice throughout the US, Canada, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the UK, the book provides an overview of the theory's origins, the breadth of its practical applications on a global level, and a framework for further understanding the potency of objects in exhibitions and daily life. Museum Objects, Health and Healing will be essential reading for academics, researchers and postgraduate students interested in museum studies, material culture, mental health, psychotherapy, art therapies and anthropology. It should also be valuable reading for a wide range of practitioners, including curators, exhibition designers, psychologists, and psychotherapists"--
9780429467813 0429467818 9780429885747 0429885741 9780429885761 0429885768 9780429885754 042988575X
Art therapy--Methodology.
Museum exhibits--Psychological aspects.
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General
PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health
RC489.A7
616.89/1656
Museum objects, health and healing : the relationship between exhibitions and wellness / Brenda Cowan, Ross Laird and Jason McKeown. - 1 online resource. - Routledge research in museum studies .
"Museum Objects, Health and Healing provides an innovative and interdisciplinary study of the relationship between objects, health and healing. Shedding light on the primacy of the human need for relationships with objects, the book explores what kind of implications these relationships might have on the exhibition experience. Merging museum and object studies, as well as psychotherapy and the psychology of well-being, the authors present a new theory entitled Psychotherapeutic Object Dynamics, which provides a cross- disciplinary study of the relationship between objects, health and well-being. Drawing on primary research in museums, psychotherapeutic settings and professional practice throughout the US, Canada, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the UK, the book provides an overview of the theory's origins, the breadth of its practical applications on a global level, and a framework for further understanding the potency of objects in exhibitions and daily life. Museum Objects, Health and Healing will be essential reading for academics, researchers and postgraduate students interested in museum studies, material culture, mental health, psychotherapy, art therapies and anthropology. It should also be valuable reading for a wide range of practitioners, including curators, exhibition designers, psychologists, and psychotherapists"--
9780429467813 0429467818 9780429885747 0429885741 9780429885761 0429885768 9780429885754 042988575X
Art therapy--Methodology.
Museum exhibits--Psychological aspects.
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General
PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health
RC489.A7
616.89/1656