Displaying Clothes: Fashion in the Museum
CSPL 289
Spring 2025
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01
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| Crosslisting:
IDEA 289, FGSS 284, SOC 279 |
What are clothes doing in the museum and why do they attract so much public attention? This course explores fashion exhibitions in history and the practice of fashion curation today, a key component of critical cultural analysis. Part curatorial workshop, part seminar, in this class students consider issues that influence professional curatorial practices through readings, discussions, and site visits. Topics include the origins of museums, museum architecture, the ethics and cultural impact of collecting and display practices, the role of dress and textile objects in art, history, and science museums, visitor experience research, and the challenges facing museums in the twenty-first century. As a group the students will work on an exhibition project, developing its organization and design, object selection and research, and accompanying texts and label writing. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS CSPL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Vänskä, Annamari and Hazel Clark, eds. Fashion Curating: Critical Practice in the Museum and Beyond. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2017. ¿
Simmons, John E. Museums: A History. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Unlimited Model, 2016. ¿
Petrov, Julia. Fashion, History, Museums: Inventing the Display of Dress, London: Bloomsbury, 2019.
McKenna-Cress, Polly. Creating Exhibitions: Collaboration in the Planning, Development, and Design of Innovative Experiences. Newark: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013.
Macdonald, Sharon, ed. A Companion to Museum Studies. Chicester: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2010.
Steele, Valerie. 'Museum Quality: The Rise of the Fashion Exhibition.' Fashion ¿Theory 12/1 (March 1, 2008): 7¿30.
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Examinations and Assignments:
: Readings, exhibition reviews, and exhibition research, development and writing |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Romano,Alexis Times: ...W... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: ALLB311; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 6 | SO: 4 | FR: X |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 0 |
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