Museum Objects, Health And Healing

Brenda Cowan; Ross Laird; jason Mckeown

Museum Objects, Health And Healing

dc.contributor.author	Brenda Cowan
dc.contributor.author	Ross Laird
dc.contributor.author	jason Mckeown
dc.date.accessioned	2022-02-02T08:42:03Z
dc.date.available	2022-02-02T08:42:03Z
dc.date.copyright	2020
dc.date.issued	2022-02-02
dc.description.abstract	study of the relationship between objects, health, and healing. light on the primacy of the human need for relationships with The book explores what kind of implications these relationships night have on the exhibition experience. ning museum and object studies, as well as psychotherapy and the Joy of well-being, the authors present a new theory entitled Psytherapeutic Object Dynamics, which provides a cross-disciplinary study the relationship between objects, health, and well-being. Drawing on imary 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.
dc.description.tableofcontents	List of figures IX Acknowledgments XI Introduction 1 SECTION I Our primal dialogue with objects 11 1 Ordinary portents 13 2 Object scholars and the literature 22 Guiding themes 23 3 The power of objects 54 Humanness 55 The universal 58 SECTION II The theory of psychotherapeutic object dynamics 61 4 Creation of the theory 63 BRENDA COWAN Encounters in the wild 65 Among the totems 72 renesis of the psychotherapeutic object dynamics 79 5 The theory and framework 79 Associating 81 Composing 82 Giving/receiving 83 Making 84 Releasing/unburdening 85 Synergizing 86 Touching 88 Psychotherapeutic object dynamics interrelationships 89 SECTION III Therapeutic object practices in clinical and educational settings 91 6 The wilderness within 93 JASON MCKEOWN Releasing heaviness 95/ Making and tending fire 97 /Beads, letters, and photographs 98 /ymbolic objects 101/ Natural sculptures 104 /The potential of therapeutic objects 105 7 Creativity and the true teacher 106 ROSS LAIRD Inner and outer worlds 108/ Vulnerability and care 111 /Engagement and play 112 /Facilitation and attentiveness 112/ Empowered participants 114/ Emotional safety 116 /Inward and onward 117 SECTION IV Health and healing in the museum setting 119 8 Seeing through a new lens: the empirical research 121 Criteria 121 Process and findings 124 9 The National September 11 Memorial & Museum 129/Overview of findings 130/Expressions of the dynamics 135 10 The War Childhood Museum 137 Overview of findings 137 Expressions of the dynamics 144 11 The Derby Museum and Art Gallery 149/Overview of findings 151 /Connection 152/Expressions of the dynamics 157 12 The Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) Overview of findings 162/ Expressions of the dynamics 166 SECTION V Implications for museums 171 13 The museum-wellness connection 173 Therapeutic engagement in museum settings 174 /Supporting the museum community 177/Recommendations for therapeutic organizational development 179 14 Working with trauma, grief, and related challenges 185 Trauma 185/ Understanding the mechanisms of trauma 186 /Grief and loss 189 /Shame 190/ Intentional process and design 191 /Training and competency for museum research and therapeutic activities 194 Conclusion A living presence 196 Deconstructing silos, pursuing possibilities, and finding freedom 196 /Moving onward, deeply into, and farther beyond 198 References 201 Index 211
dc.format.extent	217
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn	9781032088327
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.museumsiam.org/handle/6622252777/679
dc.publisher	Routledge Taylor & Francis Group London And Newyork
dc.subject.other	Museum Objects
dc.title	Museum Objects, Health And Healing
dc.type	Book
mods.edition	1
mods.genre	หนังสือวิชาการ