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| Id | 703 | |
| Author | Konrath S. | |
| Title | Museums as Weavers of the Invisible Strings that Connect us | |
| Reference | Konrath S.; Museums as Weavers of the Invisible Strings that Connect us ;Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association vol:68 issue: 4.0 page:327 |
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| Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074570727&doi=10.1080%2f24750158.2019.1670772&partnerID=40&md5=8cb740c924fa98c9feda6e02ce309eda |
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| Abstract | This paper reviews the scientific research literature on changes over time in social connection and self-focus in the United States. It discusses the implications of these changes for the need for meaning, and in terms of mental health trends in the US. It then suggests that art museums can play a critical role in helping communities re-connect, by reenvisioning their roles as meaning makers in atime when people’s existential needs are threatened. It ends by providing specific suggestions that art museums can try to re-connect people in their communities. © 2019, © 2019 Sara Konrath. |
It then suggests that art museums can play a critical role in helping communities re-connect, by reenvisioning their roles as meaning makers in atime when peoples existential needs are threatened. Art museums can be negative spaces that draw sharp lines between those who belong and those who do not. Art museums could not exist without artists and artists voices should be included at all levels of the institution. Art museums generally do not feel this way but Klinenbergs book persuasively argues that we can address declines in social connection by mindfully making such institutions more welcoming and this in turn will make our communities more resilient. Art museums need to be mindful of their role as postmodern temples of meaning.
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