‘Inspired to be Creative?’: ‘Persons’, ‘objects’ and the public pedagogy of museums

Shari Sabeti

doi:10.1111/aeq.12094

‘Inspired to be Creative?’: ‘Persons’, ‘objects’ and the public pedagogy of museums

Shari Sabeti

Moray House School of Education and Sport

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Abstract

This paper explores an enactment of public pedagogy through the ethnographic study of one museum creative writing class. It questions a theory of creativity that insists it is the properties of objects on display that inspire individuals. On the contrary, I argue that the flows of agency identified by the subjects themselves suggest creativity is multidirectional and that inspiration lies, not in the objects, but in the ‘persons’ with whom those objects are shared.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-128
Journal	Anthropology & Education Quarterly
Volume	46
Issue number	2
Early online date	27 Apr 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12094
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2015

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museum education
creativity
public pedagogy
United Kingdom

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© Sabeti, S. (2015). ‘Inspired to be Creative?’: ‘persons’, ‘objects’ and the public pedagogy of museums.Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 46(2).
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Creativity and Learning in Later Life: An Ethnography of Museum Education
Sabeti, S., 7 Nov 2017, 1 ed. London: Routledge. 196 p. (Routledge Research in Education)
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