Framing by Mieke Bal
‘But, as I observed later, an interaction and experience with the practice that was the object of study was lacking in Double Exposures. This was unfortunate, because the possible convergence of academic and practical agency constitutes a great challenge. The second ‘discipline,’ if that word may be applied in this context, that my interdisciplinarity solicits is, then, not academic but practical ‘art history.’ Positing that the study of practices in art museums pertains to two disciplines, not one – that is, separating art history from its ‘natural’ affiliation with museums -constituted the primary severance that made the case studies in my earlier book inter-disciplinary. I will perform the same sever ance in this chapter by going on a field trip to better understand the object of study. The relationship between analysis and practice – first opened up, then negotiated – constitutes the area where framing might emerge as a concept that helps to define the parameters of interdisciplinarity in a radical sense.’ (Bal 2002:138)
Framing by Mieke Bal PDF (Please read pages 133-138 for next week’s session)
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