ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global, collective, traumatic experience. Trauma-aware museum educators can play a therapeutic role in helping visitors reengage with life as the world reopens. This article explores the dynamics of what a trauma-aware approach to engaging with art may be, specifically detailing methods that can create new cognitive, emotional, and sensory experiences that contradict the experiences of trauma by replacing them with sensations rooted in agency and connection. Through their experiences working at different museums, the authors outline the main principles of trauma-aware art museum education (T-AAME) as it relates to visitors: orientation (setting a supportive tone); being with one another (regulation, attunement, and responsive pacing); choice and voice; and connection. The article also discusses museum-based art therapy as it compares to art museum education to highlight the overlaps and distinctions between the two and to show that museum experiences can be therapeutic without being therapy.

摘要

COVID-19 大流行是一种全球性的、集体的、创伤性的经历。随着世界重新开放，具有创伤意识的博物馆教育工作者可以在帮助游客重新融入生活方面发挥治疗作用。本文探讨了一种具有创伤意识的艺术参与方法的动态，特别是详细介绍了可以通过用植根于代理和联系的感觉代替创伤体验来创造新的认知、情感和感官体验的方法。通过他们在不同博物馆工作的经历，作者概述了与参观者相关的创伤意识艺术博物馆教育 (T-AAME) 的主要原则：定位（设定支持基调）；彼此相处（调节、协调和响应式节奏）；选择和声音；和连接。