ABSTRACT

This case study traces the initial investigations in developing a culturally responsive intervention in museum education and curation entitled Elusive Desires. I explore the ways in which curatorial and pedagogical work in an art museum may disrupt traditionally held notions of “Canadian art,” the archive, and belonging. Embracing an intersectional approach, I take on a queer feminist Asian diasporic lens to thinking through all aspects of the curatorial intervention, from the participating artists and the educational outreach to the community and school groups. I argue that taking on such a lens enacts curating and museum education as a social intervention that counteracts anti-Asian racism, toxic heterosexual masculinity, and settler-colonial logics that are frighteningly prevalent today.

摘要

本案例研究追溯了在博物馆教育和策展中开发一种文化响应性干预措施的初步调查，题为“难以捉摸的欲望” 。我探讨了艺术博物馆的策展和教学工作如何破坏传统上持有的“加拿大艺术”、档案和归属感的概念。采用交叉方法，我以酷儿女权主义亚洲散居者的视角思考策展干预的各个方面，从参与的艺术家和教育推广到社区和学校团体。我认为，采取这样的视角将策展和博物馆教育作为一种社会干预措施来抵消反亚洲种族主义、有毒的异性恋男子气概和如今令人恐惧地普遍存在的定居者殖民逻辑。