HAPTICIVISM: ACCESSING THE HERITAGE MUSEUM

September, 2018 -

Hapticivism (haptics + activism) is a term I borrow from Louise McAlpine to account for a perspective in art making and experience that focuses on tactile dimensions.

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This approach opens up new dimensions for Open Access policies in museums, a potentiality I try to develop examining strategies put forward by curators like Amanda Cachia and artists like Carmen Papalia.

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See:

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Papalia, An Accessibility Manifesto for the Arts: https://canadianart.ca/features/access-revived/

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Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Sara Hendren, and Chun-Shan (Sandie) Yi; Round-table Visualizing Care: Design, Politics and Interdependence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otcxFf9N5a4

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Cachia, Disability, Curating, and the Educational Turn: The Contemporary Condition of Access in the Museum, OnCurating, Issue 24: https://on-curating.org/issue-24-reader/disability-curating-and-the-educational-turn-the-contemporary-condition-of-access-in-the-museum.html#.Xx1bwhMzY0o

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Cachia, The politics of creative access: Guidelines for a critical dis/ability curatorial practice: http://www.amandacachia.com/writing/politics-creative-access-guidelines-critical-disability-curatorial-practice/

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Jones, A., Seeing Differently. A history and theory of identification and the visual arts. Routledge, 2017.

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