Exhibiting the Human/Exhibiting the Cyborg: “Who Am I?”
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Museography, Science Museum of London, Wellcome Trust
Abstract
The role of the museum in shaping our relationship to science and technology, particularly cyborgization, is illuminated by a close examination of the Who Am I permanent exhibition in the Wellcome Wing of the Science Museum of London. This innovative exhibition raises real questions both about the human-technology-science relationship but also about museography. In the context of the history and current practices of museums engaging contemporary technological developments the evidence suggest that even as the Who am I? exhibit did break somewhat from previous approaches, especially the didactic presentation of the socially useful, it has not changed the feld as a whole.Downloads
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Vackimes S. C. (2013). Exhibiting the Human/Exhibiting the Cyborg: “Who Am I?”. Teknokultura. Journal of Digital Culture and Social Movements, 10(2), 399-414. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/article/view/51904
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