Title: Curation as Cultural Representation: Narrative, Space, and the Construction of Meaning
Time: April 24, 2025
Venue: Room 319, Teaching Building II, Xianlin Campus, Nanjing University
Speaker: Wang Dan, Faculty Member at the School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Editor-in-Chief of ePublicArt, Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Art.
Moderator: Wu Weiyi, Associate Professor at the School of Arts, Nanjing University.
Content Summary:
This lecture examines curation through the lens of cultural studies, exploring its narrative strategies and spatial modes of expression in the presentation of culture. By analyzing specific historical contexts and curatorial practices, it investigates how exhibitions construct a display context with communication effectiveness that reframe cultural meanings, stimulate audience engagement, and guide perceptual trajectories and patterns of cultural consumption.
