Museum Objects, Health and Healing - The Relationship between Exhibitions and Wellness (Hardcover)

Museum Objects, Health and Healing provides an innovative and interdisciplinary study of the relationship between objects, health and healing. Shedding light on the primacy of the human need for relationships with objects, the book explores what kind of implications these relationships might have on the exhibition experience. Merging museum and object studies, as well as psychotherapy and the psychology of well-being, the authors present a new theory entitled Psychotherapeutic Object Dynamics, which provides a cross- disciplinary study of the relationship between objects, health and well-being. Drawing on primary research in museums, psychotherapeutic settings and professional practice throughout the US, Canada, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the UK, the book provides an overview of the theory's origins, the breadth of its practical applications on a global level, and a framework for further understanding the potency of objects in exhibitions and daily life. Museum Objects, Health and Healing will be essential reading for academics, researchers and postgraduate students interested in museum studies, material culture, mental health, psychotherapy, art therapies and anthropology. It should also be valuable reading for a wide range of practitioners, including curators, exhibition designers, psychologists, and psychotherapists.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Museum Studies
Release date:	October 2019
First published:	2020
Authors:	Brenda Cowan • Ross Laird • Jason McKeown
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	218
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-60620-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Psychological methodology > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Occupational therapy > Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama)
LSN:	1-138-60620-0
Barcode:	9781138606203

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