Participatory children curation: an innovative example

Abstract

This viewpoint paper shares my experience of the exhibition curated by children at Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia, entitled Junior Curators: Mysterious Realms. To delve into the challenges of children’s participation in museum curation, I explore key concepts in children’s geographies and sociologies, such as power/knowledge relations, consultation and participation, a post-human epistemology of the child, and the emerging concept of critical children’s museology. Shifting children from passive learners to active protagonists in a structuring role in museological practice contributes to museum studies by presenting a powerful and inspiring initiative for children’s participation in the curatorial process. In addition, the convergence between the unique characteristics of the museum’s space and materiality with the child’s embodied experience can generate new connections and reflections that contribute to the field of children’s geographies.

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