The Rise of the Therapeutic Museum by Janet Kraynak - 9781032985657

The Rise of the Therapeutic MuseumDecolonization and the Crisis of Knowledge\nAuthor(s): Janet Kraynak\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032985657, 978-1032985657\nSynopsis\nThis book considers how and why respite rooms, emotional support brochures, well-being guides, psychological consultants, and care days are becoming common features in the museum of art.\n\nKraynak poses and answers this question, arguing that under its rightful ambition to [url] to rectify past and present inequalities the museum of the Global North is gradually replacing a commitment to knowledge, teaching, and learning with a focus upon care, healing, and well-being (the therapeutic). While this transformation might appear, on the surface, benign, culturally familiar, and politically desirable, the author counters these presumptions, probing the history and implications of the therapeutic museum. Here, curatorial attention shifts away from .