Mobilizing the (Im)Mobile Museum Through Hybrid Curation: A Story of Hybrid Curation of Cultural Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Issued Date
2023-01-01
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2791531X
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85169015026
Journal Title
Advances in Southeast Asian Studies
Volume
16
Issue
1
Start Page
145
End Page
155
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Advances in Southeast Asian Studies Vol.16 No.1 (2023) , 145-155
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Cusripituck P., Yamabhai J. Mobilizing the (Im)Mobile Museum Through Hybrid Curation: A Story of Hybrid Curation of Cultural Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Advances in Southeast Asian Studies Vol.16 No.1 (2023) , 145-155. 155. doi:10.14764/10.ASEAS-0086 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/89630
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Mobilizing the (Im)Mobile Museum Through Hybrid Curation: A Story of Hybrid Curation of Cultural Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Abstract
This narrative research report summarizes the experiences of Vivid Ethnicity, a mobile anthropological museum of the Museum of Cultural Anthropology at Mahidol University, Thailand, during the lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2022. Although Vivid Ethnicity was rendered immobile and forced to stop travelling during the pandemic, it developed a hybrid curatorial method to stay connected and engaged with its audiences and research partners in two ethnic villages in Chiang Mai province. A key lesson of this experience is that hands-on information and communication technologies can help maintain a certain proximity with the audiences and research partners in times of physical absence. We also learned that an empathetic mindset on the part of everyone involved in the project, along with a human-centric design, are crucial components of what we call the hybrid curation of cultural practice.