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Conference Paper: An art therapy study of visitor reactions to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum experience
| Title | An art therapy study of visitor reactions to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum experience |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2012 |
| Publisher | American Art Therapy Association. |
| Citation | The 43rd Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA 2012), Savannah, GA., 9-13 July 2012. How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Museums are increasingly recognizing their responsibility to society as “agents of well-being and as vehicles for social change” (Silverman, 2010, pp. 2-3). Museums “enrich the quality of individual lives” (Weil, 1999, p. 255), are socially responsible (Gurian 1988; Janes & Conaty, 2005; Sandell, 2002), “providers of services to our communities” (Anderson, 1994, p. 3), and address issues of social justice (O’Neill, 2006). The viewing audience in a museum has a role in altering society (Potash, 2011; Potash & Ho, 2011). Museums can promote this by showing audiences how bystander effects lead to unintentional discrimination, and encourage pro-social action by collaborating with experts in other fields, including art therapists … |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/177545 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Betts, D | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Potash, J | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-18T05:21:42Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2012-12-18T05:21:42Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 43rd Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA 2012), Savannah, GA., 9-13 July 2012. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/177545 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Museums are increasingly recognizing their responsibility to society as “agents of well-being and as vehicles for social change” (Silverman, 2010, pp. 2-3). Museums “enrich the quality of individual lives” (Weil, 1999, p. 255), are socially responsible (Gurian 1988; Janes & Conaty, 2005; Sandell, 2002), “providers of services to our communities” (Anderson, 1994, p. 3), and address issues of social justice (O’Neill, 2006). The viewing audience in a museum has a role in altering society (Potash, 2011; Potash & Ho, 2011). Museums can promote this by showing audiences how bystander effects lead to unintentional discrimination, and encourage pro-social action by collaborating with experts in other fields, including art therapists … | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | American Art Therapy Association. | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 43rd Annual American Art Therapy Conference, AATA 2012 | en_US |
| dc.title | An art therapy study of visitor reactions to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum experience | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Potash, J: jspotash@hku.hk | - |
| dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 205602 | en_US |
| dc.publisher.place | United States | - |