Pages 38-39 of the Curiosity CLXXV catalogue

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"Objects and collections can reflect naturalisations that occur when the disciplinary perspective renders its subject matter in terms of what it deems worth looking at and how it should be looked at (Daston & Galison 2007: 23). This process has dual consequences, resulting in the honing of a specialised insider focus directed at the object and a blindness to qualities that sit outside the disciplinary frame of reference (as discussed in relation to the Drennan and Kirby collections). 'Curiosity CLXXV' drew on and challenged both these aspects by forcing objects into visual conversations outside their discipline and inviting insiders to view them in these new configurations. These curatorial strategies enabled insiders to become aware of characteristics not normally deemed important in their discipline and to identify the characteristics their discipline did deem important (their attentional subculture, in other words) in objects not studied in their field" (Liebenberg 2021: 180).

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Philosophia Botanica See all items with this value

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https://issuu.com/cca.uct/docs/curiosity_for_web

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Pippa Skotnes See all items with this value

Fritha Langerman See all items with this value

Gwen van Embden See all items with this value

Date Created

2004

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Skotnes, P., Langerman, F. & Van Embden, G. 2004. Curiosity CLXXV: A paper cabinet. Cape Town: LLAREC Series in Visual History.

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Curiosity CLXXV		Interactive Resource