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Care/full curating: mapping hybrid curatorial practices from social distancing to digital intimacy
Thesis (PhD (Digital Culture and Media))--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/108115 Care/full curating: mapping hybrid curatorial practices from social distancing to digital intimacy Du Preez, Amanda A. shenaz.mahomed@up.ac.za Mahomed, Shenaz UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Curatorial practice Care ethics Social media Covid-19 pandemic Curating Thesis (PhD (Digital Culture and Media))--University of Pretoria, 2025. Curatorial practice coupled with the digital, applied through a care ethics framework, brings a new dimension to how we approach art exhibitions and our engagement with visual artists and audiences. This study engages with literature on care ethics in light of curatorial practice and its use of social media and digital platforms in South Africa. In this study, I argue that a hybrid strategy of curatorship unfolded due to the COVID-19 pandemic, orchestrated by care, and mediated via the digital. Due to the nature of the curatorial field – one of relation and connection between various systems, it would become the responsibility of a curator to deploy and practice meaningful modes of connection, dialogue and engagement. This study explores a primary case study of the Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria, and how their curatorial policies and practices, between the COVID-19 pandemic (2019 and 2022), reflected on “care” as an instrument in hybrid interdisciplinary curatorial practices. In doing so, this study seeks to establish the relevance of digital media in curatorial discourse, as the significance of care ethics in curatorial practices impacts the facilitation of exhibitions, physically and virtually. With communication at our fingertips and instant, the development of technologies and growing population (and therefore consumption) raise new and complex moral issues. This study suggests that a response to these new conditions can be addressed through a powerful approach to care strategies in curatorial practice. This study frames its argument around collaboration and more meaningful engagements with community and audience. Visual Arts PhD (Digital Culture and Media) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities None 2026-02-12T07:58:59Z 2026-02-12T07:58:59Z 2026-04 2025-10 Thesis * A2026 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108115 n/a en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Curatorial practice Care ethics Social media Covid-19 pandemic Curating Care/full curating: mapping hybrid curatorial practices from social distancing to digital intimacy |
| title | Care/full curating: mapping hybrid curatorial practices from social distancing to digital intimacy |
| title_full | Care/full curating: mapping hybrid curatorial practices from social distancing to digital intimacy |
| title_fullStr | Care/full curating: mapping hybrid curatorial practices from social distancing to digital intimacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Care/full curating: mapping hybrid curatorial practices from social distancing to digital intimacy |
| title_short | Care/full curating: mapping hybrid curatorial practices from social distancing to digital intimacy |
| title_sort | care full curating mapping hybrid curatorial practices from social distancing to digital intimacy |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Curatorial practice Care ethics Social media Covid-19 pandemic Curating |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108115 |