Politics of Urban Participation

  • From the Right to the City to the Right to the Museum
Article in Journal With Citation Index (Peer Reviewed)

Authors

Florian Bettel , Luise Reitstätter

Location, Date

Bristol, England, Vereinigtes Königreich, 30 September 2025

Keywords

Cultural Studies, Cultural History, Science of History, Curator, Urban History, Ausstellungen, Protest, Museum Education, Museen, Wien, Fine Arts, Art History

ISBN/ISSN/ISMN, DOI

ISBN/ISSN/ISMN:
20455836
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1386/jcs_00116_1

URL

https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-curatorial-studies

Abstract

Building from “Right to the City” movements, the article addresses the “Right to the Museum” framework, aiming for urban participation within curatorial, artistic and community-based strategies. The case study traces the genesis of the Wien Museum from a historical bourgeois institution to a contemporary city museum with a spotlight on the year 2015. In addition to an architectural competition, that year was marked by debates on how the museum should incorporate the diverse lived realities of citizens into its programming. Based on documents and interviews, the frictions of urban participation in everyday museum practice are discussed and related to recent museum developments.

Volume/Issue, Pages

14/1, 32–54

Language, Format, Material, Edition

English, PDF

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Published By: Florian Bettel | Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien | Publication Date: 07 October 2025, 07:12 | Edit Date: 08 October 2025, 09:33