Pursuing Wellness Museums & Social Issues 5:2 Thematic Issue

First published in 2010 as a volume of Museums and Social Issues, A Journal of Reflective Discourse as Volume 5, number 2. What does wellness really mean? How do we enjoy the experience of being well or honor good health? What does it take to Pro-actively court the most positive potential for your future self? Health is one of the pressing topics of our age. This issue sets out to look at how museums create public value by bringing health issues to the fore.

1.Introduction: Possible Selves in HealthJudy Koke and John Fraser2.Creating a Wellness CultureDavid Roland3.Using Provocative Questions to Address Societal Health IssuesElizabeth Kunz Kollman, Christine Reich, Larry Bell, Juli Goss4.Does Viewing Art in the Museum Reduce Anxiety and Improve Wellbeing?Jennifer Binnie5.Conceptions of Health and Wellness in Two Chicago NeighborhoodsRosa Cabrera and Ruth Gomberg-Munoz6.Two Art Museum Programs for People with DementiaAmir Parsa, Laurel Humble, and Courtney Gerber7.Accessible Wellness Workshops at the Philadelphia Museum of ArtJanice Merendino and Marissa A. Clark8.The Creative Art of Medical Inquiry: A Visual Literacy Program for Family Medicine ResidentsJoyce Zazulak, Karen Scott Booth, David Price, and Carol PodedwornyCase Studies9.Heart SmartDiscussed by Patrice G. Saab, Sean Duran, Judith R. McCalla, Judy A. Brown, L ucia E. Williams10.The Amazing Incredible YOU in Expedition HealthDiscussed by Nicole L. Garneau and Brian Hostetler11.The Healing Power of Art: Work of art by Haitian childrenDiscussed by Deborah StokesReviews and Resources12.Exhibit Review: Object StoriesReviewed by Jeanine Ancelet, Sharisse Butler and Angie Ong13.Resources for Pursuing WellnessJackie Armstrong

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