Learning about dentistry: enacting problems at the Wellcome Collection exhibition ‘Teeth’

Claire Dungey; Neil Stephens

doi:10.22323/2.17030603

Learning about dentistry: enacting problems at the Wellcome Collection exhibition ‘Teeth’

Claire Dungey, Neil Stephens

School of Art and Media

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We review how the Wellcome Collection exhibition ‘Teeth’ enacts meanings from an educational anthropology and Science and Technology Studies perspective. The exhibition tells the history of dental science. It starts with accounts of the painful procedures and social inequalities of early oral healthcare. As it moves towards the present day it shows improved scientific knowledge, tools and public health promotion, and closes with current sophisticated technologies and practices. However it underrepresents contemporary social inequalities. We conclude that science communication exhibition curators should strive to represent the problems of today as well as those of the past.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Journal	JCOM: Journal of Science Communication
Volume	17
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22323/2.17030603
Publication status	Published - 19 Sept 2018

Keywords

Health communication
Public understanding of science and technology
Science centres and museums

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