Thin place: an alternative approach to place-based curation

This paper emerged out of a funded interdisciplinary curatorial action research project titled ‘Thin Place,’ installed at a gallery in Wales in early 2015. The exhibition, education programme and publication explored commonalities across different fields of knowledge. In so doing it created a metaphysical thin place for visitors to experience. This case study demonstrates how the application of neo-animistic theory to curation and gallery education can transform how Place is valued. ‘Thin Place’ offered a new mode of literary and ecological knowing which increased wellbeing through a deeper sense of belonging. Given the severity of our socio-environmental situation, the relevance of this research to the cultural heritage sector has a degree of urgency