Introduction

Curation implies, in the first instance, care and responsibility for something. A tradi-

tional curator of the past century would be someone looking after a collection of valu-

able artefacts in a museum, ensuring they are kept in the best possible conditions and

maintained as appropriate, most likely also managing any new acquisitions to expand

the collection, as well as overseeing their potential display – though the aspect of

display would in no way be essential to define the curator’s role.