curate
curate – verbo
curator – sostantivo
There are curated playlists in all subjects to help you decide what videos to watch first.
Plan your trip to Paris with curated travel content on 50 Things You Need to Eat in Paris Before You Die.
We have a highly curated selection of home building & improvement products, materials, and technologies.
Jamie has been guest curator at Lovebytes International Digital Arts Festival.
Una volta la parola curator indicava esclusivamente la figura professionale che si occupa di musei e mostre d’arte, ma oggigiorno il campo dell’oggetto della progettazione e organizzazione si è ampliato fino a comprendere festival, eventi e album ma anche video, playlist, libri e film; database e app, mobili e capi d’abbigliamento, cibi e bevande: in pratica tutto ciò che possiamo consumare può essere curated, selezionato e pronto per l’uso. Il motivo dietro questo fenomeno è in parte da ricercare nel fatto che il verbo curate sottintende un livello di competenza, cura e attenzione superiore rispetto a choose o select, ed è dunque lusinghiero per il fruitore del prodotto, artistico o meno. E infatti gli avverbi qualificativi del verbo sono di solito expertly, thoughtfully, carefully, meticulously e lovingly.
Origini del termine
Quest’accezione di curate risale agli anni 1980, quando fu usata per riferirsi a rappresentazioni teatrali e altri eventi simili, e si è ulteriormente estesa con l’avvento del digitale.
Traduzione di Loredana Riu
curate – verb
curator – noun
There are curated playlists in all subjects to help you decide what videos to watch first.
Plan your trip to Paris with curated travel content on 50 Things You Need to Eat in Paris Before You Die.
We have a highly curated selection of home building & improvement products, materials, and technologies.
Jamie has been guest curator at Lovebytes International Digital Arts Festival.
There was a time when curators were people who worked in art galleries and museums, and the only things that were curated were museum collections and exhibitions. Over the past years their meanings have expanded greatly. Performances, festivals and albums are also curated, and the meaning has been further extended to any type of content, from videos, games and playlists to blog posts, books and films. Databases and apps can be curated, as can clothes, furniture, items of food and drink. In short, almost anything that can be consumed physically or mentally can be curated: selected and packaged for public consumption by someone who has the time, skills and inclination to do so. Part of the reason for this expansion in use seems to be that curate implies a higher level of expertise and care on the part of the person doing the choosing than choose or select, and is therefore also flattering to the person doing the consuming. This is confirmed by the adverbs that tend to qualify the verb, which include expertly, thoughtfully, carefully, meticulously and lovingly.
Origin
The extended meaning of curate first appeared in the early 1980s when it was used to refer to theatrical and other performances. Its use has expanded greatly alongside the expansion of the digital world.
