Museums, Narratives, and Critical Histories: Narrating the Past for the Present and Future

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Kerstin Barndt Stephan Jaeger

Museums, Narratives, and Critical Histories

Narrating the Past for the Present and Future

Kerstin Barndt, Stephan Jaeger

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De Gruyter
04 March 2024

Conservation, restoration & care of artworks; Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: general; Cultural studies; Media studies

Series: Museums and Narrative

In response to systemic racism and institutions’ implications in histories of colonialism, nationalism, and exclusion, museum curators have embraced new ways of storytelling to face entangled memories and histories. Critical museum practices have consciously sought to unsettle established forms of representation, break with linear narratives of progress, and experiment with new modes of multivocal, multimedia, and subjective storytelling. The volume features analyses of narratives and narration in museums and heritage institutions today, as well as visions for future museum practices on a local, regional, national, transnational, and global scale. It is divided into three sections: Narrative Theory and Temporality, Ruptures and Repair, and Difficult Memories and Histories. Essays from a variety of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences examine museum practices in history, memorial, anthropological, and art museums across six continents. They develop narratological categories, reflect on immersive and virtual narratives, challenge colonial violence and hegemonic forms of representation, query the performance of heritage, parse exhibition design, and unearth techniques to express narratives of social justice.

Edited by: Kerstin Barndt, Stephan Jaeger
Imprint: De Gruyter
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 648g
ISBN: 9783110787405
ISBN 10: 3110787407
Series: Museums and Narrative
Pages: 367
Publication Date: 04 March 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stephan Jaeger, University of Manitoba, Canada; Kerstin Barndt, University of Michigan, USA.

Reviews for Museums, Narratives, and Critical Histories: Narrating the Past for the Present and Future

""Der vorliegende erste Sammelband der neuen Reihe bietet aber zugleich einen beeindruckenden Einblick in die vielen aktuellen Herausforderungen für Museen, Gedenkstätten sowie heritage sites und präsentiert sowohl spannende als auch innovative Konzepte. Mit ""Museums, Narratives, and Critical Histories"" geben Kerstin Barndt und Stephan Jaeger einen bunt schillernden Vorgeschmack auf die methodische, theoretische, inhaltliche und globale Vielfalt dessen, was man in weiteren Bänden erwarten kann. Andreas Etges in: H-Soz-Kult, http: //www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-142717 (21.10.2024)