Museums and the past : constructing historical consciousness
Museums and the past
Bok · Engelsk · 2017
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| Omfang | x, 299 sider : illustrasjoner i svart hvitt
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| Opplysninger | Først utgitt: 2016. - 1 Introduction: Perspectives on Museums and Historical Consciousness in Canada / Viviane Gosselin and Phaedra Livingstone ; Part 1: Programming Historical Consciousness ; 2 The Royal Ontario Museum, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Critical Public Engagement / Susan Ashley ; 3 The Voices of the Canoe Project: Weaving Together Indigenous and Western Historical Knowledge Traditions / Jill Baird and Damara Jacobs-Morris ; 4 The Torrington Gopher Hole Museum: A Model Institution / Lianne McTavish ; 5 Public Pedagogy and the Museum: The Canadian Museum of Immigration at 21, for Example / Brenda Trofanenko ; Part 2: Measuring Historical Consciousness ; 6 Changing Views? Emotional Intelligence, Registers of Engagement, and the Museum Visit / Laurajane Smith ; 7 Using Museum Resources and Mobile Technologies to Develop Teens’ Historical Thinking: Formative Evaluation of an Innovative Educational Set-up / Marie-Claude Larouche ; 8 Museums as In-Between Institutions: Can They Be Trusted? / Lon Dubinsky and Del Muise ; 9 The Concept of Historical Consciousness Applied to Museums: A Case Study of the Exhibition People of Québec ... Then and Now / Pierre-Luc Collin, Claire Cousson, and Lucie Daignault ; Part 3: Instrumentalizing Historical Consciousness ; 10 Controversy as Catalyst: Administrative Framing, Public Perception, and the Late-Twentieth-Century Exhibitionary Complex in Canada / Phaedra Livingstone ; 11 The Gift of Historical Consciousness: Museums, Art, and Poverty / Simon Knell ; 12 Museums and the Responsibility Gap / Robert R. Janes ; 13 Out of the Box and Into the Fold: Museums, Human Rights, and Changing Pedagogical Practices / Jennifer Carter ; 14 Epilogue: The Blossoming of Canadian Museology and Historical Consciousness / Phaedra Livingstone and Viviane Gosselin. - This vibrant new collection edited by Viviane Gosselin and Phaedra Livingstone explores the central role of museums as memory keepers and makers.The idea of historical consciousness – how our conception of the past shapes our sense of the present and of the future – is of growing importance for cultural institutions in North America. In the collections they assemble and the exhibitions they create, museums reinvent and reconstruct our understanding of past events. Using case studies and observations from a Canadian context, Museums and the Past considers how the modern museum fosters public perceptions of history.Bridging contemporary discussions on the relationship between historical consciousness and museum practice, the contributors reflect on the challenges, controversies, and changing technologies used in maintaining and developing museums and heritage sites as meaningful places of memory and learning. The result is an engaging and dynamic range of new perspectives on the modern museum’s narrative and pedagogical responsibilities as well as on how Canadian museums continue to shape the way we make sense of the past and of ourselves. The book contributes to the ongoing dialogue about the function of public museums in civil society in Canada and elsewhere.This book will appeal to students and scholars of museum studies and Canadian history. It will also appeal to history educators and those with an interest in the history and policies of public cultural institutions.
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| ISBN | 9780774830621 : £33.00
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