Museums and Communities: Diversity, Dialogue and Collaboration in an Age of Migrations
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| Title: | Museums and Communities: Diversity, Dialogue and Collaboration in an Age of Migrations |
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| Description: | This volume presents seventeen essays critically reflecting on the collaborative work of the contemporary ethnographic museum with diverse communities. It invites the reader to think about the roles and values of museums internationally, particularly the wide range of creative approaches that can progress dialogue and intercultural understanding in an age of migration that is marked by division and distrust. Against a troubling global background of prejudice and misunderstanding, where elections are increasingly returning right-wing governments, this timely book considers the power of an inclusive and transformative museum space, specifically the movements from static sites where knowledge is transmitted to passive audiences towards potential contact zones where diverse community voices and visibilities are raised and new knowledge(s) actively constructed. |
| Authors: | Viv Golding, Editor, Jen Walklate, Editor |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Cooperation, Community life, Museums--Social aspects, Museums--Collection management, Museum curators |
| Categories: | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, REFERENCE / General, TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This volume presents seventeen essays critically reflecting on the collaborative work of the contemporary ethnographic museum with diverse communities. It invites the reader to think about the roles and values of museums internationally, particularly the wide range of creative approaches that can progress dialogue and intercultural understanding in an age of migration that is marked by division and distrust. Against a troubling global background of prejudice and misunderstanding, where elections are increasingly returning right-wing governments, this timely book considers the power of an inclusive and transformative museum space, specifically the movements from static sites where knowledge is transmitted to passive audiences towards potential contact zones where diverse community voices and visibilities are raised and new knowledge(s) actively constructed. |
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| ISBN: | 9781527516083 9781527526532 |
