Participative Strategies in Collecting the Present

Museums need to find answers to what it means to be part of a participative culture, a culture in which members believe that their contributions matter and feel some degree of social connection with one another. In documenting contemporary culture, participative projects add new perspectives to collections. At the same time they provide participants with a better understanding of the specificity of museum work. This better understanding fosters people's sense of ownership in a museum. Yet, the participative method of collecting is not uncontested. It may question the autonomy and authority of the museum professional, involving a redefinition of the professional as an external expert acknowledging the expert knowledge of the individual and the community itself.

About the author

Elisabeth Tietmeyer, Dr. phil., Stellvertretende Direktorin des Museums Europäischer Kulturen Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Arbeits-/Forschungsschwerpunkte: Mobilität/Migration, ethnische Minderheiten, materielle Kultur Regionale Spezialisierung: Nord- und Osteuropa, Ostafrika Dissertation im Fach Ethnologie: Gynaegamie [Frauen/Frauen-Heirat] im Wandel. Die Agikúyú in Kenia zwischen Anpassung und Tradition .

Product details

• Assisted by: Léontine Meijer-van Mensch (Editor), Elisabeth Tietmeyer (Editor)
• Publisher: Panama Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2013
• EAN: 9783938714287
• ISBN: 978-3-938714-28-7
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 233 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 260 g
• Illustrations: 1
• Series: Berliner Blätter; Berliner Blätter
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science