The Local Museum in the Global Village - Rethinking Ideas, Functions, and Practices of Local History Museums in Rapidly Changing Diverse Communities

In remote areas of Europe, local history museums struggle to connect with the rapidly changing and increasingly diverse communities around them. Insa Müller asks how these museums can recast themselves to strengthen the links to their communities. Combining theoretical deliberations, empirical investigations of the case of two Norwegian islands and a museum experiment, she offers starting points for rethinking the local history museum, while at the same time providing suggestions for locally adapted museum practice.

About the author

Insa Müller (PhD), born in 1979, is Associate Professor at the Department of Historical Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Her research and teaching is centered on cultural heritage management and museology. She also acts as a special adviser for community dialogue at Stiklestad National Culture Centre and as a researcher at Falstadsenter.

Summary

In remote areas of Europe, local history museums struggle to connect with the rapidly changing and increasingly diverse communities around them. Insa Müller asks how these museums can recast themselves to strengthen the links to their communities. Combining theoretical deliberations, empirical investigations of the case of two Norwegian islands and a museum experiment, she offers starting points for rethinking the local history museum, while at the same time providing suggestions for locally adapted museum practice.

Product details

• Authors: Insa Müller
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2020
• EAN: 9783837651911
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-5191-1
• No. of pages: 260
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 19 mm x 227 mm
• Weight: 412 g
• Illustrations: 1 SW-Abb.
• Series: Edition Museum; Museum; Museum (COL)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Öffentliche Verwaltung, Museum, Künste, Bildende Kunst allgemein, Kulturwissenschaften, Organisationen, Museumswissenschaft, Geschichte Europas, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Education, Cultural History, Memory Culture, Sociology, Globalization, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Cultural Studies, European History, History: theory & methods, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Museology, world history, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Political activism, Communities, General & world history, Social Sciences, Colonialism & imperialism, Social Work, Museum Education, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State, Migration, immigration & emigration, auseinandersetzen, Urban & municipal planning, Local History, Public Administration, Management & management techniques, Philosophy & theory of education, History of engineering & technology, Human Geography, Urban communities, Refugees & Political Asylum, Central government policies, Regional government, Heritage Studies, Culture and institutions, Factors affecting social behavior, Social problems and services, Social processes, International migration and colonization, Groups of people, Public administration and military science, Political science (Politics and government), History, geography, and auxiliary disciplines, History, geographic treatment, biography, Museum science, Education, research, related topics of history, History of Europe, Philosophy and theory of history, Community Museology