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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.
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"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)
