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Zusatztext Williams should be applauded for his breadth of material ... His argument is an important one that I hope opens up further investigations into the sites he mentions. Informationen zum Autor Paul Williams is an Assistant Professor in Museum Studies at New York University. Klappentext The past 25 years has seen an extraordinary boom in a new kind of cultural complex: the memorial museum. These seek to research, represent, commemorate, and teach on the subject of dreadful, violent histories. With World War and Holocaust memorials as precursors, the kinds of events now recognized include genocide in Armenia, Cambodia, Rwanda, and the Balkans, state repression in Eastern Europe, apartheid in South Africa, terrorism in the US, political 'disappearances' in Chile and Argentina, massacres in China and Taiwan, and more. This book is the first of its kind to 'map' these new institutions and cultural spaces, which, although varying widely in size, style, and political situation, are nonetheless united in their desire to promote peace, tolerance, and the avoidance of future violence. Moving across nations and contexts, Memorial Museums critically analyzes the tactics of these institutions and gauges their wider public significance. Zusammenfassung Memorial museums seek to research, represent, commemorate and teach on the subject of dreadful, violent histories. This book analyzes the tactics of these institutions and gauges their public significance. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A Very Different Proposition: Introducing the Memorial Museum2. The Surviving Object: Presence and Absence in Memorial Museums3. Photographic Memory: Commemorating Calamitous Events through Images4. Rocks and Hard Places: Location and Spatiality in Memorial Museums5. A Diplomatic Assignment: The Political Fortunes of Memorial Museums6. The Memorial Museum Identity Complex: Victimhood, Culpability, and Responsibility 7. Looming Disaster: Memorial Museums and the Shaping of Historic Consciousness8. Conclusion: Fighting the Forgetful Future...
