Museums and Communities: Diversity, Dialogue and Collaboration in an Age of Migrations

Museums and Communities: Diversity, Dialogue and Collaboration in an Age of Migrations
ISBN-10
1527526534
ISBN-13
9781527526532
Series
Museums and Communities
Category
History
Pages
399
Language
English
Published
2019-01-22
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Authors
Viv Golding, Jen Walklate

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.

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