MeLa Research Field 01 Final Brochure: Museums & Identity in History and Contemporaneity
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| Author | Research Field 01 |
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| Publication date | March 2014 |
What are the relationships between places, peoples and identities? How
are these relationships represented in museums and how does this relate
to the experiences of visitors? Should museums’ representational practices
regarding people-place relations are changing and/or should change,
and if so how?
These are some of the questions that are investigated in Research Field 01:
Museums and Identity in History and Contemporaneity. Researchers analysed
key displays in numerous European museums as well as interviewing
staff and audiences in order to understand how and why museums develop
such displays and how visitors, including those with migrant backgrounds,
respond to them. Migration has inevitable connections with some of the
most pressing issues in European societies, such as the mobility of people,
multiculturalism, diversity, equality of opportunity and social cohesion or
division. Museums have the potential to play an important role in exploring
these issues. This research builds on existing work in museums to develop
ideas for responsible and thought-provoking practice that can have a positive
impact on society.
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