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oapen-20.500.12657-875262024-03-28T14:03:14Z Museums for Peace Apsel, Joyce Barrett, Clive Tamashiro, Roy peace museums museum studies heritage studies peace studies social justice human rights thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WT Travel and holiday::WTH Travel and holiday guides::WTHM Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLZ Museology and heritage studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTU Peace studies and conflict resolution thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities Museums for Peace: In Search of History, Memory and Change highlights the inspiring as well as conflicting representations and purposes of diverse museums for peace around the world. Coming from various cultural and professional backgrounds, the authors explore “what are museums for peace and what do they mean?” Some chapters introduce alternative histories of peace, conflict, and memorialization. This innovative collection examines grassroots museums, military sexual slavery, historical memory in East Asia, and cultural heritage in the Africanized peace museum movement. The chapters discuss differing representations of Gandhi, technology of war and opposition to it, and structural violence such as racial terror and imperialism. Investigating how institutions interact with political and cultural forces, the volume demonstrates that some museums reinforce hegemonic narratives, while others resist authoritative tropes to reveal silenced histories, including peace histories. Museums for Peace will appeal to academics and students in museum studies, heritage studies, peace studies, memory studies, social justice, and human rights. Those working in cultural studies and trauma studies will also find this volume valuable. 2024-02-06T08:59:34Z 2024-02-06T08:59:34Z 2024 book ONIX_20240206_9781003818045_5 9781003818045 9781003818137 9781003290896 9781032270012 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/87526 eng application/pdf n/a 9781003818045.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003290896 10.4324/9781003290896 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781003818045 9781003818137 9781003290896 9781032270012 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Routledge 288 Oxford [...] Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Museums for Peace: In Search of History, Memory and Change highlights the inspiring as well as conflicting representations and purposes of diverse museums for peace around the world. Coming from various cultural and professional backgrounds, the authors explore “what are museums for peace and what do they mean?” Some chapters introduce alternative histories of peace, conflict, and memorialization. This innovative collection examines grassroots museums, military sexual slavery, historical memory in East Asia, and cultural heritage in the Africanized peace museum movement. The chapters discuss differing representations of Gandhi, technology of war and opposition to it, and structural violence such as racial terror and imperialism. Investigating how institutions interact with political and cultural forces, the volume demonstrates that some museums reinforce hegemonic narratives, while others resist authoritative tropes to reveal silenced histories, including peace histories. Museums for Peace will appeal to academics and students in museum studies, heritage studies, peace studies, memory studies, social justice, and human rights. Those working in cultural studies and trauma studies will also find this volume valuable.
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