Human rights museums : critical tensions between memory and justice / Jennifer Carter.

Main entry:

Carter, Jennifer J., 1970- author.

Title & Author:

Human rights museums : critical tensions between memory and justice / Jennifer Carter.

Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
©2023

Description:

xviii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Routledge research in museum studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"Human Rights Museums presents case studies that trace how calls for historical and social justice, and the commensurate rise of a rights regime have led to the emergence of a new museological genre: the human rights museum. Presenting innovative field research conducted in new and emerging human rights museums across Asia and Latin America, the book adopts a broad museological approach. It does so by including national and community museums, as well as public and private museological initiatives, within its purview. Drawing on in-depth case studies about museums in Taiwan, Japan, Paraguay and Colombia - all discussed within their political and cultural contexts - the book examines the paradigmatic shift that has occurred within the museum field in the wake of the larger global transformations that have shaped contemporary geopolitics over the last 50 years. The diversity of geographical and political contexts, and the attention to lesser-known institutions within the canon of English museum studies literature, presents readers with a valuable opportunity to learn more about innovative museological models in non-English-speaking and non-Western contexts. Human Rights Museums will appeal to academics, scholars and students of museum studies and related disciplines, and to museum professionals seeking to know more about the diverse and evolving roles of museums in contemporary society"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781472441171 hardcover
1472441176 hardcover
9781032228983 paperback
1032228989 paperback
electronic book
9781315596518

Subject:

Human rights Museums Social aspects.
Human rights Museums Political aspects.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Musées Aspect social.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Musées Aspect politique.

Added entries:

Routledge research in museum studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317177
Call No.: 317177
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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