Full Description
The imperatives surrounding museum representations of place have shifted from the late eighteenth century to today. The political significance of place itself has changed and continues to change at all scales, from local, civic, regional to national and supranational. At the same time, changes in population flows, migration patterns and demographic movement now underscore both cultural and political practice, be it in the accommodation of 'diversity' in cultural and social policy, scholarly explorations of hybridity or in state immigration controls. This book investigates the historical and contemporary relationships between museums, places and identities. It brings together contributions from international scholars, academics, practitioners from museums and public institutions, policymakers, and representatives of associations and migrant communities to explore all these issues.
Contents
Introduction; 1: Place, Identity and Migration and European Museums; 2: From Migration to Diversity and Beyond; 3: Re-Placing Europe; 4: Walking the Tightrope between Memory and Diplomacy? Addressing the Post-Second World War Expulsions of Germans in German Museums; 5: The Theme of Migration as a Tool for Deconstructing and Reconstructing Identities in Museums; 6: Negotiating Place, Heritage and Diversity; 7: Destination Tyneside - Stories of Belonging; 8: From Multiculturalism to (Super)diversity; 9: Migrant Memories on Display; 10: Constitutive Others and the Management of Difference; 11: Identity, Complexity, Immigration
