Challenging History in the Museum explores work with difficult,
contested and sensitive heritages in a range of museum contexts. It
is based on the Challenging History project, which brings together
a wide range of heritage professionals, practitioners and academics
to explore heritage and museum learning programmes in relation to
difficult and controversial subjects. The book is divided into four
sections. Part I, 'The Emotional Museum' examines the balance
between empathic and emotional engagement and an objective,
rational understanding of 'history'. Part II, 'Challenging
Collaborations' explores the opportunities and pitfalls associated
with collective, inclusive representations of our heritage. Part
III, 'Ethics, Ownership, Identity' questions who is best-qualified
to identify, represent and 'own' these histories. It challenges the
concept of ownership and personal identification as a prerequisite
to understanding, and investigates the ideas and controversies
surrounding this premise. Part IV, 'Teaching Challenging History'
helps us to explore the ethics and complexities of how challenging
histories are taught. The book draws on work countries around the
world including Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, England, Germany, Japan,
Northern Ireland, Norway, Scotland, South Africa, Spain and USA and
crosses a number of disciplines: Museum and Heritage Studies,
Cultural Policy Studies, Performance Studies, Media Studies and
Critical Theory Studies. It will also be of interest to scholars of
Cultural History and Art History.
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