The idea of a human rights museum / edited by Karen Busby, Adam Muller, and Andrew Woolford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Busby, Karen, 1958- author, editor.

Muller, Adam, 1968- author, editor.

Woolford, Andrew John, 1971- author, editor.

Series:

Human rights and social justice series ; 1.

Human rights and social justice series, 2291-6024 ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Human rights--Museums--Social aspects.

Human rights.

Human rights--Museums--Political aspects.

Museum architecture.

Museum exhibits.

Museums.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

ix, 371 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Human rights museum

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2015]

Summary:

"The Idea of a Human Rights Museum is the first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Sixteen essays consider the wider political, cultural and architectural contexts within which the museum physically and conceptually evolved drawing comparisons between the CMHR and institutions elsewhere in the world that emphasize human rights and social justice. This collection brings together authors from diverse fields--law, cultural studies, museum studies, sociology, history, political science, and literature--to critically assess the potentials and pitfalls of human rights education through "ideas" museums. Accessible, engaging, and informative, the collection's essays will encourage museum-goers to think more deeply about the content of human rights exhibits."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Idea of a Human Rights Museum

Chapter 1 Grounding the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Conversation / Ken Norman Norman, Ken 27

Chapter 2 Protecting Human Rights and Preventing Genocide: The Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the Will to Intervene / A. Dirk Moses Moses, A. Dirk 40

Chapter 3 Toward Radical Transparency at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Lessons from Media Coverage during Construction / Helen Fallding Fallding, Helen 70

Chapter 4 Illusion and the Human Rights Museum / David Petrasek Petrasek, David 87

Spatialization and Design

Process Images: Designing the Canadian Museum for Human Rights 101

Chapter 5 Change of Plans: Conceptualizing Inaugural Exhibits at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Karen Busby 111

Chapter 6 Transcendence or Struggle? Top-Down and Bottom-Up Narratives of Human Rights Christopher Powell 128

Chapter 7 Engaging Machines: Experience, Empathy, and the Modern Museum / Adam Mutter Mutter, Adam, Struan Sinclair Sinclair, Struan, Andrew Woolford Woolford, Andrew 145

Curatorial Challenges

Chapter 8 Curatorial Practice and Learning from Difficult Knowledge / Angela Failler Failler, Angela, Roger I. Simon Simon, Roger I. 165

Chapter 9 Viewer Discretion: Curatorial Strategies and Consequences of Exhibition Signage / Mary Reid Reid, Mary 180

Chapter 10 Representing Agricultural Migrant Workers in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights / Armando Perla Perla, Armando 194

Chapter 11 The Museology of Human Rights / Jennifer Carter Carter, Jennifer 208

Parallels and Obligations

Chapter 12 Temporalizing History toward the Future: Representing Violence and Human Rights Violations in the Military History Museum in Dresden / Stephan Jaeger Jaeger, Stephan 229

Chapter 13 Overcoming Illiteracy in Idea-Driven Museums: A Curatorial Conundrum / George Jacob Jacob, George 247

Chapter 14 Curating Action: Comparative Genocide Exhibits and the "Call to Action" at the Kigali Memorial Centre, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Museo Memoria y Tolerancia / Amanda Grzyb Grzyb, Amanda 262

Chapter 15 What (and How) to Remember? Spaces for Memory in Post-Dictatorship Argentina / Jorge A. Nállim Nállim, Jorge A. 280

Chapter 16 Beyond Difficult Histories: First Nations, the Right to Culture, and the Obligation of Redress / Ruth B. Phillips Phillips, Ruth B. 296.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Idea of a human rights museum.

ISBN:

9780887557828

0887557821

OCLC:

908990986