Museums and the past : constructing historical consciousness / edited by Viviane Gosselin and Phaedra Livingstone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gosselin, Viviane, editor.

Livingstone, Phaedra, 1969- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Canada.

Museums.

Collective memory--Canada.

Collective memory.

Museum techniques--Canada.

Museum techniques.

Canada.

Physical Description:

x, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2016]

Summary:

This vibrant new collection edited by Viviane Gosselin and Phaedra Livingstone explores the central role of museums as memory keepers and makers. The idea of historical consciousness - how our conception of the past informs our sense of the present and the future - is of growing importance for cultural institutions in North American. Using case studies and observations that emerge from a Canadian context, Museums and the Past consider how the modern museum fosters public perceptions of history. Contributors focus on the relationship between histiorical consciousness and museum practice and reflect on the challenges of transforming museums into dynamic civic labs and meaningful places of memory and learning. The result is an engaging range of perspectives on the contemporary museum's pedagogical and ethical responsibilities. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Perspectives on Museums and Historical Consciousness in Canada / Vivlane Gosselin Gosselin, Vivlane, Phaedra Livingstone Livingstone, Phaedra 3

Part 1 Programming Historical Consciousness

2 The Royal Ontario Museum, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Critical Public Engagement / Susan Ashley Ashley, Susan 21

3 The Voices of the Canoe Project: Weaving Together Indigenous and Western Historical Knowledge Traditions / Jill Baird Baird, Jill, Damara Jacobs-Morris Jacobs-Morris, Damara 39

4 The Torrington Gopher Hole Museum: A Model Institution / Lianne McTavish McTavish, Lianne 60

5 Public Pedagogy and the Museum: The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, for Example / Brenda Trofanenko Trofanenko, Brenda 78

Part 2 Measuring Historical Consciousness

6 Changing Views? Emotional Intelligence, Registers of Engagement, and the Museum Visit / Laurajane Smith Smith, Laurajane 101

7 Using Museum Resources and Mobile Technologies to Develop Teens' Historical Thinking: Formative Evaluation of an Innovative Educational Set-Up / Marie-Claude Larouche Larouche, Marie-Claude 122

8 Museums as In-Between Institutions: Can They Be Trusted? / Lon Dubinsky Dubinsky, Lon, Del Muise Muise, Del 142

9 The Concept of Historical Consciousness Applied to Museums: A Case Study of the Exhibition People of Quebec... Then and Now / Pierre-Luc Collin Collin, Pierre-Luc, Claire Cousson Cousson, Claire, Lucie Daignault Daignault, Lucie 162

Part 3 Instrumentalizing Historical Consciousness

10 Controversy as Catalyst: Administrative Framing, Public Perception, and the Late-Twentieth-Century Exhibitionary Complex in Canada / Phaedra Livingstone Livingstone, Phaedra 181

11 The Gift of Historical Consciousness: Museums, Art, and Poverty / Simon Knell Knell, Simon 206

12 Museums and the Responsibility Gap / Robert R. Janes Janes, Robert R. 223

13 Out of the Box and into the Fold: Museums, Human Rights, and Changing Pedagogical Practices / Jennifer Carter Carter, Jennifer 243

14 Epilogue: Tire Blossoming of Canadian Museology and Historical Consciousness / Phaedra Livingstone Livingstone, Phaedra, Viviane Gosselin Gosselin, Viviane 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Museums and the past.

ISBN:

9780774830614

0774830611

OCLC:

933273603