Interpreting difficult history at museums and historic sites / Julia Rose.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Rose, Julia, author.

Series:

• Interpreting history
• Interpreting history ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• History--Study and teaching--Psychological aspects.
• History--Study and teaching--Moral and ethical aspects.
• Historical museums--Interpretive programs--Moral and ethical aspects.
• Historical museums--Interpretive programs--Psychological aspects.
• Historic sites--Interpretive programs--Moral and ethical aspects.
• Historic sites--Interpretive programs--Psychological aspects.
• Museums--Environmental aspects.
• Museums.
• Historic sites--Interpretive programs.
• Psychological aspects.
• Historical museums.
• History--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

xvi, 215 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]

Summary:

Interpreting Difficult History at Museums and Historic Sites is framed by educational psychoanalytic theory and positions museum workers, public historians, and museum visitors as learners. Through this lens, museum workers and public historians can develop compelling and ethical representations of historical individuals, communities, and populations who have suffered. Book jacket.

Contents:

• Difficult knowledge : history that is too much to bear
• Defining difficult history : risks, reasons and tools
• Loss in learning : psychoanalytic framework for commemorative museum pedagogy
• Response and responsibility : ethical representations of difficult histories
• Expanding and elevating slave life history interpretations and uncovering commemorative museum pedagogy
• Towards a commemorative museum pedagogy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-193) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Rose, Julia, author. Interpreting difficult history at museums and historic sites.

ISBN:

• 9780759124363
• 0759124361
• 9780759124370
• 075912437X

OCLC:

928606782