Museums, refugees and communities / Domenico Sergi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sergi, Domenico, author.

Series:

Routledge Research in Museum Studies.

Routledge Research in Museum Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums and community.

Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : Routledge, 2021.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

"Museums, Refugees and Communities explores the ways in which museums in Germany, The Netherlands and the UK have responded to the complexities and ethical dilemmas involved in discussing the reasons for, and issues surrounding, contemporary refugee displacements. Building upon an ethnographic study carried out in the UK with refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the book explores how object-led approaches can inspire new ways of thinking about and analysing refugees' experiences and European museums' work with their communities. Enlarging the developing body of research on museums' increasing engagement with human rights and focusing in particular on the social, cultural and practical dimensions of community engagement practices with refugees, the book also aims to inform growing debates on museums as sites of activism. Museums, Refugees and Communities offers an innovative and interdisciplinary examination of museum work with and about refugees. As such, it should appeal to researchers, academics and students engaged in the study of museums, heritage, migration, ethics, community engagement, culture, sociology and anthropology"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Museums, refugees and communities

The 'dirty work' of boundary maintenance

Pathos and agency in museums' refugee work

Materialities of exile

Politics and practices of engagement work with refugees

Objects and belonging

The body of objects

Conclusions: Tomorrow's forced migration heritage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780429620843

0429620845

9780429053474

0429053479

9780429622991

0429622996

OCLC:

1227836081