Research Catalog

Title

The museum's borders : on the challenge of knowing and remembering well / Simon Knell.

Author

Knell, Simon J.

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Description

xiii, 197 pages : illustrations (black and white); 23 cm

Summary

" 'The Museum's Borders' demonstrates that museum practices are deeply entangled in border making, patrol, mitigation and erasure, and that the border lens offers a new tool for deconstructing and reconfiguring such practices. Arguing that the museum is a critical institution for the operation of knowledge-based democracies, Knell demonstrates how they have been used in centrally controlled states, nationalistic settings and where the past remains contested and alive. Examining the way museums have been instrumentalised in acts of knowing and remembering, this book unpicks the museum's 'border work' using case studies from China, the U.S. and Europe. Arguing for the museum to be understood as a critical institution for democracies struggling with unethical, nationalistic, post-fact political discourse, the book also considers how this model has application in other political systems and how the museum's borders can be arranged to better meet the needs of citizens and social cohesion. 'The Museum's Borders' considers the significance of the museum for societies that wish to know and remember in ways that empower citizens and build cohesive societies. The book will be of great interest to students and academics engaged in the study of museums and heritage, cultural studies, anthropology, memory studies and history. It will also be useful reading for museum professionals who are interested in the museum's role in border making"--

Alternative Title

On the challenge of knowing and remembering well

Subject

• Museums > Political aspects > Case studies
• Museums > Social aspects > Case studies
• Museums > Moral and ethical aspects > Case studies
• Nationalism and collective memory
• Boundaries (Philosophy)
• Museums > Moral and ethical aspects
• Museums > Political aspects
• Museums > Social aspects

Genre/Form

• Case studies.
• Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Border violence, democracy and the museum -- The border lens -- From ethical borders to border force -- The museum's ethical rebordering -- The borders of historical truth -- Border armouries, walls and crossings -- Contemporary museology -- Knowing and remembering well.

Call Number

JFD 21-2186

ISBN

• 9780367486471
• 0367486474
• 9780367486488
• 0367486482

LCCN

• 2020019545
• 16748844

OCLC

1153338527

Author

Knell, Simon J., author.

Title

The museum's borders : on the challenge of knowing and remembering well / Simon Knell.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Knell, Simon J. Museum's borders Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2021 9781003042082 (DLC) 2020019546

Other Standard Identifier

16748844

Research Call Number

JFD 21-2186