Our course approaches the museum from a range of critical perspectives,
including the representational role of museums in nation-building, their
relationship to memory and commemoration, and their social roles and
responsibilities. We will also consider recent contests over the rights
to collections and the pedagogical representation of 'other' cultures.
Students will engage with readings from the fields of museology,
cultural studies, memory studies and postcolonial studies and combine
these with close examination of current exhibitions as case studies.
- Kursleiter*in: Prof. Dr. Anja Schwarz
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