Sfoglia Contributi in rivista / Contributions in journals and magazines per Soggetto "Museums"

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    • A Matter of History' Or What to do With an Empty Plinth 

      Sentance, Nathan (N. Sentance, ‘A MATTER OF HISTORY’: Or What to do With an Empty Plinth, «Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp. 147-151, 2021)
      Can we engage in the discussion around colonial monuments if we not are prepared to engage in potentially uncomfortable conversations about our shared history? This commentary asks this and questions why we velementally ...

    • A New Zeal for History: Public History in New Zealand 

      Trapeznik, Alex <University of Otago> (A. Trapeznik, A New Zeal for History: Public History in New Zealand, «Public History Review», 30 (2023), pp. 79–88, 2023)
      Public history is still a relatively unknown term in New Zealand, an island nation in the southwest pacific with a population of around 4.6 million people. Until the late 1980s it was rare for professional historians to ...

    • Channelling a Haunting: Deconstructing Settler Memory and Forgetting about New Zealand History at National Institutions 

      MacDonald, Liana; Bellas, Kim; Gardenier, Emma; Green, Adrienne J. (L. MacDonald, K. Bellas, E. Gardenier, A.J. Green, Channelling a Haunting: Deconstructing Settler Memory and Forgetting about New Zealand History at National Institutions, Public History Review, 29 (2022), 142–155., 2022)
      The Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curriculum will be compulsory in 2023; what and how New Zealand history will be taught is currently up for debate. An innovative approach to engaging key curriculum understandings like ...

    • History and Politics and the Politics of History: Poland and Its Museums of Contemporary History 

      Etges, Andreas <University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany>; Zündorf, Irmgard <Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam, Germany>; Machcewicz, Paweł <Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences> (A. Etges, I. Zündorf, P. Machcewicz, History and Politics and the Politics of History: Poland and Its Museums of Contemporary History, «International Public History», 1, 2018, n. 1, pp. 1-12, 2018)
      The Polish museum landscape has turned into a battleground between politicians and historians. Much of that has focused on the highly praised Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk which opened in March 2017. Its founding ...

    • Introduction: Public History and Museums in Latin America 

      Perry, Jimena <Department of History, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY, USA> (P. Jimena, Introduction: Public History and Museums in Latin America, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2021, n. 1, 2022)

    • Public History in Egypt: The Power of Public History in Protecting Cultural Heritage 

      Abd el Salam, Heba <American School of Oriental Research, Alexandria, Virginia, USA> (H. Abd el Salam, Public History in Egypt: The Power of Public History in Protecting Cultural Heritage, «International Public History», 3, 2020, n. 1, 2020)
      Public history is a significant field of education that teaches people about their past. However, it still does not exist in countries like Egypt, which is in great need of the field to link Egyptians with their history. ...

    • The House of European History, Food for Thought and Reflection 

      Kesteloot, Chantal (C. Kesteloot, The House of European History, Food for Thought and Reflection, «International Public History», vol. 3, 2020, n. 1, https://doi.org/10.1515/iph-2020-2003, 2020)
      In May 2017, the House of European History opened its doors in Brussels. Long awaited, this new museum represents a small revolution in the museum landscape. It stands out both because of the scale of the project - the ...

    • The International Council of Museums and the Controversy about a New Museum Definition. A Conversation with Lauran Bonilla-Merchav, Bruno Brulon Soares, Lonnie G. Bunch III, Bernice Murphy, and Michèle Rivet, 

      Etges, Andreas <IPH editors, Munich, Germany>; Dean, David <IPH editors, Ottawa, Canada> (A. Etges, D. Dean, The International Council of Museums and the Controversy about a New Museum Definition – A Conversation with Lauran Bonilla-Merchav, Bruno Brulon Soares, Lonnie G. Bunch III, Bernice Murphy, and Michèle Rivet, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2021, n. 1, pp. 19-27, 2022)
      In 2019, an Extraordinary General Assembly International Council of Museums (ICOM) met in Kyoto, Japan to vote on a new museum definition. Among other things, the controversial proposal described museums as “democratising, ...

    • The Memorial Afterlives of Online Crowdsourcing: ‘Lives of the First World War’ at Imperial War Museums 

      Foster, Ann-Marie <Northumbria University>; Wallis, James < Independent Scholar> (A-M. Foster, J. Wallis, The Memorial Afterlives of Online Crowdsourcing: ‘Lives of the First World War’ at Imperial War Museums, «Public History Review», 30 (2023), pp. 89-104, 2023)
      From May 2014 to March 2019 the Imperial War Museums launched a large-scale digital crowdsourcing project, ‘Lives of the First World War’. ‘Lives’ melded official and unofficial datasets to create an integrated database ...

    • Troubling Pasts: Teaching Public History in Northern Ireland 

      Purdue, Olwen <Queen’s University, Belfast, UK> (O. Purdue, Troubling Pasts: Teaching Public History in Northern Ireland, «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 1, pp. 67-75, 2021)
      This article explores the challenges and opportunities presented for the teaching and practice of public history in a post-conflict society that remains deeply divided over its past. It examines some of the negative ways ...

    • What Can Public History Do for Museums, What Can Museums Do for Public History? 

      Porciani, Ilaria <Università di Bologna> (I. Porciani, What Can Public History Do for Museums, What Can Museums Do for Public History?, «Memoria e Ricerca. Rivista di storia contemporanea», 2017, 1, pp. 21-40, 2017)
      In the early 19th century, at the dawn of the historical professions, historians did not dismiss working with objects and collaborating with museums. It was the increasing professionalization of the discipline of history ...