War museums as agonistic spaces: possibilities, opportunities and constraints
| Autor: | Nina Parish, Anna Cento Bull, Wulf Kansteiner, Hans Lauge Hansen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Cultural Studies
History 050402 sociology media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development 0507 social and economic geography Conservation 050701 cultural studies Politics multiperspectivity 0504 sociology agonism Political science Agonistic behaviour Agonism Diplomacy media_common SDG 16 - Peace Justice and Strong Institutions 05 social sciences Museology 16. Peace & justice diplomacy War museums Aesthetics Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management politics |
| Zdroj: | Hansen, H L, Cento Bull, A, Kansteiner, W & Parish, N 2018, ' War Museums as Agonistic Spaces: Possibilities, Opportunities and Constraints ', International Journal of Heritage Studies, vol. 25, no. 6 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2018.1530288 International Journal of Heritage Studies Bull, A, Hansen, H L, Kansteiner, W & Parish, N 2019, ' War museums as agonistic spaces: possibilities, opportunities and constraints ', International Journal of Heritage Studies, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 611-625 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2018.1530288 Cento Bull, A, Hansen, H L, Kansteiner, W & Parish, N 2019, ' War Museums as Agonistic Spaces: Possibilities, Opportunities and Constraints ', International Journal of Heritage Studies, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 611-625 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2018.1530288 |
| ISSN: | 1470-3610 1352-7258 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13527258.2018.1530288 |
| Popis: | Following the theorisation of museums as agonistic spaces and drawing on a comparative analysis of war museums located in various European countries, this paper argues that these institutions play complex and multi-layered roles beyond their obvious educational function. These not easily reconcilable roles act as major constraints upon the form and content of exhibitions and work against the adoption of an agonistic approach. However, the paper also argues that war museums are especially apt to become sites of political contestation able to engage with agonistic memory and unsettling counter-narratives. This is due in large part to the nature of the subject matter they deal with, as war and conflict lend themselves to being represented in ways that emphasise patriotic consensus but can also highlight dissent, contestation, multiple perspectives and alternative visions of society. Agonistic practices emerge when windows of opportunity open through a combination of top-down and bottom-up agency able to take advantage of particular socio-political circumstances or cultural developments. The paper also discusses a new exhibition on war memory planned for late 2018 in Essen, Germany and conceived as a strategic political intervention, which aims to communicate in an agonistic fashion with its audiences. |
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