The Aftermaths of Participation

Outcomes and Consequences of Participatory Work with Forced Migrants in Museums

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Boersma, Susanne
Language
English
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Abstract
How do participatory museum projects with forced migrants impact both the museum and the participants? What happens during these projects and what is left of them afterwards? Based on interviews with museum practitioners, facilitators and project participants, Susanne Boersma brings together unique insights into museum work with forced migrants. Her study of participatory projects in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK reveals museums' limiting infrastructures, the shortcomings of their ethical frameworks, and the problems of addressing forced migrants as 'communities'. Outlining the diverging objectives, experiences and outcomes of participatory projects, she suggests how these might be united in practice.
URI
https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/157714
Keywords
Participation; Museum; Refugees; Migration; Colonialism; Cultural Management; Museum Management; Practical Museography; Museum Education; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLZ Museology and heritage studies; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration; thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PB Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people::5PBC Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples
DOI
10.1515/9783839464113
ISBN
9783839464113, 9783837664119
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Publisher website
http://www.transcript-verlag.de
Publication date and place
Bielefeld, 2022
Imprint
transcript Verlag
Series
Edition Museum,
Pages
272