Museums, emotion, and memory culture : the politics of the past in Turkey

Museum Transformations: Decolonization and Democratization addresses contemporary approaches to decolonization, greater democratization, and revisionist narratives in museum exhibition and program development around the world. The text explores how museums of art, history, and ethnography responded to deconstructive critiques from activists and poststructuralist and postcolonial theorists, and provided models for change to other types of museums and heritage sites. The volume's first set of essays discuss the role of the museum in the narration of difficult histories, and how altering the social attitudes and political structures that enable oppression requires the recognition of past histories of political and racial oppression and colonization in museums. Subsequent essays consider the museum's new roles in social action and discuss experimental projects that work to change power dynamics within institutions and leverage digital technology and new media. Cover Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Table of contents List of Figures Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Emotion in the museums Approaches Summary and outline of the book Note 2 The museums and their histories: The politics of Ottoman and republican pasts The museums and their visitors Panoramas in Turkey Museums and republican memory The Atatürk and Wars of Independence Museum (AWIM) Museums and Ottoman memory The Panorama 1453 Museum (P1453) Conclusion Notes 3 Memory, emotion, politics: Understanding visitor encounters with history in the museums Studying the museum displays Researching the museum representations as productions Visitor studies Visitor observations Visitor questionnaires In-depth visitor research ‘Encoding’ and ‘decoding’: a framework for understanding the responses Identifying emotion in visitor experiences Summary 4 Politics of display at the Panorama 1453 Museum Official voices at P1453 The visitor route and its effects Textual constructions of the Conquest The Panorama room Content Colour and light Expressive content Narrative Emotional prompts in the museum Final thoughts: greatness, will, winning Notes 5 Visitor experience at the Panorama 1453 Museum Who we are How we are (our nature) Our feelings Restoration, reconnection: ‘what should we do?’ What does it all mean for ‘others’? Final thoughts: pride, difficulty, nostalgia Notes 6 Politics of display at the Atatürk and War of Independence Museum Institutional framing and official voices at AWIM The visitor route and its effects Display at AWIM The Panoramas Close analysis of the Gallipoli Battles Panorama Content Spatial organization Expressive content and narrative Interpretive panels and other resources Final thoughts: militarism, pedagogy, emotion Notes 7 Visitor experience at the Atatürk and War of Independence Museum How Atatürk looks to us What have we lost? How we behave and how we feel How we look to Atatürk Other ways of experiencing AWIM Final thoughts: modernity, obligation and competing freedoms Notes 8 Time machines and the politics of affective practice The common cultures of AWIM and P1453 Memory communities at AWIM and P1453 Affective practice, memory work, work on the self Conclusion: the emotional politics of memory in Turkey Notes Appendix References Index The International Handbooks Of Museum Studies Bring Together Original Essays By A Global Team Of Experts To Provide A State-of-the-art Survey Of The Field Of Museum Studies. Offers Unprecedented Depth Of Coverage And Breadth Of Scholarship In This Interdisciplinary Field Accessibly Structured Into Four Thematic Volumes Exploring All Aspects Of Museum Theory, Practice, Controversies, And The Impact Of New Technologies Includes A Treasure Trove Of Examples And Original Case Studies Features Original Essays By An International Team, Including Leading Academics And Practitioners, As Well As Up-and-coming Names In The Field Provides An Indispensable Resource For The Study Of The Development, Roles, And Significance Of Museums In Contemporary Society 4 Volumes Www.museumstudieshandbooks.com