The Idea of a Human Rights Museum (Human Rights and Social Justice Series, 1) (Volume 1)

The Idea of a Human Rights Museum is the first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Its sixteen essays consider the wider architectural, political, and cultural contexts within which the museum physically and conceptually evolved, and the comparisons they draw between the CMHR and institutions elsewhere in the world that emphasize human rights and social justice are particularly illuminating. This collection brings together authors from diverse fieldslaw, cultural studies, museum studies, sociology, history, political science, and Englishto critically assess the potentials and pitfalls of human rights education through ideas museums. Accessible, engaging, and informative, the collections essays will encourage museumgoers to think more deeply about the content of human rights exhibits and their development. The Idea of a Human Rights Museum is the first title in the University of Manitoba Presss Human Rights and Social Justice Series. This series publishes work that explores the quest for social justice and the basic rights and freedoms to which all human beings are entitled, including civil, political, economic, social, collective, and cultural rights. Cover Contents List of Illustrations Introduction The Idea of a Human Rights Museum Chapter 1 Grounding the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Conversation Chapter 2 Protecting Human Rights and Preventing Genocide: The Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the Will to Intervene Chapter 3 Toward Radical Transparency at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Lessons from Media Coverage during Construction Chapter 4 Illusion and the Human Rights Museum Spatialization and Design Process Images: Designing the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Chapter 5 Change of Plans: Conceptualizing Inaugural Exhibits at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Chapter 6 Transcendence or Struggle? Top-Down and Bottom-Up Narratives of Human Rights Chapter 7 Engaging Machines: Experience, Empathy, and the Modern Museum Curatorial Challenges Chapter 8 Curatorial Practice and Learning from Difficult Knowledge Chapter 9 Viewer Discretion: Curatorial Strategies and Consequences of Exhibition Signage Chapter 10 Representing Agricultural Migrant Workers in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Chapter 11 The Museology of Human Rights Parallels and Obligations Chapter 12 Temporalizing History toward the Future: Representing Violence and Human Rights Violations in the Military History Museum in Dresden Chapter 13 Overcoming Illiteracy in Idea-Driven Museums: A Curatorial Conundrum Chapter 14 Curating Action: Comparative Genocide Exhibits and the "Call to Action" at the Kigali Memorial Centre, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Museo Memoria y Tolerancia Chapter 15 What (and How) to Remember? Spaces for Memory in Post-Dictatorship Argentina Chapter 16 Beyond Difficult Histories: First Nations, the Right to Culture, and the Obligation of Redress Afterword Acknowledgements Bibliography Contributors

"The Idea of a Human Rights Museum" is the first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Sixteen essays consider the wider political, cultural and architectural contexts within which the museum physically and conceptually evolved drawing comparisons between the CMHR and institutions elsewhere in the world that emphasize human rights and social justice.This collection brings together authors from diverse fields—law, cultural studies, museum studies, sociology, history, political science, and literature—to critically assess the potentials and pitfalls of human rights education through "ideas" museums. Accessible, engaging, and informative, the collection's essays will encourage museum-goers to think more deeply about the content of human rights exhibits. The Idea of a Human Rights Museum is the first title in the University of Manitoba Press's Human Rights and Social Justice Series. This series publishes work that explores the quest for social justice and the basic rights and freedoms to which all human beings are entitled, including civil, political, economic, social, collective, and cultural rights.

"The Idea of a Human Rights Museum" is the first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Sixteen essays consider the wider political, cultural and architectural contexts within which the museum physically and conceptually evolved drawing comparisons between the CMHR and institutions elsewhere in the world that emphasize human rights and social justice. This collection brings together authors from diverse fields—law, cultural studies, museum studies, sociology, history, political science, and literature—to critically assess the potentials and pitfalls of human rights education through "ideas" museums. Accessible, engaging, and informative, the collection's essays will encourage museum-goers to think more deeply about the content of human rights exhibits. The Idea of a Human Rights Museum is the first title in the University of Manitoba Press's Human Rights and Social Justice Series. This series publishes work that explores the quest for social justice and the basic rights and freedoms to which all human beings are entitled, including civil, political, economic, social, collective, and cultural rights. "The Idea of a Human Rights Museum is the first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Sixteen essays consider the wider political, cultural and architectural contexts within which the museum physically and conceptually evolved drawing comparisons between the CMHR and institutions elsewhere in the world that emphasize human rights and social justice. This collection brings together authors from diverse fields--law, cultural studies, museum studies, sociology, history, political science, and literature--to critically assess the potentials and pitfalls of human rights education through "ideas" museums. Accessible, engaging, and informative, the collection's essays will encourage museum-goers to think more deeply about the content of human rights exhibits."-- Provided by publisher