Challenging History in the Museum explores work with difficult; contested and sensitive heritages in a range of museum contexts. It is based on the Challenging History project; which brings together a wide range of heritage professionals; practitioners and academics to explore heritage and museum learning programmes in relation to difficult and controversial subjects. The book is divided into four sections. Part I; rsquo;The Emotional Museumrsquo; examines the balance between empathic and emotional engagement and an objective; rational understanding of rsquo;historyrsquo;. Part II; rsquo;Challenging Collaborationsrsquo; explores the opportunities and pitfalls associated with collective; inclusive representations of our heritage. Part III; rsquo;Ethics; Ownership; Identityrsquo; questions who is best-qualified to identify; represent and rsquo;ownrsquo; these histories. It challenges the concept of ownership and personal identification as a prerequisite to understanding; and investigates the ideas and controversies surrounding this premise. Part IV; rsquo;Teaching Challenging Historyrsquo; helps us to explore the ethics and complexities of how challenging histories are taught. The book draws on work countries around the world including Brazil; Cambodia; Canada; England; Germany; Japan; Northern Ireland; Norway; Scotland; South Africa; Spain and USA and crosses a number of disciplines: Museum and Heritage Studies; Cultural Policy Studies; Performance Studies; Media Studies and Critical Theory Studies. It will also be of interest to scholars of Cultural History and Art History.
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