Object Lessons: Visuality and Tactility in Museums of the Socialist Everyday

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Authors

BACH Jonathan

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference EXHIBITING THE GERMAN PAST: MUSEUMS, FILM, AND MUSEALIZATION
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Faculty of Social Studies

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Field Sociology, demography
Keywords past; museum; film
Description While scholars recognize both museums and films as sites where historical knowledge and cultural memory are created, the convergence between their methods of constructing the past has only recently been acknowledged. The essays in Exhibiting the German Past examine a range of films, museums, and experiences which blend the two, considering how authentic objects and cinematic techniques are increasingly used in similar ways by both visual media and museums. This is the first collection to focus on the museum–film connection in German-language culture and the first to approach the issue using the concept of “musealization,” a process that, because it engages the cultural destruction wrought by modernization, offers new means of constructing historical knowledge and shaping collective and memory within and beyond the museum’s walls. Featuring a wide range of valuable case studies, Exhibiting the German Past offers a unique perspective on the developing relationship between museums and visual media.
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