Doing Diversity in Museums and Heritage

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A Berlin Ethnography

Series: Cultural Heritage Studies

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This ethnographic study delves into how museums and heritage institutions in Berlin navigate diversity amidst debates over colonialism, migration, Islamophobia, and LGBTI+ issues. Investigating sites such as the Humboldt Forum and the Museum of Islamic Art, it examines how diversity initiatives are implemented and their practical outcomes, offering insights and directions for future research and action.
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This book is ideal for scholars, museum professionals, and students interested in cultural diversity, museum studies, heritage management, and social justice within the cultural sector.

This major multi-researcher ethnography provides new insights into questions of diversity to show how museums and heritage in Berlin make differences.

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The museum and heritage sector has been shaken by debates over how to address colonialism, migration, Islamophobia, LGBTI+ and multiple other forms of difference. This major multi-researcher ethnography of museums and heritage in Berlin provides new insight into how Doing Diversity in Museums and Heritage is understood and put into action in museums and heritage.

Exploring new initiatives and approaches, the book shows how these work – or do not – in practice. By doing so, it highlights ways forward – for research and action – for the future.

The fieldwork locations on which this book is based include the Humboldt Forum, the Museum of Islamic Art, the Museum für Naturkunde, and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, as well as Berlin streets and protests.

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„Doing Diversity in Museums and Heritage“ is praised for providing complex, practical approaches to fostering democratic and diverse transformations in cultural institutions, especially relevant in current political climates. It offers a solid introduction to the research conducted at CARMAH, with positive evaluations in academic journals such as Bayerisches Jahrbuch für Volkskunde and Zeitschrift für Empirische Kulturwissenschaft.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783837664096

Publisher: Transcript Verlag

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 November 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Transcript Verlag

Contributors:

Edited by Sharon Macdonald
Edited by Sharon Macdonald

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 2.0mm

Width: 16.0mm

Height: 24.0mm

Weight: 567g

Pages: 324

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature Series: Cultural Heritage Studies

About the Author

Sharon Mcdonald, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany.

Doing Diversity in Museums and Heritage