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Museums and social change :
"Museums and Social Change explores the ways museums can work in collaboration with marginalised groups to work for social change and, in so doing, re-think the museum. Drawing on the first-hand experiences of museum practitioners and their partners around the world, the volume demonstrates the impact of a shared commitment to collaborative, reflective practice. Including analytical discussion from practitioners in their collegial work with women, the homeless, survivors of institutionalised child abuse and people with disabilities, the book draws attention to the significant contributions of small, specialist museums in bringing about social change. It is here, the book argues, that the new museum emerges: when museum practitioners see themselves as partners, working with others to lead social change, this is where museums can play a distinct and important role. Emerging in response to ongoing calls for museums to be more inclusive and participate in meaningful engagement, Museums and Social Change will be essential reading for academics and students working in museum and gallery studies, librarianship, archives, heritage studies and arts management. It will also be of great interest to those working in history and cultural studies, as well as museum practitioners and social activists around the world"--back cover. Pt. I Museums and co-creation -- 1.Behind barbed wire: co-producing the Danish Welfare Museum / Sarah Smed -- 2.Rewriting the script: power and change through a Museum of Honielessness / Matthew Turtle -- 3.March of Women: equality and usefulness in action at Glasgow Women's Library / Adele Patrick -- 4.In the name of the museum: the cultural actions and values of the Togo Rural Village Art Museum, Taiwan / Ying-Ying Lai -- pt. II Revealing hidden narratives -- 5.Revealing hidden stories at the Danish Welfare Museum: a collaborative history / Jeppe Wichmann Rasmussen -- 6.Doors, stairways and pitfalls: Care Leavers' memory work at the Danish Welfare Museum / Stine Gmnbcek Jensen -- 7.`We cannot change the past, but we can change how we look at the past': the use of creative writing in facing up to personal histories at the Danish Welfare Museum / Trisse Gejl -- Contents note continued: 8.Invite, acknowledge and collect with respect: sensitive narratives at the Vest-Agder Museum, Norway / Kathrin Pabst -- 9.`Nothing about us without us': the journey to cultural democracy at Amgueddfa Cymru --- National Museum Wales / Nia Williams -- 10.Slow, uncomfortable and badly paid: DisPLACE and the benefits of disability history / Paul van Trigt -- pt. III Taking back -- 11.The act of emancipating oneself: the museum and the release of adult Care Leavers' case records / Jacob Knage Rasmussen -- 12.A call to justice at the National Museum of Australia / Adele Chynoweth. 2020.261

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