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From histories of museums to museum history: approaches to historicising colonial museums in Aotearoa New Zealand
Museum History Journal ( IF 0.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-02 , DOI: 10.1080/19369816.2020.1759008
Conal McCarthy 1
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ABSTRACT Despite their reputation for stasis and fixity, museums are about change and transformation. What can we learn from the history of New Zealand museums about the study of museum history? This article considers the lessons we can glean from New Zealand museums in the colonial period. It surveys recent theories about history, social change and museums, including historical sociology, which throw much light on this topic and open up new future paths to explore. The aim is not the compiling of an institutional history but to propose a refined analytical framework for museum history which can deal with the constant change which characterises the history of museums. It argues that we need to move beyond both the conventional idea of a linear history, and also the reliance on commemoration, in order to do ‘museum history', rather than just ‘histories of museums’. This approach is explicitly interdisciplinary, explores historical and theoretical perspectives on museums, and considers their implications for current museum practice. By historicising museums, both their internal practices and their external social relations, we may move beyond the commemorative histories of museums to develop a critical museum history. This new museum history needs to interrogate the past, not describe, commemorate and celebrate it.

中文翻译:

从博物馆的历史到博物馆的历史:新西兰奥特罗阿殖民地博物馆历史化的方法

摘要 尽管博物馆以静止和固定着称,但博物馆是关于变化和转型的。关于博物馆历史的研究,我们可以从新西兰博物馆的历史中学到什么?本文考虑了我们可以从殖民时期的新西兰博物馆中汲取的教训。它调查了有关历史、社会变迁和博物馆的最新理论,包括历史社会学,这些理论对这一主题提供了很多启示,并开辟了新的未来探索路径。目的不是编纂制度历史,而是提出一个精细的博物馆历史分析框架,以应对博物馆历史特征的不断变化。它认为我们需要超越线性历史的传统观念,以及对纪念的依赖,才能做“博物馆历史”,而不仅仅是“博物馆的历史”。这种方法显然是跨学科的,探索博物馆的历史和理论观点,并考虑它们对当前博物馆实践的影响。通过对博物馆的内部实践和外部社会关系进行历史化,我们可以超越博物馆的纪念历史,发展出批判性的博物馆历史。这个新的博物馆历史需要追问过去,而不是描述、纪念和庆祝它。我们可能会超越博物馆的纪念历史,发展出批判性的博物馆历史。这个新的博物馆历史需要追问过去,而不是描述、纪念和庆祝它。我们可能会超越博物馆的纪念历史,发展出批判性的博物馆历史。这个新的博物馆历史需要追问过去,而不是描述、纪念和庆祝它。
更新日期:2020-01-02
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