Abstract Contested and sensitive histories mostly focus on communities within a nation or city. The Amsterdam Museum often presents individual stories and objects with a biographical narrative in exhibitions that addresses ‘difficult’ histories in order to create an empathic space, where visitors are confronted with people beyond their own time, space and social group. In this article, I relate examples of the museum's use of biographical perspectives since the 1990s to theories about social justice and history and memory. I also explore the museological possibilities and pitfalls, and some of the dilemmas of this way of presenting urban history.

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城市博物馆作为移情空间

摘要 有争议的和敏感的历史主要集中在一个国家或城市内的社区。阿姆斯特丹博物馆经常在展览中展示带有传记叙事的个人故事和物品，这些展览讲述了“困难”的历史，以创造一个移情的空间，让参观者面对超越自己时间、空间和社会群体的人们。在这篇文章中，我将博物馆自 1990 年代以来使用传记视角的例子与有关社会正义、历史和记忆的理论联系起来。我还探讨了博物馆学的可能性和陷阱，以及这种呈现城市历史的方式的一些困境。