Voices of the Living: Memory in Romanian History and Archaeology Museums


Nov
16
2012

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  • Speaker: Luciana Aenasoaie, PhD candidate, Anthropology and History
  • Host Department: History of Art
  • Date: 11/16/2012
  • Time: 12:00PM

  • Location: Multi-Purpose Room, First Floor of the U-M Museum of Art  (Show map)

  • Description:

    Since the first attempts to theorize museum practice, many scholars in the museum studies field have approached these institutions as repositories for memory; places where the past is fixed and encapsulated in objects that have the power to trigger recollection.  Over the past decade, technology has made it possible to redefine what is displayed in museum space: recorded videos and audio interviews have revolutionized the way in which collected memories enter museum space.  In this talk I will revisit the role memory plays in museum history writing processes and the consequences of museum work and recollection in politically unstable environments..