History Museums and Social Cohesion: Building Identity, Bridging Communities, and Addressing Difficult Issues

Autor/in	Rosenberg, Tracy Jean
Titel	History Museums and Social Cohesion: Building Identity, Bridging Communities, and Addressing Difficult Issues
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 86 (2011) 2, S.115-128 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Museums; Role; Social Integration; Historic Sites; Educational Opportunities; Nontraditional Education; Community Involvement; Participative Decision Making; Institutional Mission; Social Change; Audiences; Identification (Psychology); Audience Response; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Death; Crime; Ethnic Groups; Jews; World History; Politics of Education; Generational Differences; Time Perspective; Germany; Russia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Rollen; Soziale Integration; Historische Stätte; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Sozialer Wandel; Spectator; Zuschauer; Zuschauerverhalten; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Ethnie; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Weltgeschichte; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Zeitbezug; Deutschland; Russland
Abstract	Museums have the capacity to enhance social cohesion, which is the product of a trusting, connected community. History museums and historic sites, in particular, can serve communities by stimulating dialogue on difficult issues, accurately representing all the people of a nation, and creating forums for discussion among groups with disparate opinions. History museums promote social cohesion by solidifying the identities of their audiences--as members of communities, ethnic groups, nations, and the world. This article combines extensive research with firsthand experience in history museums to accurately portray the ways different museums affect social cohesion. It looks first at what social cohesion is, and the ways in which both civil society and educational organizations contribute to it. It makes the argument that museums share attributes of both civil society and educational organizations. This article then addresses the different ways museums contribute to defining identity, bridging community divides, and addressing society's most difficult issues. It does this with in-depth analysis of several Holocaust museums and the movement in Russia to memorialize sites of Stalinist terror. (Contains 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10