Applying Commemorative Museum Pedagogy to Public Music Studies

IF 0.2 3区 艺术学 0 MUSIC
Eric Hung
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Until the 1990s, most museums and historic sites in North America avoided “difficult histories.” Instead, they focused on the celebratory, the patriotic, and the artistically significant, narratives that worked to ensure the “comfort” of visitors. Tours of plantations and sites like Colonial Williamsburg talked about architectural details, but not the true experiences of the enslaved. Museums relied on formalist labels that revealed the artifacts’ materials but not their deeper social and cultural impacts. One early notable attempt by a major museum to present a “difficult history” was the proposed 1995 Enola Gay Exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), which was then led by Martin Harwit. He believed that the museum should take up historic and contemporary controversies, such as debates about the use of atomic bombs. He proposed that the Enola Gay Exhibit marking the fiftieth anniversary of the end of WWII include Japanese perspectives about the dropping of nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and photos of the aftermath. This led the Air Force Association and other veteran groups to complain, and the U.S. Senate unanimously adopted Resolution 257, which called the exhibition’s proposed script “revisionist and offensive to many World War II veterans.”1 This exhibit was ultimately canceled, and Harwit was forced to resign as NASM’s Director. In announcing
纪念博物馆教学法在公共音乐研究中的应用
直到20世纪90年代,北美的大多数博物馆和历史遗址都避免“困难的历史”。相反,他们专注于庆祝、爱国和艺术意义上的叙述,以确保游客的“舒适”。参观种植园和威廉斯堡殖民地(Colonial Williamsburg)等景点时,人们谈论的是建筑细节,而不是被奴役者的真实经历。博物馆依赖于形式主义标签,这些标签揭示了文物的材料,而不是它们更深层次的社会和文化影响。一个早期著名的大型博物馆展示“艰难历史”的尝试是1995年在史密森尼国家航空航天博物馆(NASM)提议的埃诺拉·盖伊展览,当时由马丁·哈威特(Martin Harwit)领导。他认为博物馆应该接纳历史和当代的争议,比如关于原子弹使用的辩论。他提议在纪念二战结束50周年的伊诺拉·盖伊展览中包括日本人对在广岛和长崎投下核弹的看法以及爆炸后的照片。这引起了空军协会和其他退伍军人团体的抱怨,美国参议院一致通过了第257号决议,该决议称该展览提出的剧本是“修正主义的,是对许多二战退伍军人的冒犯。”这个展览最终被取消了,哈威特被迫辞去了NASM的主任一职。在宣布
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期刊介绍: Now in its 28th year, American Music publishes articles on American composers, performers, publishers, institutions, events, and the music industry, as well as book and recording reviews, bibliographies, and discographies.
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