M. Elizabeth Weiser, Marion Bertin, Anna Leshchenko
{"title":"Introduction: Challenging the silences: Confronting taboos in museums and museology","authors":"M. Elizabeth Weiser, Marion Bertin, Anna Leshchenko","doi":"10.4000/iss.4855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/iss.4855","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":298869,"journal":{"name":"ICOFOM Study Series","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136359907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From values to strong policy making – implementing collection-focused museology","authors":"Nina Robbins","doi":"10.4000/iss.5153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/iss.5153","url":null,"abstract":"Actively practicing value-based discourse among various municipal stakeholders is an integral part of museum work. This can function as a bridge between museum professionals and other parties affecting our work. It is also a tool that can be used, especially in collection care duties. I will introduce three separate projects where active value-based discourse helped museum professionals clarify the collection focus of one of the most significant artist’s homes in Finland, Suviranta, that of Eero Järnefelt and his family. These projects involved hands-on and on-site museum work by museology students, a theoretical museum plan involving Suviranta for city officials and a two-day home museum conference for museum professionals. Furthermore, the concept of time is used to demonstrate the various mindsets affecting heritage work within a municipal structure. Ultimately, the aim is to find ways to align these mindsets for the benefit of long-term preservation perspectives.","PeriodicalId":298869,"journal":{"name":"ICOFOM Study Series","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136359905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Le regard porté sur les corps féminins dans les musées au prisme du genre et des tabous sur la sexualité","authors":"Julie Botte","doi":"10.4000/iss.4960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/iss.4960","url":null,"abstract":"Cet article examine de quelles façons des critiques féministes prennent forme dans l’espace muséal pour modifier le regard qui est porté sur les corps féminins, au prisme du genre et des tabous sur la sexualité. Les musées, en tant que « complexe d’exposition », donnent à voir un ordre du monde genré. Ce sont des lieux de domination, mais également de revendication et d’émancipation. Le regard masculin et le regard muséal, qui déterminent le choix et l’interprétation de ce qui est exposé, sont remis en question par un regard critique féministe. En suivant le concept du « musée féministe virtuel », les performances, les actions militantes et les expositions étudiées renouvellent l’interprétation et la vision du corps des femmes dans les musées. Les exemples étudiés transgressent les normes de genre, mettent au jour des impensés, des non-dits et des absences dans les musées.","PeriodicalId":298869,"journal":{"name":"ICOFOM Study Series","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136359911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identitarian museums: From visibility to recognition","authors":"Rogerio Victor Satil Neves","doi":"10.4000/iss.4914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/iss.4914","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to discuss the phenomenon of ‹identitarian› museums as spaces of memory and counterpublics. It examines their role in producing a counter-discourse and offering a space to suppressed narratives and identities. By focusing on the Schwules Museum in Berlin (SMU), I explore the metaphor of the ‹museum closet› and its role in public spaces. Using Nancy Fraser’s concept of counterpublics, I argue that these museums not only make suppressed narratives visible but also challenge the foundations of dominant discourses and symbolize a call for recognition rather than just visibility.","PeriodicalId":298869,"journal":{"name":"ICOFOM Study Series","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136359913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Repatriation: A trending taboo in journalistic media","authors":"Mariana Tezoto de Lima","doi":"10.4000/iss.5019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/iss.5019","url":null,"abstract":"One of the most stigmatized subjects in museology is the repatriation of artifacts, a topic historically silenced and ignored. Despite being a taboo, it has recently become a topic that has been in evidence not only in the museological field but also in the public sphere due to an increased media coverage. The present article, based on the research I’ve conducted, addresses the controversy of a trending taboo by tackling the reasons that create and perpetuate the stigma surrounding repatriation, understanding how the taboo is being maintained, and examining its media presence to understand the relations between the media, museums, and repatriation processes.","PeriodicalId":298869,"journal":{"name":"ICOFOM Study Series","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136359906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Elizabeth Weiser, Marion Bertin, Anna Leshchenko
{"title":"Introduction : Remettre en question les silences : Confronter les tabous dans les musées et la muséologie","authors":"M. Elizabeth Weiser, Marion Bertin, Anna Leshchenko","doi":"10.4000/iss.4864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/iss.4864","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":298869,"journal":{"name":"ICOFOM Study Series","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136359910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Co-creating the values of Indigenous museums in Taiwan","authors":"Hsiao-Chiang Wang","doi":"10.4000/iss.5094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/iss.5094","url":null,"abstract":"While the values of museums and community participation have been extensively discussed, the taboos of participation these raise for Indigenisation of museums remain to be explored. This article examines two empirical cases of the Chi-Mei and Kamcing tribes to identify how biases resulting from conventional museology, nationalism mechanisms, and bureaucratic institutionalisation create multiple hindrances to participation. It also evaluates four forms of participation and proposes three steps to overcome the taboos hindering participation, highlighting how shared values drive participation. I propose the Indigenous Museum Values Framework (IMVF), which articulates the features of community-centric practices, embodied local knowledge, and collecting for the future through four modes: Gathering House, Marketplace, Ceremonial Field, and Lookout Tower. The findings suggest that museums’ value-based collaborations can empower communities and preserve traditions while providing space for different voices that support Indigenous people to tackle contemporary challenges.","PeriodicalId":298869,"journal":{"name":"ICOFOM Study Series","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136359914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exhibiting the taboo of museums of ethnography","authors":"Clémentine Debrosse","doi":"10.4000/iss.4988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/iss.4988","url":null,"abstract":"Since the 1990s, museums of ethnography have been undergoing changes in light of the decolonial movement. While museum collections are far from being exhibited in their entirety, choices are made within museums to know which object should or should not be seen by the visitors. But should this decision be made solely by the members of the museum team? This article will look at the exhibition of secret-sacred material and human remains within museums of ethnography in Europe to understand the new modes of display that can be implemented.","PeriodicalId":298869,"journal":{"name":"ICOFOM Study Series","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136359909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Les registres d’interdictions au sein du champ muséal","authors":"François Mairesse","doi":"10.4000/iss.4870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/iss.4870","url":null,"abstract":"Cet article tente de définir les différents niveaux d’interdits pouvant être observés au sein du monde muséal. Trois registres ou niveaux d’interdiction ont en ce sens été identifiés, outre les interdictions classiques imposées aux visiteurs (ne pas toucher, etc.). Le premier registre est relatif à la présentation des objets et aux sujets abordés au sein du musée, se rapprochant des pratiques expographiques. Le second niveau d’interdits porte, de manière plus globale, sur l’ensemble des pratiques des professionnels de musées et à la déontologie qui leur est associée. A ces aspects essentiellement pratiques, associés au travail muséal, se superpose un troisième registre d’interdits, qui pourrait être qualifié de muséologique. Ce niveau, plus global, porte sur la notion d’inégalité et est lié au contexte politique et économique dans lequel l’institution du musée s’est développée.","PeriodicalId":298869,"journal":{"name":"ICOFOM Study Series","volume":"123 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136359903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From self-exploration to self-exploitation in digitally innovative museums","authors":"Elīna Vikmane","doi":"10.4000/iss.5189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4000/iss.5189","url":null,"abstract":"The urge for innovation in digitally advanced museums, which is represented as a norm of everyday life and a fitting way for museums to recode and transform themselves into progressive heritage institutions, is strongly linked to their employees – the so-called innovation champions. The importance of self-exploration in these champions’ professional lives motivates them to become more digitally innovative, which, in turn, is associated with increased productivity and job satisfaction. However, it is rarely discussed that this use of their limited time often leads to self-exploitation – harmful practices in the name of a perceived image of Western progress, leading to exhaustion, burnout, and declining quality of life in professional and private settings. The qualitative study described in this article is based on experiences of museum workers in Latvia’s most digitally innovative museums. By drawing attention to museums’ tendency to overlook (self) exploitation that structures the Western notion of progress and the normalisation of employee sacrifices in its pursuit, the author aims not only to contribute a critical perspective to the discourse on the positive bias towards digital advancement, but also to emphasise that museums themselves might unwittingly assume a new form of colonial practice in the era of postcolonial thought.","PeriodicalId":298869,"journal":{"name":"ICOFOM Study Series","volume":"259 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136359912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}