The Military History Museum in Dresden
Between Forum and Temple
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19438372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cristian Cercel (0009-0000-4798-1705, corresponding author), Cristian Cercel Cristian Cercel |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Memory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0935-560X • E-ISSN: 1527-1994 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/histmemo.30.1.02 |
| OpenAlex | W2794168817 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article analyzes the Military History Museum (MHM) in Dresden against the backdrop of recent theoretical elaborations on agonistic memory, as opposed to the cosmopolitan and antagonistic modes of remembering. It argues that the MHM attempts to combine two functions of the museum: the museum as forum and the museum as temple. By examining the concept underpinning the reorganization of the permanent exhibition of the MHM, and by bringing examples from both the permanent and temporary exhibitions, the article shows that the discourse of the MHM presents some relevant compatibilities with the principles of agonistic memory, yet does not embrace agonism to the full. The article also suggests that the agonistic mode of remembering requires rejecting the notion of the museum as temple
Aesthetics · Agonism · Agonistic behaviour · Art · Art history · Collective memory · Exhibition · Political science · Sociology · Underpinning · Visual arts · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing · Engineering · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Agonistic memory as a relational concept
Emotions and critical thinking at a dark heritage site
Administrations of Memory and Modes of Remembering
Armies of Arabia
Com es poden museïtzar els patrimonis incòmodes? El paper de les biografies personals en els espais i museus de memòria traumàtica
Lt. Col Smith with unknown Bomb Girl’
The Cold War in European museums – filling the ‘empty battlefield
War museums as agonistic spaces
The "war of position" in memory
Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics
The Museum, a Temple or the Forum 1
The Drowned and the Saved
Cosmopolitanism or agonism? Alternative visions of world order
No future? Narrating the past in Bosnian history museums
Introduction
Agonistic Democracy and the Politics of Memory
Does War Belong in Museums
Critical Museology
Museums, Memory and History
Entangled Memory
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |