Museums, Collections and Social Repair in Vietnam

Bibliographic Data

ID23548071
AuthorsGraeme Were (0000-0002-8022-1932)
Year2022
Publication date2022-08-15
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMuseums, Collections, and Social Repair in Vietnam (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781003256250
OpenAlexW4291555472
Open LibraryOL38334459M
ISBN9781003256250
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Museums, Collections and Social Repair in Vietnam analyses the relationship between museums, collections and social repair in contemporary Vietnam. Drawing on fieldwork in a range of museums in the country, alongside interviews with museum workers and stakeholders, and analyses of museum exhibitions, the book explores how museums help ordinary people overcome loss suffered during conflict. Focusing on key objects in museum collections that elicit strong emotions or feelings, Graeme Were examines their relationship to social repair and transformation, in order to understand what mobilises survivors, families and communities to recover and re-evaluate memory and give prominence to grievances and loss or future hopes and aspirations. Arguing that nationalist frameworks no longer adequately account for the diverse agendas of Vietnamese museums, this book brings into question the dynamics between history and memory; the capacity of the museum to repair injury, loss or suffering; and the limits of historical memory beyond the control of a one-party state. Museums, Collections and Social Repair in Vietnam analyses the role of museums in transforming lives and creating a just future. It will be of interest to academics and students engaged in the study of museums, heritage, Asia, tourism and anthropology.

Geography · History · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · asia · Collective memory · Memory · Museums · Social aspects · Southeast asia