Susannah Eckersley
Biographic Data
| ID | 420844 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susannah Eckersley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susannah |
| FAMILY NAME | Eckersley |
| SIGNATURE | ECKERSLEY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3467-3740 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Navigating ‘the political’
For over a century, the UK Museums Association and the Deutscher Museumsbund have represented the professional interests of museums and their employees, while also acting within a ‘political sphere’. Yet, much of their recent history and contemporary activity remains unexplored. Using discourse analysis of their professional publications, we identify and analyse four socio-political themes raised by both organisations: (dis)ability and mental hea…
The value of the ‘undisciplined’
This paper explores the discipline of Museum Studies considering its relationship to History. It addresses key differences between understandings of academic Museum Studies internationally, its distinction from museum practice, and interdisciplinary strengths. The paper is based on an extensive literature review, analysis, and reflections from 20 years of experience, both within the academic discipline of Museum Studies in the UK and of interdisc…
Framing European Heritage and Identity
This submission examines the impact of the European Union (EU) policy efforts to construct a European Heritage and a sense of belonging within the wider European population on Heritage policy. The article explores how the EU has selected and wielded instruments that frame particular values that (1) respond to specific policy problems and impact European heritage(s) and (2) build political myths articulating particular visions of what the EU repre…
Introduction
Diversity of Belonging in Europe
Belonging - and not belonging - lies at the core of many of the recent ‘crises’ and ongoing processes of change that are shaping - and shaking up - contemporary Europe. New forms of socio-spatial inclusion and exclusion have been embraced, contested and (re)negotiated as part of ongoing processes of social change, connected to migration and displacement, post-socialism and decolonisation, populism and polarisation. This book aims to provide insig…
European Bodies
In this special issue we focus on processes of europeanisation and the work of colonial legacies and their impact on the production of the european body, a body that is always already racialised, classed and gendered. ‘european body’ can be observed in discourses and practices that constitute the normal/desired/legitimate body and concomitantly impacts notions about the civilised/cultured body, often linked to whiteness, secularism, legitimate cl…
‘People-Place-Process’ and Attachment in the Museum
Previous studies of place attachment have tended to focus on the positive (rather than negative) reasons why individuals associate themselves with a particular place, while studies on memory and identity have frequently been based on negative experiences of and in place. Drawing on interviews and focus groups, this article highlights how Germans and Poles with a history of forced migration have different perceptions of the same geographical ‘home…
Changing Places, Changing People
Across Europe and beyond, much is being made of the perceived breakdown of the nation state, which was historically configured as a ‘container’ of heritage formations, adopting and perusing local traditions where possible but oppressing them where they were deemed unsuitable. Migration is seen as eroding the rigid boundaries of this configuration, potentially liberating identities and heritages in the process. This special issue aims to address t…
Having and belonging. Homes and museums in Israel
"Having and belonging. Homes and museums in Israel." International Journal of Heritage Studies, 23(6), pp. 601–602
Supporting excellence in the arts
The DCMS paper “Supporting excellence in the arts”, also known as the McMaster Review, raised more questions than it answered in terms of how UK cultural policy is likely to develop in the future. Although many of its intentions are laudable, the report fails to resolve the inherent problems associated with defining, measuring and judging cultural “excellence”, even though this forms the core of McMaster's argument about how policy should develop…
Supporting excellence in the arts
The DCMS paper “Supporting excellence in the arts”, also known as the McMaster Review, raised more questions than it answered in terms of how UK cultural policy is likely to develop in the future. Although many of its intentions are laudable, the report fails to resolve the inherent problems associated with defining, measuring and judging cultural “excellence”, even though this forms the core of McMaster's argument about how policy should develop…
Framing European Heritage and Identity
This submission examines the impact of the European Union (EU) policy efforts to construct a European Heritage and a sense of belonging within the wider European population on Heritage policy. The article explores how the EU has selected and wielded instruments that frame particular values that (1) respond to specific policy problems and impact European heritage(s) and (2) build political myths articulating particular visions of what the EU repre…
Supporting excellence in the arts
The DCMS paper “Supporting excellence in the arts”, also known as the McMaster Review, raised more questions than it answered in terms of how UK cultural policy is likely to develop in the future. Although many of its intentions are laudable, the report fails to resolve the inherent problems associated with defining, measuring and judging cultural “excellence”, even though this forms the core of McMaster's argument about how policy should develop…
‘People-Place-Process’ and Attachment in the Museum
Previous studies of place attachment have tended to focus on the positive (rather than negative) reasons why individuals associate themselves with a particular place, while studies on memory and identity have frequently been based on negative experiences of and in place. Drawing on interviews and focus groups, this article highlights how Germans and Poles with a history of forced migration have different perceptions of the same geographical ‘home…
Changing Places, Changing People
Across Europe and beyond, much is being made of the perceived breakdown of the nation state, which was historically configured as a ‘container’ of heritage formations, adopting and perusing local traditions where possible but oppressing them where they were deemed unsuitable. Migration is seen as eroding the rigid boundaries of this configuration, potentially liberating identities and heritages in the process. This special issue aims to address t…
Having and belonging. Homes and museums in Israel
"Having and belonging. Homes and museums in Israel." International Journal of Heritage Studies, 23(6), pp. 601–602
European Bodies
In this special issue we focus on processes of europeanisation and the work of colonial legacies and their impact on the production of the european body, a body that is always already racialised, classed and gendered. ‘european body’ can be observed in discourses and practices that constitute the normal/desired/legitimate body and concomitantly impacts notions about the civilised/cultured body, often linked to whiteness, secularism, legitimate cl…
Diversity of Belonging in Europe
Belonging - and not belonging - lies at the core of many of the recent ‘crises’ and ongoing processes of change that are shaping - and shaking up - contemporary Europe. New forms of socio-spatial inclusion and exclusion have been embraced, contested and (re)negotiated as part of ongoing processes of social change, connected to migration and displacement, post-socialism and decolonisation, populism and polarisation. This book aims to provide insig…
Framing European Heritage and Identity
This submission examines the impact of the European Union (EU) policy efforts to construct a European Heritage and a sense of belonging within the wider European population on Heritage policy. The article explores how the EU has selected and wielded instruments that frame particular values that (1) respond to specific policy problems and impact European heritage(s) and (2) build political myths articulating particular visions of what the EU repre…
Introduction
Navigating ‘the political’
For over a century, the UK Museums Association and the Deutscher Museumsbund have represented the professional interests of museums and their employees, while also acting within a ‘political sphere’. Yet, much of their recent history and contemporary activity remains unexplored. Using discourse analysis of their professional publications, we identify and analyse four socio-political themes raised by both organisations: (dis)ability and mental hea…
The value of the ‘undisciplined’
This paper explores the discipline of Museum Studies considering its relationship to History. It addresses key differences between understandings of academic Museum Studies internationally, its distinction from museum practice, and interdisciplinary strengths. The paper is based on an extensive literature review, analysis, and reflections from 20 years of experience, both within the academic discipline of Museum Studies in the UK and of interdisc…
Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (5 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (3 works) · Law (3 works)