Echoes of Experience
Encountering Children and Childhood in the Canadian History Hall
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12969159 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Friend (0000-0002-9291-3901, corresponding author), Monica Eileen Patterson (0000-0002-8624-5505) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 10-37 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jeunesse Young People Texts Cultures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1920-2601 • E-ISSN: 1920-261X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jeunesse.13.2.10 |
| OpenAlex | W4286329866 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 26 |
How are children remembered in public memory? Within most history museums, children are superficially represented in well-worn, overly simplistic tropes overwritten by adult nostalgia, romanticism, and sentimentalism. Rarely are the details of their lives—not to mention their ideas or perspectives—engaged in a substantive and nuanced way. This representation is especially true for racialized children and those from other historically marginalized groups. Children are often presented as examples of a generic type (“ten-year-old boy”), and overwhelmingly as historical victims. But curating traces of children’s material and immaterial culture can offer insight into young people’s understandings of cultural, political, and social matters—unique and valuable perspectives that deserve closer attention. This article explores the dominant narratives used to represent children as historical actors in the recently revamped Canadian History Hall at the Canadian Museum of History. Focusing on the possibilities and challenges of presenting children’s perspectives, experiences, and voices, we take the new Canadian History Hall as a case study, and analyze both the narrative form and content of the many representations of children and childhood found in its three galleries
Aesthetics · Art · History of childhood · Literature · Narrative · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Museums and Cultural Heritage
The National Museum of Canada, 1910 to 1960
La salle de l’Histoire canadienne
Canadian History Hall
Feral children
Minor concerns
The abiding condition was hunger’
The educational work of a National Museum
The essence of innocence
Museums as Agents of Social Inclusion
Branding History at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
Inclusion in museums
Toy Story
Children, childhood and cultural heritage
Toward a Critical Children's Museology
Double Take
The Material Culture of Children and Childhood
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |