The Military History Museum in Dresden

Between Forum and Temple

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19438372
AutoresCristian Cercel (0009-0000-4798-1705, autor de correspondencia), Cristian Cercel Cristian Cercel
Año2018
Volumen30
Número1
Páginas3
Fecha de publicación2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHistory and Memory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0935-560X • E-ISSN: 1527-1994
EditorialIndiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2979/histmemo.30.1.02
OpenAlexW2794168817
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas11

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