Making History in the Second Person
Post-touristic Considerations for Living Historical Interpretation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4553256 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott Magelssen (0000-0002-2622-1181, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 291-312 |
| Publication date | 2006-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theatre Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-2882 • E-ISSN: 1086-332X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tj.2006.0119 |
| OpenAlex | W2063919725 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 14 |
Living history museums differ from other institutions through their use of performance, yet they forfeit the potential of performance to engender a more dynamic and responsible mode of historiography. Alternative living history models that incorporate "second-person interpretation," in which the visitors pretend to be part of the past, may be more efficacious in achieving this potential. This article explores how second-person interpretation can go beyond simply letting visitors try crafts or chores, both to make curatorial decisions and agendas visible to spectators and to give spectators more agency in determining the trajectory of their encounter with history
Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Archaeology · Art · Epistemology · Historiography · Interpretation (philosophy · Life history · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Philosophy · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2020 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |