Doing Diversity in Museums and Heritage: A Berlin Ethnography

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Doing Diversity in Museums and Heritage

A Berlin Ethnography

Edited by: Sharon Macdonald

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2022

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The museum and heritage sector has been shaken by debates over how to address colonialism, migration, Islamophobia, LGBTI+ and multiple other forms of difference. This major multi-researcher ethnography of museums and heritage in Berlin provides new insight into how ›diversity‹ is understood and put into action in museums and heritage. Exploring new initiatives and approaches, the book shows how these work – or do not – in practice. By doing so, it highlights ways forward – for research and action – for the future. The fieldwork locations on which this book is based include the Humboldt Forum, the Museum of Islamic Art, the Museum für Naturkunde, and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, as well as Berlin streets and protests.

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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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List of Images
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Doing Diversity, Making Differences. Multi-Researcher Ethnography in Museums and Heritage in Berlin
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Sharon Macdonald

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Talking and Going about Things Differently. On Changing Vocabularies and Practices in the Postcolonial Provenance and Restitution Debates
57
Larissa Förster

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Being Affected. Shifting Positions at the Ethnological Museum of Berlin
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Margareta von Oswald

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Beyond Compare. Juxtaposition, Enunciation and African Art in Berlin Museums
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Nnenna Onuoha

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Polarised Public Perceptions of German Colonialism. Visitor Comments at the DHM German Colonialism Exhibition
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Harriet Merrow

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Changing Street Names. Decolonisation and Toponymic Reinscription for Doing Diversity in Berlin
137
Duane Jethro

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Dis-Othering Diversity. Troubling differences in a Berlin-Brussels Afropolitan curatorial collaboration
157
Jonas Tinius

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Diversity Max*. Multiple Differences in Exhibition-Making in Berlin Global in the Humboldt Forum
173
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Diversifying the Collections at the Museum of European Cultures
193
Magdalena Buchczyk

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Collecting Diversity. Data and Citizen Science at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
211
Chiara Garbellotto and Tahani Nadim

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Exploring the Futurabilities of Museums. Making differences with the Museum Divan at the Museum for Islamic Art in Berlin
229
Christine Gerbich

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Willkommen im Museum. Making and Unmaking Refugees in the Multaka Project
247
Rikke Gram

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i,Slam. Belonging and Difference on Stage in Berlin
261
Katarzyna Puzon

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Transnational Entanglements of Queer Solidarity. Berlin Walks with Istanbul Pride March
277
Nazlı Cabadağ

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Difficult Heritage and Digital Media. ‘Selfie culture’ and Emotional Practices at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
293
Christoph Bareither

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Making Differences to Doing Diversity in Museums and Heritage. An Afterword
315
Sharon Macdonald

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Notes on Contributors
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324

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Keywords for this book

Diversity; Diversity; Museums; Museums; Heritage; Heritage; Anthropology; Anthropology; Ethnography; Ethnography; Memory Culture; Memory Culture; Cultural Management; Cultural Management; Museum; Museum; Museum Management; Museum Management; Postcolonialism; Postcolonialism

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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research

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Doing Diversity in Museums and Heritage

Overview

About this book

Reviews

Supplementary Materials

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Images

Doing Diversity, Making Differences. Multi-Researcher Ethnography in Museums and Heritage in Berlin

Talking and Going about Things Differently. On Changing Vocabularies and Practices in the Postcolonial Provenance and Restitution Debates

Being Affected. Shifting Positions at the Ethnological Museum of Berlin

Beyond Compare. Juxtaposition, Enunciation and African Art in Berlin Museums

Polarised Public Perceptions of German Colonialism. Visitor Comments at the DHM German Colonialism Exhibition

Changing Street Names. Decolonisation and Toponymic Reinscription for Doing Diversity in Berlin

Dis-Othering Diversity. Troubling differences in a Berlin-Brussels Afropolitan curatorial collaboration

Diversity Max*. Multiple Differences in Exhibition-Making in Berlin Global in the Humboldt Forum

Diversifying the Collections at the Museum of European Cultures

Collecting Diversity. Data and Citizen Science at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

Exploring the Futurabilities of Museums. Making differences with the Museum Divan at the Museum for Islamic Art in Berlin

Willkommen im Museum. Making and Unmaking Refugees in the Multaka Project

i,Slam. Belonging and Difference on Stage in Berlin

Transnational Entanglements of Queer Solidarity. Berlin Walks with Istanbul Pride March

Difficult Heritage and Digital Media. ‘Selfie culture’ and Emotional Practices at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Making Differences to Doing Diversity in Museums and Heritage. An Afterword

Notes on Contributors

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