This chapter shows how visitors draw connections between historical and contemporary
migration in relation to what they encounter in museum displays. It focuses on a small-scale …

Emotional Heritage brings the issues of affect and power in the theorisation of heritage to the
fore, whilst also highlighting the affective and political consequences of heritage-making …

I would also like to ask two related things… which have puzzled me since a brief visit to the
museum some years ago. One is to ask if you want donations of crafts and small items used …

This chapter explores different ways in which emotional responses to material culture,
museums and other heritage sites have often been ignored by interpretive strategies that …

The representation of migration in Australian museum exhibitions has been shaped by two
main issues. The first is that in settler countries like Australia, migration is closely linked with …

Drawing on a narrative study of Australian visitors to the Immigration Museum in Melbourne,
this article explores the hermeneutic complexities of migration encounters through the …

The social agency of museums in countering prejudices and fostering respect for differences
is increasingly recognised and empirical research has begun to illuminate the impacts of …

This paper provides a comparative historical perspective of how Australian museums have
exhibited stories of migration over the past three decades, with a focus on the use of objects …

Studies of the museum increasingly highlight the significant role of emotion in conveying
information and shaping its reception by audiences. Representations of the family as an …

This chapter builds on memories of that encounter by considering the cultures of militarism
displayed at the Australia War Memorial in Canberra, Australia, as enmeshings of the social …