National Museums and the Origins of Nations provides the first international survey of
origins stories in national museums and examines the ways in which such museums use the …

In recent years, museums have become increasingly engaged with embodied, sensory and
emotive forms of knowledge, with personal experience paramount. The question addressed …

This paper examines heritage representations within the 2013 “Gezi” protests in Turkey,
focusing on the contest over the historical, social, and political significance of Gezi Park in …

Recent historical research has analysed the Cold War as an 'imaginary war', an
interpretation that poses specific challenges for displaying the conflict in museums. In …

In the past few years, numerous art initiatives have addressed the subject of migration and
sought to voice an alternative to the predominant images diffused in the mainstream media …

Museums are central places for participating in the territorial building of the nation-state.
They can also play a key role in proposing a spatial structure of the European Union. Certain …

This paper explores the tensions that arise when museums adopt a particular moral and
political standpoint while at the same time attempting to recognize and making space for a …

It is widely believed that working on the built environment is increasingly becoming a
predominant condition of the contemporary architectural practice. As many authors point out …

This study collects oral histories in intersubjective methods. Grounded methods allowed for
themes to emerge that revealed strategies of self‐definition expressed by survivors of ethnic …

This special issue engages with histories of refugees and 'family'and their intersections with
aspects of memory studies–including oral history, public storytelling, family history and …