Museum diplomacy : transnational public history and the U.S. Department of State
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Museum diplomacy : transnational public history and the U.S. Department of State
（Public history in historical perspective）
University of Massachusetts Press, 2020
- pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The Museums Connect program stands at the intersection of transnational public history and international diplomacy. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the American Alliance of Museums, this program partners U.S. museums and non-U.S. museums in projects designed to foster community collaboration and engagement. Museum Diplomacy focuses on three Museums Connect projects arranged between the United States and South Africa, Morocco, and Afghanistan, respectively. Utilizing a diverse range of oral interviews, Richard J. W. Harker explores how museums negotiate national boundaries, institutional and local histories, and post-9/11 geopolitical interests. Working in different political and professional contexts, museum partners have built community-driven collaborative exhibitions and projects that tell transnational stories.
As more historic sites and museums seek to surmount social, cultural, and economic barriers between themselves and their communities in their exhibitions and programming, the Museums Connect program provides important lessons on how to overcome entrenched hierarchies of power in public history.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Note on Quotations
Introduction
Chapter 1 ""State Department Museums""?: The Convergence and Divergence of Public Diplomacy and Public History
Chapter 2 ""Afghan on top and American on bottom"": Exploring Minority Identity through Dialogue with War-Torn Afghanistan
Chapter 3 Beyond an Imperialist Undertaking?: Negotiating Transnational Public History Pedagogy
Chapter 4 Activating Sites of Conscience: Addressing Shared Silences within Parallel Public Histories
Conclusion
Statement on Methodology
Appendix: Museums Connect Projects, 2008--2016
Notes
Index
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