Challenging History in the Museum: International Perspectives

Contents: Introduction: challenging history in the museum, Jenny Kidd. Part 1 The Emotional Museum, Alex Drago The emotional museum: the case of the National Museums Liverpool, David Fleming Telling hard truths and the process of decolonising indigenous representations in Canadian museums, Bryony Onciul Ripples in the pebble pool: dark narrative as maxim, metaphor and memorial, Alix H.J. Powers-Jones Making them laugh, making them cry: theatre's role in challenging history, Judith Bryan The Stiftelsen Arkivet experience: a Second World War Gestapo regional headquarters in Norway, Bjorn Tore Rosendahl and Ingvild Ruhaven. Part 2 Challenging Collaborations, Amy Ryall Challenging ourselves: uncomfortable histories and current museum practices, Bernadette Lynch Contemporary challenges: artist interventions in museums and galleries dealing with challenging histories, Miranda Stearn Coffee and cigarettes: on trust-building processes between the Norwegian government and the Romani traveller community, Ashild Andrea Brekke Fieldnotes from a challenging history, David Gunn and Victoria Ward. Part 3 Ethics, Ownership and Identity, Miranda Stearn Vicissitudes of representation: remembering and forgetting, Juliet Steyn Realms of memory and the recovery of the historical memory of the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship(1936-2012), Mikel Errazkin Agirrezabala and Rosa Martinez Rodriguez 'Unseen women: stories from Armagh gaol': exhibiting contrasting memories of a contested space, Jolene Mairs Dyer Borders of belonging: the UK Border Agency museum as a nation-building site, Claire Sutherland Perspectives on the Far East: understanding war through veterans' eyes, Amy Ryall. Part 4 'Teaching' Challenging History, Samantha Cairns Controversies around the teaching of Brazilian 'black history', Verena Alberti 'To kill a King?' Interpreting the execution of a monarch, Amanda Shamoon Frames of meaning: young people, historical consciousness and challenging history at museums and historic sites, Ceri Jones Challenging histories - challenging memorialisation: the Holocaust, Judith Vandervelde Index.