Sept. 14, 2015: Why have (human rights) museums? Dr. Jean Friesen [podcast] & Dr. Jerome Cranston [podcast] followed by a discussion. [Written summary.]
Readings: Introduction, Afterward and Carter chapter, The Idea of a Human Rights Museum (IHRM book).
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Sept. 21: Missions, Mandates and other Meta-narratives, Dr. Adam Muller [written summary] [podcast]
Readings: Failler and Powell chapters, (IHRM book).
Optional readings:
- Michael Bernard-Donals, Synecdochic Memory at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2012, College English 74, p417.
- Yves Frenette, Conscripting Canada’s Past: The Harper Government and the Politics of Memory, 2014, Canadian Journal of History 49.
- (Before Spirit tour) Garry “Morning Star” Raven, The Seven Teachings and More. On reserve, Law Library.
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Sept 28: On Museum Architecture, Prof. Ralph Stern [podcast] and Prof. Karen Busby [podcast]. Q & A [podcast]
Readings:
- Wodtke article in The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies vol. 37, 2015, Special Issue (REPCS).
- Adele Weder, Faulty Tower, The CMHR as tourist trap, Walrus, November 2014.
Optional reading: Archaeological Project, Canadian Museum For Human Rights, by Mireille Lamontagne, Manager, Education Programs and Special Projects, Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
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Oct. 5: What does it mean to decolonize or Indigenize a museum? Emily Grafton (research-curator for Indigenous content at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights). [written summary]
Readings:
- Phillips chapter in IHRM book.
- Michael Ames, How to Decorate a House: The Renegotiation of Cultural Representations at the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology.
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Oct. 14: The Idea of a Human Rights Museum book launch, McNally Robinson, 1120 Grant Ave., Winnipeg
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Oct 19: The Ethics of Collecting: Holocaust-era Art Claims, Pat Bovey [podcast], Q and A [podcast] [written summary]
Reading: World Jewish Restitution Organization, Report Concerning Current Approaches of United States Museums to Holocaust-era Art Claims (June 25, 2015).
Optional:
- Facta filed in the Ontario Court of Appeal in Fontaine v. Canada.
- Watch the film Woman in Gold.
- Catherine Bell et al, “First Nations Cultural Heritage: A Selected Survey of Issues and Initiatives” in Bell and Napoleon (eds) First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law: Case Studies, Voices, and Perspectives, UBCPress, 2007. On reserve in the law library.
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Oct. 26: Call to Action, Prof. Karen Busby [podcast] Q and A [podcast] [written summary]
Readings: Grzyb and Petrasek chapters in IHRM book
Optional: Articles in Richard Sandell (ed), Museums, Society & Inequality, 2002.
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Nov. 2: Museum for Canadian Human Rights Violations, Dr. Angela Failler, Dr. Peter Ives and Anna Huard [written summary] [podcast] [Q & A podcast] and Branding History, Dr. Miranda Brady, Carleton U [podcast] [Q & A podcast].
Readings:
- Introduction in REPCS special issue.
- Aronczyk and Brady, Branding History at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canadian Journal of Communication, 2015
Optional: Karen Busby, Blue Lakes and Rocky Shores: Canada’s Obligations to First Nations Reserves under International Human Rights Law on Water and Sanitation (Available to students via UM LEARN.)
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Nov 9: Curatorial Decision-making: Comparative Perspectives, Dr. Stephan Jaeger [podcast] and Dr. Jorge Nallim [podcast] [Q and A podcast] [written summary]
Readings:
- Jaeger and Nallim chapters in IHRM book.
- Silke Arnold-de-Simine, Mediating Memory in the Museum: Trauma, Empathy, Nostalgia (Palgrave Macmillan 2013) pp. 7-13, 36-53, 71-86, 201-204.
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Nov. 16: Curatorial Decision Making: Genocide, Dr. Andrew Woolford [podcast] and Helen Fallding [podcast] [Q&A podcast] [written summary]
Readings: Moses and Fallding chapters in IHRM book
Optional: Tricia Logan, National Memory and Museums: Remembering Settler Colonial Genocide and Indigenous Peoples in Canada in Remembering Genocide, 2014, Routledge. (Available online through UM library system.)
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Nov. 23: Curatorial Decision Making: Indian Residential Schools, Dr. Adam Muller, Dr. Struan Sinclair and Dr. Andrew Woolford [podcast] [Q&A podcast] [written summary]
Reading: Muller/Sinclair/Woolford chapter in IHRM book
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Nov. 30: Curatorial Decision-making: Violence Against Women, Dr. Hee-Jung Serenity Joo. [podcast] [Q&A podcast] [written summary]
Readings: Joo and Dean articles in REPCS special issue and Jamie Black REDress