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Museological Review, Issue 12 Department of Museum Studies Museological Review, Issue 12. 2007 Museological Review, Museological Review, 12: 2007 Contents Preface ...................................................p. iii Introduction .............................................p. iv Catherine Pearson ................................p. 1 Museums and Cultural Life in the Second World War Charlotte Andrews ..............................p. 17 Bermuda’s underwater cultural heritage Prof. Susan Pearce .............................p. 44 The Strange Story of the Thing, or The Material World in the Contemporary Novel Lisa M. Binder .....................................p. 57 Contemporary African Art and the Politics of Representation MUSEOLOGICAL Emma Poulter .....................................p. 71 Gelede masks at the Manchester Museum Effie Komninou ..................................p. 94 Illness in Contemporary Arts: Metonymic REVIEW Representations and the Politics of Recognition Dr. Richard Sandell ...........................p.109 Museums and the Combating of Prejudice (Extended abstract) A Journal edited by Students of Dr. Yuka Shimamura-Wilcocks ........p. 114 the Department of Museum Studies Social Inclusion and Museums: Celebration of ‘Difference’, Understanding ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ (Extended abstract) Heather Hollins .................................p. 123 Conference Proceedings Emancipatory Research Methodologies: the Road to Social Justice Tobias Metzler ....................................p.141 Issue 12: 2007 The Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition and the formation of Jewish identities Laura McAtackney ............................p. 157 The Regeneration of Long Kesh/Maze Prison Site, Northern Ireland: the only way forward? ISSN 1354-5825 GRADUATE STUDIES MUSEOLOGICAL REVIEW A Journal Edited by Students of the Department of Museum Studies Conference Proceedings Issue 12: 2007 Editors: Jeanette Atkinson Wing Yan Ting Museological Review © 2007 Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester All rights reserved. Permission must be obtained from the Editors for reproduction of any material in any form, except limited photocopying for educational, non-profit use. Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the University of Leicester, the Department of Museum Stusies, or the editors. Copies can be ordered at a cost of £8.00 per issue plus postage and packing, from: Leicester University Bookshop University Road Leicester LE1 7RD Tel: 0116 252 3456 or 0116 252 3000 FAX: 0116 252 5029 e-mail: [email protected] Design and layout: Jim Roberts, Department of Museum Studies i Contents Preface ...................................................................................... p. iii Introduction to the conference proceeding ................................ p. iv Notes for Contributors ............................................................... p. vi Art for the People: Museums and Cultural Life in the ................ p. 1 Second World War: Catherine Pearson Tricky Listening: Museological inclusion of.............................. p. 13 archaeologically alternative views to Bermuda’s underwater cultural heritage: Charlotte Andrews The Strange Story of the Thing, ............................................... p. 33 or The Material World in the Contemporary Novel: Emeritus Prof. Susan Pearce Location, Location, Location!:Contemporary African Art.......... p. 42 and the Politics of Representation: Lisa M. Binder Connecting Histories: Gelede masks at the Manchester ........ p. 52 Museum: Emma Poulter Illness in Contemporary Arts: Metonymic Representations ..... p. 69 and the Politics of Recognition: Effie Komninou Museums and the Combating of Prejudice .............................. p.78 (Extended abstract): Dr. Richard Sandell Social Inclusion and Museums: Celebration of ‘Difference’, .... p. 81 Understanding ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ (Extended abstract): Dr. Yuka Shimamura-Wilcocks Emancipatory Research Methodologies: ................................. p. 88 the Road to Social Justice: Heather Hollins ii Jewish History in the Showcase. The Anglo-Jewish............... p.101 Historical Exhibition and the formation of Jewish identities: Tobias Metzler The Regeneration of Long Kesh/Maze Prison Site, ............... p. 112 Northern Ireland: the only way forward?: Laura McAtackney iii Preface Museological Review was established in 1994 to give research students in Leicester and elsewhere a voice. It was to be the vehicle through which the museum studies research community - spread as it is across archaeology, cultural studies, art history and other academic units - could establish a dialogue which would permit the exchange of ideas regarding perspectives, methods and results. This special issue is the outcome of a highly successful AHRC sponsored conference, ‘Material Culture, Identities and Social Inclusion’, organised by Leicester research students, which took place in Leicester early in 2006, and which shared that same mission. While the conference had a number of keynotes by museum studies veterans, it was the contributions of the research students themselves that was most interesting, for it revealed what these students thought most current and where they believed the field was going. The presented papers showed the degree to which museum studies benefits from the multidisciplinarity of its contributors, not all of whom had read museum studies at postgraduate level before commencing their studies of museums. Although conferences are ephemeral events, participants long remember them and in the papers here there is more than a hint of the topics that were discussed. Conferences are also important for generating enthusiasm - and I recall many conversations with presenters of posters who were clearly passionate about their projects. I hope that before long, Leicester research students will again organise a conference and in doing so attempt to extend the breadth of disciplinary participation even further. Museological Review - which will be relaunched as an online journal from Autumn 2007 - will I hope continue to develop as the voice for an emergent community, for those who wish to research the museum, and wish to locate the next question. I wish it well. Professor Simon Knell 12 March 2007 iv Introduction to the Conference Proceedings Conference Aims The ‘Material Culture, Identities and Social Inclusion’ conference was delivered over 9th and 10th February 2006. It was organised by the PhD research community at the University of Leicester and brought together a sometimes disparate inter-disciplinary community focused around museum, gallery and heritage research. The conference aimed to reconsider our understanding of material culture, identity and social inclusion issues by exploring how what we choose to collect, display and interpret in museums and galleries validates certain audiences' identities whilst excluding others. As cultural institutions aiming to serve the public through their collections, museums and galleries are now facing questions regarding what they should collect, how collections should be interpreted and whose voices are being represented. Ultimately, museums need to justify their place within our modern society, where communities and individuals have multi-layered cultural heritages, faith traditions, identities, interests and needs. Conference Themes The overarching theme of the conference was one of inclusion and how museums/galleries were looking beyond their traditional audience base, to enable previously excluded communities to engage with them. The first day of the conference focused on material culture and explored issues of representation with African collections, how it can be used to reach out to new audiences and how contemporary art can be used as a tool for inclusion. Day two focused on how museums and galleries were involved in combating prejudice and social exclusion through identity construction. The range of papers on this day focused on cultural and national identities, along with how museums can support people whose identities have been affected by war or conflict, through taking a role in the process of peace and reconciliation. Bringing Research Communities Together Through the exploration of these broad themes, we wanted to bring together academics, postgraduate students and museum/gallery practitioners to share ideas; and to provide a forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge ideas, new v research methodologies and the practical experiences of fieldwork. The conference programme attracted papers from 4 eminent keynote speakers, 16 speakers and 20 poster presenters who showcased research focused around the conference themes. This publication aims to disseminate the work of a significant proportion of our speakers who were able to write up their papers more formally for the proceedings. We were delighted to welcome over 140 delegates from 27 universities (including international academics and students), 17 museums along with representatives from strategic bodies including the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Museums Association and regional museum, library and archive councils. Our evaluation of the conference showed that delegates valued the opportunity to share ideas, network and gain access to current research. We are therefore pleased to be able to disseminate the outcomes of the conference to a wider audience through this special edition of Museological Review. As conference chair I would like to take the opportunity thank all the PhD Conference Committee who
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