LES DISPOSITIFS IMMERSIFS DANS LES MUSÉES D’HISTOIRE DE L’ESCLAVAGE : EMPATHIE, TRAUMA ET RECONNAISSANCE DANS LA REPRÉSENTATION DU PASSAGE DU MILIEU
IMMERSIVE DEVICES IN MUSEUMS OF THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY: EMPATHY, TRAUMA AND RECOGNITION IN THE DEPICTION OF THE MIDDLE PASSAGE

Summary/Abstract: Scenographic strategies for the representation of the violence of slavery increasingly make use of immersive displays, which dramatise museum spaces and aim to deeply affect visitors. We propose a comparative study of three scenographic displays devoted to a topos of slavery history museums: the representation of the Middle Passage (transatlantic crossing): those of the International Museum of Slavery (Liverpool, UK), the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, OH, USA), and the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum (Baltimore, MA, USA). The use of these displays finally shows the changes in sensitivity towards the historical phenomenon of slavery.

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