W obronie autonomii historii w muzeum
In Defence of the Autonomy of History in the Museum

Summary/Abstract: Stobiecka and Stobiecki discuss phenomena taking place within and around the field of historiography, including commercialisation, “gadgetisation” and techno-enthusiasm. In the first case, history becomes a commodity that must compete with other goods on the market. In the second case, history is treated as a game, which leads to the objectification and trivialisation of historical experience. Techno-enthusiasm, finally, is rooted in the digital preferences of the agencies sponsoring cultural institutions and their belief that an immersive vision of the past will attract more visitors to emerging cultural establishments. In contemporary Poland these phenomena intersect especially in the dominant model of the narrative museum critiqued by the authors.

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