Etnografski muzeji/zbirke i konstrukcija identiteta
Ethnographic Museums/Collections and Identity Construction

Author(s): Ljiljana Gavrilović
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Art
Published by: Srpski genealoški centar
Keywords: museum; exhibition; identity; minorities; social inclusion; new museology;
Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses museum theory and the local museum practice as factors building in construction/re-construction of an identity at various levels, including an individual, minority groups, and dominant cultural, socio-economic group. Furthermore, the paper assesses the role of museum in preventing/including certain social groups/categories toward access to culture as a means of social stratification, and in addition, possibilities of alteration of that same role toward more active participation of a museum in its social surroundings, in accordance with the new museum paradigm. Especially emphasized is an analysis of the role and meaning of ethnographic museums/collections in the process of shaping national/ethnic identities and further possibilities of inclusion of minorities, absent from the usual practice. This refers to the acquisition of objectsbelonging to a minority group, and on the other hand, to their underpresentation, which indicates a cultural segregation.

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