Człowiek w sytuacji granicznej w kontekście ekspozycji muzealnych
People in extreme situations in the context of museum exhibitions

Author(s): Anna Ziębińska-Witek
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: history exhibition; museum; representation; trauma; history-based politics
Summary/Abstract: Museum exhibitions present a vision of the past that fits in with a given country’s history-based politics. This also applies to events placing people in an extreme situation, namely in sudden and direct contact with their own death. The author discusses this problem on the example of museums that are sites of memory and museums devoted to World War II. She analyzes the museums’ missions, the image of victims, how objects are used, general exhibition strategies and the potential responses of the public.

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