Interpreting Immigration at Museums and Historic Sites (eBook)

Dina A. Bailey (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
140 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6325-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Interpreting Immigration at Museums and Historic Sites includes strategies for the design, implementation, marketing and sustaining of programs that help visitors use the lens of history to address contemporary immigration issues and provides case studies, immigration program designs, audience building strategies, among others. The title considers the questions: How can museums use their collections and key stories as starting points for audience engagement around immigration past and present? How can museums move beyond the "we are a nation of immigrants" narrative - a narrative that does not resonate for all audiences? How can museums make opportunities for safe, open dialogue on immigration accessible to all stakeholders including both new immigrants and receiving communities? Interpreting Immigration includes strategies for the design, implementation, marketing and sustaining of programs that help visitors use the lens of history to address contemporary immigration issues.

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Interpreting Immigration at Museums and Historic Sites draws from the collective learning of the forty museums and historic sites that make up the Immigration and Civil Rights Network of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. Members of the Network have developed interpretive approaches that tap the power of place and history to open new dialogue on difficult subjects in a wide variety of contexts. The title considers the questions: How can museums use their collections and key stories as starting points for audience engagement around immigration past and present? How can museums move beyond the we are a nation of immigrants narrative - a narrative that does not resonate for all audiences? How can museums make opportunities for safe, open dialogue on immigration accessible to all stakeholders including both new immigrants and receiving communities?Interpreting Immigration includes strategies for the design, implementation, marketing and sustaining of programs that help visitors use the lens of history to address contemporary immigration issues and provides:Case studies from eight regionally diverse institutions including ethnic identity museums, immigration museums and local history sitesPiloted and evaluated immigration program designs including models for exhibit development, art-based interpretation, school programs, adult programs and neighborhood walking toursAudience building strategiesA tested evaluation toolkit for measuring institutional successLessons learned through the National Dialogues on Immigration Project, a cross-regional series of public programs designed to spark a national conversation on critical immigration topics like citizenship, American identity, border control, freedom of movement, and civil liberties.

Autor

Dina Bailey is the CEO of Mountain Top Vision, a consulting company that focuses on organizational transformation in non-profits. She works with organizations to embrace strategic initiatives that lead to more diverse and inclusive communities. The focus of her most recent work has centered on fostering empathy. Dina worked as the director of Museum Experiences at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and was the founding director of Educational Strategies at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.

Inhalt

Sarah PharaonAnan Ameri, Ph.D.Janeen BryantLinda Blanshay, Ph.D.Suzanne Seriff, Ph.D.Bram BeelaertWho is an American?: Moving Conversations at Lowell National Historical Park, Emily Levine and Resi PolixaYolanda Chavez Leyva, Ph.D.Dina Bailey

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.5.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Interpreting History
• Zusatzinfo: 30 Illustrations including: - 24 Halftones, Color including Color Photographs; - 1 Tables; - 5 Text Boxes.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Angel Island • assimilation • Diversity • Ellis Island • how to • Immigrants • Inclusion • intepreting history • Migrants • Migration • Museum Administration • Museum Interpretation • museum management • United States history
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-6325-3 / 1442263253
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-6325-3 / 9781442263253