Avant-garde Theories or Plausible Scenarios?
Museums In the Light of Critical Heritage Studies
Monika Stobiecka
konteksty@ispan.plUniwersytet Warszawski (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3774-6159
Abstract
The paper discusses theoretical and practical proposals for redefining the role of the museum, its practices, and collections offered by representatives of critical heritage studies, an interdisciplinary research field situated at the intersection of anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, history, art history, environmental humanities, conservation, law, museum studies, and tourism. Critical heritage studies, by making a paradigmatic shift towards posthumanism, put forward bold and radical postulates concerning, among other things, transcending traditional binary oppositions used in heritage practice (natural vs. cultural, material vs. immaterial, secular vs. religious). However, to what extent do these new theories translate into practice? Are they merely avant-garde and inspiring proposals with no grounding in reality? Or, conversely, are they already materializing as plausible scenarios for heritage? Finally, how can the proposals of critical heritage studies be realized within the museum institution, which remains one of the main subjects of research conducted in this spirit? The article addresses the above research questions by: 1) probing new conceptualizations of the museum’s role emerging from the texts of critical heritage studies scholars; 2) discussing radical practices and their potential realization in museum institutions; and 3) tackling the future-oriented issue of collections and museum objects that go beyond the past and present.
Keywords:
critical heritage studies, controlled decay, museums of the future, heritage of the future, living heritageReferences
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Monika Stobieckakonteksty@ispan.pl
Uniwersytet Warszawski Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3774-6159
Monika Stobiecka – historyczka sztuki i archeolożka, adiunktka na Wydziale „Artes Liberales” Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, członkini Akademii Młodych Uczonych PAN. Laureatka „Diamentowego Grantu” MNiSW (2014) i „Miniatury” NCN (2021), stypendystka Fundacji z Brzezia Lanckorońskich (2016), Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej (2018) oraz Fundacji na Rzecz Nauki Polskiej (2019). Finalistka konkursu nagród naukowych tygodnika „Polityka” (2020). Współzałożycielka Central and Eastern Europe Chapter w Association of Critical Heritage Studies. Autorka dwóch monografii dotyczących teoretyzowania muzeów archeologicznych, które ukazały się nakładem Wydawnictwa IBL PAN (2020) oraz Routledge (2023). Redagowała pierwszy w Polsce wstęp do krytycznych studiów nad dziedzictwem (Krytyczne studia nad dziedzictwem: pojęcia, metody, teorie i perspektywy, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego 2023). Interesuje się studiami muzealnymi, krytycznymi studiami nad dziedzictwem, teorią i metodologią archeologii.
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