Memoryscapes in Transition: Black History Museums, New South Narratives, and Urban Regeneration

2013 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Davis
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Black History ◽  
History Museums

Memory Entrepreneurs

2017 ◽  
pp. 27-65
Author(s):  
Robyn Autry
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Black History ◽  
Cultural Work ◽  
Social Consensus ◽  
Us History ◽  
History Museums ◽  
National Museums ◽  
Museum Culture

Chapter 1 explores the role of ‘memory entrepreneurs’ in revising historical content. It asks, “If history is written by the victors, then who revises it?” I answer this question by identifying the key actors involved in positioning museums as sites of revision, paying attention to how their institutional locations and interests help explain the cultural politics of revision. I discuss revision in terms of historical content as a gateway to a deeper consideration of revision as a source of renewing social consensus and reshaping public (historical) space. This chapter links the cultural work of museums dedicated to preserving histories of violence to longstanding criticisms of mainstream history and museum culture. The chapter compares the development of a family of black history museums operating in opposition to whitewashing of US history to the overhaul of national museums after the fall of apartheid in South Africa.

EDITORIAL Urban Regeneration

1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Oatley
Keyword(s):  
Urban Regeneration
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