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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465130103321

Titolo

The idea of a human rights museum / / edited by Karen Busby, Adam Muller, and Andrew Woolford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winnipeg, Manitoba : , : University of Manitoba Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-88755-469-5

0-88755-471-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (387 p.)

Collana

Human Rights and Social Justice Series ; ; 1

Disciplina

323.074712743

Soggetti

Human rights - Museums - Social aspects

Human rights - Museums - Political aspects

Museum architecture

Museum exhibits

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The idea of a human rights museum -- Spatialization and design -- Curatorial challenges -- Parallels and obligations.

Sommario/riassunto

The Idea of a Human Rights Museum is the first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions.