2013
DOI: 10.3917/gen.092.0006
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Un musée d'histoire face à la question raciale : l'International Slavery Museum de Liverpool

Abstract: Inauguré à Liverpool en 2007, l'International Slavery Museum traite de l'histoire de l'esclavage et de ses « héritages ». Dans une ville qui fut le principal port négrier européen, cette initiative participe d'une politique des minorités visant à offrir une forme de reconnaissance à la population noire de la ville et au-delà. Cet article retrace la genèse de ce musée et analyse les cadres de sa mise en récit de l'esclavage. Il souligne le rôle décisif joué par le contexte local, marqué par un conflit racial ex… Show more

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“…Museums and memorials dedicated to slavery address the plantation as a key to understanding the historical process of enslavement and the racialization that came with it; the Louisiana's Whitney Plantation, for example, was conceived as a learning center about slavery (Amsden 2015). Or they address it as part of a wider history, as at the International Museum of Slavery in Liverpool (Hourcade 2013) or the Smithsonian's National Museum for African American History and Culture in Washington, DC (Holt 2018). In recent years, scholars and curators have debated the agenda and challenges of interpreting slavery, race, and racism at historic sites and existing museums (see, for example, Araujo 2020; Brooms 2012;Carter et al 2014;Eichstedt and Small 2002;Galles and Perry 2014;Message 2018;and Skipper and Davidson 2018).…”
Section: Plantation Memories Plantation Tourism Plantation Museumsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Museums and memorials dedicated to slavery address the plantation as a key to understanding the historical process of enslavement and the racialization that came with it; the Louisiana's Whitney Plantation, for example, was conceived as a learning center about slavery (Amsden 2015). Or they address it as part of a wider history, as at the International Museum of Slavery in Liverpool (Hourcade 2013) or the Smithsonian's National Museum for African American History and Culture in Washington, DC (Holt 2018). In recent years, scholars and curators have debated the agenda and challenges of interpreting slavery, race, and racism at historic sites and existing museums (see, for example, Araujo 2020; Brooms 2012;Carter et al 2014;Eichstedt and Small 2002;Galles and Perry 2014;Message 2018;and Skipper and Davidson 2018).…”
Section: Plantation Memories Plantation Tourism Plantation Museumsmentioning
confidence: 99%