Christoph Bareither’s recent publication “Doing Emotion through Digital Media” discusses the taking of selfies at the “Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe” in Berlin. It engages in a discussion of practice and affordance theories as well as ethnographic approaches to the study of emotions. Published openly accessible in Ethnologia Europaea, you can read it here.
New book by Jan-Jonathan Bock and Sharon Macdonald out now
‘Refugees Welcome? Difference and Diversity in a Changing Germany’, the newly released book by Jan-Jonathan Bock and Sharon Macdonald, examines the responses and implications of what was widely seen as the most significant and contested social change since German reunification in 1990. Find more info here.
'Profusion in Museums - A Report on Contemporary Collecting and Disposal' now available
‘Profusion in Museums – A Report on Contemporary Collecting and Disposal’ by Harald Fredheim, Sharon Macdonald and Jennie Morgan is now available! To read online or to get a printed copy, click here. Or, click here to download the PDF file directly. CARMAH wishes a good read!
Jonas Tinius publishes in the Galerie Wedding catalogue
After two years of fieldwork with the district gallery of Berlin-Wedding, Jonas Tinius has written up his notes for the catalogue on their successive two-year programmes. The book will be launched on 29 May in the gallery. “Fieldnotes”, in: Post-Otherness Wedding / Unsustainable Privileges. Galerie Wedding – Space for Contemporary Art Berlin, edited by Solvej Helweg Ovesen and Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung. Bielefeld/New York: Kerber.
Sharon Macdonald reflects on what museums (should) keep for the future
Suggested further readings: CARMAH's Reflections
Feel invited to have a look at our Reflections page where you’ll meet CARMAH halfway; find first reactions on the ‘Restitution Report‘ (Margareta von Oswald); and read about the emerging subject of provenance in the Multaka-guided tours at the Pergamon Museum (Rikke Gram).
The Museumslabor is back again
During this semester’s Museum Lab we are going to explore the peripheries of museums. We will be continuing our practice of joint exhibition visits and reflections, and invite people who wish to present parts of their research to a professional audience. The Museumslabor is open to researchers, practicioners and those working in the intersection of theory and practice. Feel free to join!
New CARMAH Newsletter out now
Otherwise. Rethinking Museums and Heritage - CARMAH Paper #1
CARMAH proudly presents the first collection of essays with an introduction by Sharon Macdonald. Named after the symposium ‘OTHERWISE. Rethinking Museums and Heritage‘ held on July 27th – 28th, 2017. It is an open-access publication and can be downloaded here. Enjoy!
