{"product_id":"museum-times-changing-histories-in-south-africa-9781800735385","title":"Museum Times: Changing Histories in South Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tMuseums flourished in post-apartheid South Africa. In older museums, there were renovations on the go, and at least fifty new museums opened. Most sought to depict violence and suffering under apartheid and the growth of resistance. These unlikely journeys are tracked as museums became a primary setting for contesting histories. From the renowned Robben Island Museum to the almost unknown Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum, the author demonstrates how an institution concerned with the conservation of the past is simultaneously a site for changing history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a very rich book – unsurprisingly given what Witz himself remarks is the ‘excess of museum making’ in South Africa after 1994 – and is occasionally overwhelming. Witz, a leading figure in public history based for three decades at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), has an impressive command of the museum literature and the proliferating and shifting museum terrain.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• South African Journal of Science\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a significant book.  It addresses the dilemmas that museums face as they seek to both conserve the past and transform to meet the needs of new generations and changing sociopolitical environments…it is probably the most meaningful volume on South Africa’s post-apartheid museum moment”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Trevor Getz\u003c\/strong\u003e, San Francisco State University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eMuseum Times \u003cem\u003eis an important addition to the study of museums in South Africa. It offers the first sweeping assessment of museums, twenty years after apartheid’s end. At the same time, it gives us individual case studies that are both quirky and metonymic for larger processes. Part history, part memoir, the blurred genre offers insights that will be of interest to a wide audience.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Sara Byala\u003c\/strong\u003e, The University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface and Acknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e Changing museums, reshaping histories\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Remaking the chameleon: A history of history in South African museums\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e History on the beach: Making a museum home in Lwandle\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e History at sea: Re-making a museum of eventless history\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e A new hippo for a new nation: The journey of a museum ‘across the frontier’ in post-apartheid South Africa\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e The museum, the rabbit and national history: The voice of Robben Island\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘We are sick of Van Riebeeck, Van Riebeeck. We want to know our history’: Y350? and the re-making of settler histories in post-apartheid times\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Museums closing and opening\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042746499415,"sku":"9781800735385","price":116.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800735385.jpg?v=1750955446","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/museum-times-changing-histories-in-south-africa-9781800735385","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}