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Reconfiguration of “Migration” and “Woman” in a participatory museum project

CAMOC / ICOM Annual Conference, Frankfurt am Main
4 June 2018

(in English)

For a very long time, migration was often represented in museums by displaying suitcases, which can be considered as a romantic representation of migrants: “They pack their little lives” in a suitcase and leave for a foreign country. In many museum displays, suitcases stand for the good old days but also for poverty and for the hope for a better life. Furthermore, instead of presenting migrant groups with a variety of themes, such as their struggles, achievements, and goals, museums preferred to link migration to national history, emphasizing the concept of multiculturalism.