Constructing National and Local Identity in the Third World: New Museology Movement and Its Challenges

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211020.288How to use a DOI?

Keywords

New Museology Movement, New Museology, Community Museum, Eco-Museum, the Third World, Eurocentrism

Abstract

The essay explores how to use the New Museology theory to eliminate the dominant position of Eurocentric historical view in the third world and how to use eco-museum and community museum to build the national identity and local identity of the local people. With the rise of the New Museology Movement and the Cultural Heritage Protection Movement, the community museums and eco-museums established can reflect the current social evolution, and at the same time, can increase the recognition of people of different races to the cultures of different races. This phenomenon has been observed in the 21st century, and there are not many scholars studying it. The essay will reveal that the New Museology theory can deconstruct the existence of Eurocentrism by establishing community museums to a certain extent. The essay uses the case study method and interview method. By studying the present situation of museums in some third world, this article hopes to have a wider reference significance for reshaping people’s historical view in post-colonial areas. In conclusion, the essay deepens our understanding of New Museology, Community Museum, Eco-museum, and the Third World. Admittedly, the essay is limited because the number of cases is small, which makes it impossible to make a more comprehensive analysis of this phenomenon. In addition, due to the differences of countries, there may still be many problems in our analysis methods. Further studies can look into the development of public archaeology and construct a more systematic New Museology theory.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Peinan Cheng
AU  - Wenxuan Zhang
AU  - Yanning Huang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/21
TI  - Constructing National and Local Identity in the Third World: New Museology Movement and Its Challenges
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Relations and Social Sciences (ICPRSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 955
EP  - 962
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211020.288
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211020.288
ID  - Cheng2021
ER  -