Visiter le passé : la place des émotions et du corps dans l’expérience mémorielle au musée

Based on the case study of the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago de Chile, which opened in 2010 and retraces the period of the military dictatorship, this article aims to approach what happens inside the museum with the purpose of reconstructing the glances, sensations and ways through w...

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Main Author: Malena Bastias Sekulovic
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Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2024-12-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/98627
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description Based on the case study of the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago de Chile, which opened in 2010 and retraces the period of the military dictatorship, this article aims to approach what happens inside the museum with the purpose of reconstructing the glances, sensations and ways through which the public appropriates the contents of the permanent exhibition of the museum as well as the memory of recent past. How do visitors come to grips with the past? This article aims to show that the visit is primarily marked by an implicit pact between visitors and the museum, which determines that certain corresponding sensations and perceptions must be experienced. By adopting the proposition of immersive practice during the visit, visitors weave a relationship with the past, based on truth and empathy. In this relationship, the role of emotions is central, as is the reinforcement of a self-image in relation to the past, based on values and principles pre-existing the visit. In this way, during the visit, the initial motivation to learn more about history is supplemented, and even displaced, by an immersive and emotional experience, which finds its strength for visitors in the undeniable authenticity they recognize in the museum.
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Visiter le passé : la place des émotions et du corps dans l’expérience mémorielle au musée
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
memory
Chile
emotions
audience
Museum
title Visiter le passé : la place des émotions et du corps dans l’expérience mémorielle au musée
title_full Visiter le passé : la place des émotions et du corps dans l’expérience mémorielle au musée
title_fullStr Visiter le passé : la place des émotions et du corps dans l’expérience mémorielle au musée
title_full_unstemmed Visiter le passé : la place des émotions et du corps dans l’expérience mémorielle au musée
title_short Visiter le passé : la place des émotions et du corps dans l’expérience mémorielle au musée
title_sort visiter le passe la place des emotions et du corps dans l experience memorielle au musee
topic memory
Chile
emotions
audience
Museum
url https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/98627
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