Panel Session at the PJSA (Peace and Justice Association) Conference
Milwaukee, WI (USA) • October 10, 2020
Authors and editors preview highlights of their new book, MUSEUMS FOR PEACE: IN SEARCH OF HISTORY, MEMORY, AND CHANGE (2022). Some questions addressed in this volume are fundamental, like “what are museums for peace?” Others are analytical: “What messages are the museums promoting and teaching? What other messages they are rejecting and opposing, suppressing and censoring? Why do some museums reinforce hegemonic narratives, while others resist authoritarian tropes to reveal silenced peace histories? Can museums for peace be unified with a common mission statement, such as the aim to face unreconciled historical pasts by centering excluded and silenced voices?