Museums as spaces of memory, identity and activism 

8 ECTS

Instructor: Alexandra Curvelo

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, students will:
– have theoretical knowledge about the historical development of museums and the main challenges for the future;
– be able to demonstrate critical awareness of the role of museums in culture, as institutions embedded in historical contexts and as sites of cultural production and construction of historical narratives, collective memory and identity; – have the ability to critically discuss the role of museum collections as testimonies of knowledge, identity, and memory, and perform a reflexive narrative analysis of the different topics of the course.