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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Gabi ArrigoniORCiD, Professor Areti Galani
This is the authors' accepted manuscript of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by Taylor and Francis, 2021.
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Recently, the role of personal memories in the exhibition space has evolved synergistically with the creation of digital exhibits that provide opportunities for encounter between visitors and ordinary others remembering their difficult histories. The article contextualises the use of dialogic museum displays in relation to the concept of mediated witnessing by focusing on the use of digital interactivity. Grounded on the analysis of three case studies from museums in Poland, UK and Italy, the article illustrates how dialogic features supported by digital technologies frame processes of partaking other peoples’ memories, enriching and reworking the idea of dialogic remembering. Our key findings concern the role of dialogue in enhancing the liveness and the experiential dimension of mediated witnessing. Further, the article notes a shift in the use of the testimony in museums from evidencing past events to a stronger emphasis in supporting listening attitudes and reflective processes during the museum visit. The article observes an expanded use of digital interactivity, to contributes, through dialogicality, to the framing of affective and performative approaches to both knowledge and identity production in museums.
Author(s): Arrigoni G, Galani A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: International Journal of Heritage Studies
Year: 2021
Volume: 27
Issue: 2
Pages: 250-264
Online publication date: 27/07/2020
Acceptance date: 07/07/2020
Date deposited: 07/08/2020
ISSN (print): 1352-7258
ISSN (electronic): 1470-3610
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2020.1795909
DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2020.1795909
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