LITERARY HERITAGE IN MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS: IDENTIFYING ITS MAIN CHALLENGES IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT

• Authors: Strepetova Marina , Arcos-Pumarola Jordi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Literary heritage presents a dialectic relationship between tangible and intangible elements. This complex duality presents challenges for curators, who must try to communicate this immaterial essence through the exhibition language. This article, structured on a two-phase research process, aims to identify the main challenges for literary heritage valorisation and communication in the museum context. First, interviews with specialists in literary heritage and museology from Catalonia and Russia were carried out to identify the main issues to be considered when designing a literary heritage exhibition and managing a literary heritage centre. Second, the websites of three renowned literary European museums were analysed to inspect whether and how these aspects are tackled by these museums and presented to their potential visitors. Results show that, firstly, the duality of literary heritage is vital in the designing of the exhibition; and secondly, that concepts such as human mediation, literary tourism, and promotion are important in finding new strategies to communicate and visibilise literary heritage intangible meanings.

Keywords

EN

HOUSE MUSEUM; INTANGIBLE HERITAGE; LITERARY HERITAGE; MUSEOGRAPHY; CATALONIA; RUSSIA

• Publisher: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo, o.z.
• Journal: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 95 – 109

Contributors

author

Strepetova Marina

• University of Barcelona, School of Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy CETT, Av. de Can Marcet 36-38, 08035 Barcelona, Spain

author

Arcos-Pumarola Jordi

Identifiers

DOI

10.46284/mkd.2020.8.3.5