On Nov. 2, Miranda Brady presented a paper titled, “Rebranding the Canadian Museum of Civilization: The Politics of History and Colonial Critique” at a seminar organized by the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Human Rights Research (CHHR). The seminar critically engages topics related to “The Idea of a Human Rights Museum” in response to the opening of the Winnipeg museum of the same name last year. The seminar is free and open to the public. Brady discussed the relationship between politics and how Indigenous and national histories were constituted through the Canadian Museum of Civilization to Canadian Museum of History rebrand. The paper comes out of a Canadian Journal of Communication article co-authored with Melissa Aronczyk*, and extends the work to consider how we might re-imagine public memory models where we address contentious histories such as Indian Residential Schools.
Brady will also attend ceremonies this week marking the launch of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, the archive which will house residential school survivor testimonials gathered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and other documents relevant to residential schools.
* Aronczyk, Melissa and Brady, Miranda. (2015). Branding History at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Canadian Journal of Communication, 40: 165-184.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 in Communication News, News
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