Museum Ethnography at the Humboldt Forum
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| Free of charge |
| Book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the Foyer. |
| Duration: 60 min |
| 14 years and older |
| English, German |
| Humboldt Lab, 1st floor |
| max. 25 persons |
After more than thirty years of heated debates about planning, construction and completion, the Humboldt Forum opened its first sections to the public last year. How does the public perceive the new building and the various exhibitions since then? How do visitors’ personal experiences, memories and expectations resonate with what is on display? What role does the complex and controversial history of the site play for visitors?
In their project “Realizations and reception at the Humboldt Forum,“ Irene Hilden and Andrei Zavadski conducted surveys and interviews with visitors to the institution’s various exhibitions. At “Meet the Scientist” they talk about the research field of museum ethnography, discuss their work at the Humboldt Forum, and share their observations. What are key goals and challenges of ethnographic research? What are its ethical pitfalls?
Participants
Irene Hilden work is concerned with critical heritage and museum studies, sonic and historical anthropology, and postcolonial theory. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage (CARMAH) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Andrei Zavadski works at intersections of museum studies, public history, media studies, and museum studies. After completing his PhD at Freie Universität Berlin, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage (CARMAH) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Andrei Zavadski is currently a Fellow at the Center for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF), as part of the Leibniz Research Network “Value of the Past.”