Dream Spaces Memory and the Museum

by Kavanagh, Gaynor

• ISBN13: 9780718502287
• ISBN10: 0718502280
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

"The dream space", writes Sheldon Annis, "is the reflective experience of encountering yourself within a museum". In Memory and the Museum, Gaynor Kavanaugh argues that "dream spaces" are the point at which our inner and outer experiences meld. During the museum visit, memory and the present cease to be disparate but fuse into one singular experience. Drawing from such fields as behavioral gerontology, applied psychology, and historiography, Kavanaugh employs research from North America, Australia, and Europe to provide a critical and conceptual exploration into museums and the mind.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Dream spaces, memories and museums	1	(8)
What is memory?	9	(7)
Remembering and forgetting	16	(8)
Memory and life stages	24	(11)
Memory in late life	35	(6)
Remembering and the society of others	41	(6)
The art of listening	47	(10)
Oral history and museums	57	(11)
Recording memories	68	(11)
Working with testimony	79	(8)
Dynamics of interviewing	87	(11)
Collections of objects, or memories?	98	(10)
Collecting memories and objects	108	(9)
Reminiscence and the older adult	117	(10)
Working with reminiscence	127	(6)
Working with the memory bearers	133	(8)
Bearing witness	141	(7)
Memories, dream spaces and the visit	148	(10)
Dreaming the rational	158	(12)
Memory spaces, dreams and museums	170	(6)
Bibliography	176	(14)
Name Index	190	(5)
Subject Index	195