Museums as Genius Loci in Contemporary Shanghai

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-23434-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

This book explores the role of museums in Shanghai as cultural instruments for shaping urban identity, emotional attachment, and spatial rootedness. It draws upon original fieldwork conducted in over fifty museums, alongside critical analysis of exhibition design, policy discourse, and a wide body of literature from museology, cultural anthropology, urban sociology, architectural studies, and memory research. The methodology integrates qualitative observations, spatial analysis, and theoretical engagement with the idea of place-making. In addition to exhibition content and captions, the study analyses museums’ histories, location within the urban fabric and their positioning within the city scale.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jarosz, Katarzyna

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Remembering the Source.- Chapter 3: Museums in Shanghai: A Historical Overview.- Chapter 4: Museums in the Urban Fabric: Spatialising Historical Narratives in Shanghai.- Chapter 5: Revolutionary Heritage and Red Tourism.- Chapter 6: The War Remembered: Resistance, Occupation, and Patriotism.- Chapter 7: Cultural Continuity and Superiority.- Chapter 8: Traces of Colonial Shanghai.- Chapter 9: Technology, Progress, and the Future: Museums of Innovation and National Glory.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Katarzyna Jarosz is a researcher and lecturer specializing in the history of science, memory studies, and museum studies. Dr. Jarosz has undertaken research fellowships at institutions such as the Center for the History of Global Development at Shanghai University, and she has published extensively on topics related to memory politics and the construction of national identity, primarily in Central Asia and post-Soviet countries.