Public Memory, Digital Media, and Prison Narratives at Robben Island
Public Memory, Digital Media, and Prison Narratives at Robben Island
Author(s): Rulon Wood, Julia Berger, Marouf HasianSubject(s): Anthropology, Museology & Heritage Studies, Media studies, Politics and communication, Penology, Tourism, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: ESSACHESS
Keywords: ethnography; multimedia; South Africa; Apartheid; Critical Museum Studies;
Summary/Abstract: In this article, the authors analyze face-to-face and interactive tours of Robben Island, South Africa. Using ethnographic and rhetorical research methods, they consider the ways in which the Island employs themes of triumph over oppression as a form of nation building. In addition, they consider the ways in which museum narratives may limit how visitors think about social justice in contemporary South Africa.
Journal: ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies
- Issue Year: X/2017
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 173-195
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English