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SUMMARY:Kirk Denton - The Politics of Museums in China and Taiwan
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DESCRIPTION:Author and Professor of Chinese literature\, Kirk Denton\, wi
 ll be examining the politics involved with China and Taiwan's museums\, 
 and the narratives that they propagate. \n\nThe talk will begin with an 
 overview of some of the key points of his book\, "Exhibiting the Past"\,
  with attention to museum types and their particular political functions
  in the context of a postsocialist single-party state. The discussion wi
 ll then shift to post-martial law Taiwan\, the focus of his new book\, a
 nd will look in particular at the National Museum of Taiwan History and 
 its construction of a multicultural history for Taiwan. In juxtaposing e
 xhibitionary culture in the PRC and Taiwan\, the talk will highlight the
  differences\, but also the similarities\, in the politics of historical
  memory in these two places\, which share cultural traditions but which 
 have very different political systems.
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