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Interview Analysis: Tourism Role

As someone who loves museums but recognizes they are colonial constructs, I often wonder: What, exactly, is the contemporary role of a museum within a community? Do they perpetuate and reinforce colonial narratives or do they serve other functions?

In the working paper Dawson City’s Community Attic, I discussed the critical role of tourism to the Dawson City Museum’s establishment and early development. Within this post, I consider the interview with the Dawson City Museum’s curator to examine the Museum’s contemporary role in tourism.

Dawson City’s Community Attic: The Development of the Dawson City Museum from the 1950s to 1972

The Dawson City Museum project asks – How has the Dawson City Museum evolved in relation to government policy and community action?  We are taking two approaches to answering the question. First, we are considering the data chronologically to discuss the evolution of the Museum over time. Second, we have developed key themes related to policy and community. ToContinue reading “Dawson City’s Community Attic: The Development of the Dawson City Museum from the 1950s to 1972”

Case Study: Dawson City Museum Timeline, 2000s

Last updated : February 15, 2022 As part of the Dawson City Museum Project, I am creating timelines of the Museum’s development in relation to government policy and community action (1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s). Museum Operations Government Policy First Nation Federal Canada – Yukon Territorial Local Community Action Questions References Museum OperationsContinue reading “Case Study: Dawson City Museum Timeline, 2000s”

Timeline: Dawson City Museum, 2000s

Last updated : February 15, 2022 As part of the Dawson City Museum Project, I am creating timelines of the Museum’s development in relation to government policy and community action (1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s). Museum Operations Government Policy First Nation Federal Canada – Yukon Territorial Local Community Action Questions References Museum OperationsContinue reading “Timeline: Dawson City Museum, 2000s”

Case Study: Dawson City Museum Timeline, 1990s

Last Updated: January 24, 2022 As part of the Dawson City Museum Project, I am creating timelines of the Museum’s development in relation to government policy and community action (1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s). Museum Operations Government Policy First Nation Federal Canada – Yukon Territorial Local Community Action Questions References Museum Operations InContinue reading “Case Study: Dawson City Museum Timeline, 1990s”

Archival Research: Government Relationships

After a very intensive week in the Dawson City Museum (DCM) archives, I am sorting, reading, and analyzing what I found. The documents scanned are interesting and contributing to the narrative(s) about the DCM’s development. In order to help with the analysis, the “Archival Research” series considers the stories archival materials tell, looking at theContinue reading “Archival Research: Government Relationships”

Case Study: Dawson City Museum Timeline, 1980s

Last updated: April 13, 2022 CW: Historic, colonialist language is visible in the names of organizations and images used. As part of the Dawson City Museum Project, I am creating timelines of the Museum’s development in relation to government policy and community action (1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s). Museum Operations Government Policy FirstContinue reading “Case Study: Dawson City Museum Timeline, 1980s”

Case Study: Fire vs. Heritage

In MacEwan’s Museum Management class, we consider the regulations that museums have to meet. For example, museums are – most often – buildings open to the public. As such, they have to follow the rules for publicly accessibly spaces. These rules, such as accessibility legislation and fire codes, are not usually written to consider theContinue reading “Case Study: Fire vs. Heritage”