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Small community collections enabling diversity: local history rooms in Tasmania

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posted on 2023-05-17, 01:31 authored by Johnston, RM
This paper considers the role of local history rooms as small cultural institutions which are very often located In rural areas and may play a part in contributIng to a sense of place and community. As small cultural institutions, these places are promoled through online profiles of the locations and communities they represent. The local history rooms appear to be repositories for artefacts valued by the community and would appear to be potential fieldwork sites for children's learning. The paper highlights the potential of local history room collections as displayed on Tasmanian local history room websites for student engagement, partnership and learning in a time of fermemt in curriculum development in Ausfralia. This exploratory work of small rural local history, collecllons builds on previous research of online museum pedagogies and curricula for children.

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Publication title

The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum

Pagination

1-10

ISSN

1835-2014

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Common Ground Publishing

Place of publication

USA

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Copyright 2009 Common Ground Publishing

Repository Status

  • Restricted

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Other education and training not elsewhere classified

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