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Bethany Rex is currently completing her doctorate in the Department of Media, Culture and Heritage at Newcastle University (UK) which examines the transfer of museums into ‘community’ ownership. These governance arrangements have been substantially energised under the austerity measures of the previous and current Conservative-led government administrations. Her work specifically investigates instances where the responsibility for the management and/or ownership of a public museum is transferred to a ‘community’ group, and the processes at work which lead to such outcomes (or don’t).
She is particularly interested in exploring the transition of people with ‘progressive’ social or political commitments into the world of the museum, and the extent to which they are able to enact new types of ‘museum work’ during the process. A focus on the otherwise often taken-for-granted materiality of museum and local government work is central to her research. This stems from her ethnographic work which has revealed moments at which material artefacts are far from passive tools or background to human work, intervening in activity, making certain worlds possible and limiting others.
She is particularly interested in exploring the transition of people with ‘progressive’ social or political commitments into the world of the museum, and the extent to which they are able to enact new types of ‘museum work’ during the process. A focus on the otherwise often taken-for-granted materiality of museum and local government work is central to her research. This stems from her ethnographic work which has revealed moments at which material artefacts are far from passive tools or background to human work, intervening in activity, making certain worlds possible and limiting others.
Sessions in which Bethany Rex participates
Tuesday 7 June, 2016
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Critical Heritage Studies in the UK: Future Directions
15:30 -
17:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
- Prof Elizabeth Crooke (Participant)
- Dr Anna Woodham (Participant)
- Prof. Rhiannon Mason (Participant)
- Prof. Máiréad Nic Craith (Participant)
- Prof. Ullrich Kockel (Potential)
- Dr Katherine Lloyd (Moderator)
- Dr Susannah Eckersley (Potential)
- Bethany Rex (Potential)
- Dr Nuala Morse (Potential)
- Prof. Melissa F. Baird (Potential)
- Dr Bryony Onciul (Moderator)
- Dr Areti Galani (Potential)
- Dr Bryony Onciul (Participant)
- Dr Sophia Labadi (Participant)
- Dr Helen Graham (Participant)
- Rodney Harrison (Participant)
Sessions in which Bethany Rex attends
Friday 3 June, 2016
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Opening Ceremony and Cocktail
17:00 -
19:30 |
2 hours 30 minutes
Saturday 4 June, 2016
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
13.30 Perspectives on Past and Future in Present Tyneside
11:00 -
11:30 |
30 minutes
13.50 Heritage Ontologies: Understanding Heritage as Future-Making Practices
11:00 -
11:30 |
30 minutes
11.40 They Who Debate the Past Debate the Future
11:00 -
11:30 |
30 minutes
11.00 Mixing Memory and Desire: Utopian Currents in Heritage
11:00 -
11:30 |
30 minutes
Sunday 5 June, 2016
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Monday 6 June, 2016
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Tuesday 7 June, 2016
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Critical Heritage Studies in the UK: Future Directions
15:30 -
17:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
- Prof Elizabeth Crooke (Participant)
- Dr Anna Woodham (Participant)
- Prof. Rhiannon Mason (Participant)
- Prof. Máiréad Nic Craith (Participant)
- Prof. Ullrich Kockel (Potential)
- Dr Katherine Lloyd (Moderator)
- Dr Susannah Eckersley (Potential)
- Bethany Rex (Potential)
- Dr Nuala Morse (Potential)
- Prof. Melissa F. Baird (Potential)
- Dr Bryony Onciul (Moderator)
- Dr Areti Galani (Potential)
- Dr Bryony Onciul (Participant)
- Dr Sophia Labadi (Participant)
- Dr Helen Graham (Participant)
- Rodney Harrison (Participant)