This is My Story: Role of Tibet Museum in Preserving Memory in Exile

Title

This is My Story: Role of Tibet Museum in Preserving Memory in Exile

Creator

P., Lakshmi

Description

Tibetans, driven out of their homeland, have been living a life of exile since 1959. As they grapple with the challenges of preserving, shaping, transferring, and negotiating collective and cultural memories of a distant homeland, the role of the Tibet Museum at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh (the seat of the Tibetan government in exile) is pivotal. This chapter stems from an interest in understanding how the Museum serves aswhat Pierre Nora referred to asa site of memory for the Tibetans in exile to preserve the intergenerational memory. It tries to bring together the concepts of exile, culture, memory, and the institution of Tibet Museum to locate how it becomes a site of memory. How do the 9000-square-foot museum's permanent and temporary exhibitions institutionalise the memory of the imagined nation in exile? Of particular focus is the permanent exhibition titled I am a Tibetan, This is My Story housed at the Museum. 2025 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

Source

Trauma and Memory Studies: Responses from India and Beyond;pp.291-303

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

Springer Science+Business Media

Coverage

P. L., Department of English and Cultural Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Delhi, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 978-981966374-3; 978-981966373-6;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-6374-3_20

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