Museums and minority communities in Vietnam: Diversity, development, and politics in Southeast Asia

博物馆和社区之间的关系已经成为当今博物馆研究和博物馆实践的主要主题之一，这导致了学术界对博物馆在社区社会生活中的社会功能的日益浓厚的兴趣，特别是在教育和社区发展方面(例如，Golding&Humy，2013；Iorio&Wall，2011；Levin&Adair，2017；Palumbo，2001；Silverman，2014)。博物馆一直被视为社会机构(Silverman，2014)、景点(Iorio&Wall，2011)和社会代理人(Palumbo，2001)，它们反映了当地社区的社会文化生活，包括冲突和政治问题，并向公众展示了当地和全球的知识，包括文化价值观。在当前的全球化背景下，少数民族群体在保护他们的传统文化价值观方面面临着许多挑战，特别是在文化和生活方式变化的影响下。这在发展中国家尤其明显，包括东南亚的发展中国家，东南亚是一个多文化和多种族的区域。在这种情况下，被认为是“接触区”的博物馆(Clifford，2005)需要展示并更有力地肯定它们在保护总体文化以及连接和保存少数民族和少数民族文化方面的作用。本研究将集中在越南这个拥有54个民族的国家中博物馆与少数民族社区的关系。尽管有很多关于博物馆和社区的研究，但大多数研究都是基于西方国家的案例研究，而亚洲国家的博物馆系统则不太受欢迎。许多关于越南博物馆的研究倾向于假定博物馆的威权性质(Tai，1998)。这一研究项目旨在填补东南亚博物馆文献方面的空白，同时深入分析博物馆在支持少数群体文化价值方面的社会作用。这也是一个重要的研究项目，探索具有不同管理机制和治理形式的博物馆(州、城市和私人)如何引入、保护和联系少数民族--他们的源头社区。

The relationship between museums and their communities has become one of themajor subjects in museum studies and museum practice nowadays, resulting in agrowing scholarly interest in the social functions of museums in the social life ofcommunities, especially regarding education and community development (i.e.Golding & Modest, 2013; Iorio & Wall, 2011; Levin & Adair, 2017; Palumbo, 2001;Silverman, 2014). Museums have been viewed as social institutions (Silverman,2014), attractions (Iorio & Wall, 2011), and social agents (Palumbo, 2001) thatreflect the socio-cultural life of local communities, including conflicts and politicalissues and present local and global knowledge, including cultural values, to thepublic.In the current globalization context, ethnic minority groups face many challenges inpreserving their traditional cultural values, especially under the influence ofacculturation and lifestyle change. This is especially evident in developing countries,including those in Southeast Asia, a multicultural and multiracial region. Thiscontext requires museums, which are considered as "contact zones" (Clifford, 2005)to show and affirm more strongly their role in preserving culture in general andconnecting and preserving the culture of minority and ethnic groups in particular.This research will focus on the relation between museums and minority communitiesin Vietnam, a country with 54 ethnic groups. Although there are many studies onmuseums and communities, most research has been based on case studies in Westerncountries while museum systems in Asian countries are given less attraction. Muchresearch on Vietnamese museums tends to assume the authoritarian nature ofmuseums (Tai 1998). This research project aims to fill the gap in the literature formuseums in Southeast Asia while providing an in-depth analysis of the social roleof the museum in supporting the cultural values of minority groups. This is also animportant research project in exploring how museums with different managementmechanisms and forms of governance (state, city, and private) introduce, preserve,and connect to ethnic minorities - their source community.