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A New Framing? Constitutional Representation at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center

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  • Mariah Zeisberg

    (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

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The National Constitution Center (NCC) in Philadelphia orients its representation of the Constitution around the role of We the People in the conduct of constitutional politics. The self-presentation of the NCC explicitly connects its participatory interpretation of the Constitution to the interactivity of the museum experience itself, and announces its aspiration that visitors "get involved"! In so doing the NCC is drawing upon an emerging edge in museum theory that emphasizes the capacity of museums to support political citizenship. Although the museum's aspiration to enact participatory citizenship is laudable, its exhibits -- because of their technologies, use of space, and content--- subvert, rather than sustain, the participatory ideal.

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  • Mariah Zeisberg, 2007. "A New Framing? Constitutional Representation at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center," Working Papers 999, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies..
    • Handle: RePEc:pri:cpanda:34
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    • Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature

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