The Rehabilitation of an Uncomfortable Past: Everyday Life in Vietnam during the Subsidy Period (1975–1986)

MacLean, Ken

doi:10.1080/02757200802449915

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“…In sub-analyses, HE participants had a wider ethnic distribution than LE, suggesting that minorities embedded within majority populations may have a stronger penchant for the exhibition and its messages. This is a contrast to prior conclusions drawn about Vietnamese mainstream populations relating strongly to the “other” (be they minority ethnicities or the marginalised minority of PLWH) (Maclean 2008, Pieterse 1997). …”

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“…The Vietnamese Museum of Ethnology, in particular, is a unique space in this regard, not just because of its unusual ability to pool funds and engage in collaborations extending beyond state entities (unlike other Vietnamese museums) (Maclean 2008, Sutherland 2005), but also in its particular appeal for domestic visitors (rather than foreign) (Maclean 2008). Inasmuch as museums are “sites where definitions of culture and identity are articulated and asserted” (Karp 1992 in Butler 2000), these nuances of identity and difference are noteworthy.…”

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“…Established in 1997 as per Resolution 90 (encouraging the socialisation of cultural production), this institution is described as “not always producing the linear accounts found in other state museums” (MacLean 2008, p.288). The VME is one of the few state institutions pushing the boundaries of representation and offering a space for discussion and treatment of more controversial topics, like Vietnam's subsidy period, and the HIV epidemic.…”

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Tabula diptycha: Differential HIV knowledge, stigma and intended behavioural outcomes amongst visitors at Vietnam'sPain and Hopeexhibition

Nambiar

Giang

et al. 2013

Global Public Health

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Stigma reduction efforts in Vietnam have been encumbered by contradictory and dynamic views of People Living With HIV (PLWH) and the epidemic over the past two decades. World AIDS Day 2010 saw the launch of Pain and Hope, a museum exhibition showcasing the lives and experiences of Vietnamese People Living with AIDS at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME). Between December 2010 and May 2011, a random sample of visitors completed exit surveys regarding attitudes towards the exhibition and Vietnamese living with HIV/AIDS. The survey sought to determine what kind of visitors the museum and exhibition attracted, and the stigma-related impacts of this kind of exposure and parasocial contact. Of 2,500 Vietnamese visitors randomly selected, 852 completed the computer surveys (response rate of 34.1%), 92.3% of whom had seen Pain and Hope. We found two sub-strata or types of visitors attending the exhibition, with varying demographic characteristics, HIV-related knowledge, some differences in stigma ideation, and clear differences in intended behaviours specifically attributable to the exhibition. Social desirability biases notwithstanding, there has emerged a diptych typology of visitors to the VME, for whom the experience of the exhibition is likely interacting with divergent prior knowledge, experiences, interests and motivations.

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“…My interest lies in historicising the different plot‐structures of museum displays, with an eye to connections among the nation’s ‘inalienable possessions’ (Weiner 1992) in different contexts, how objects become ‘biographical’ of people and nation (Hoskins 1998), and how kinship is made at a societal level (Carsten 1997). My focus on objects is a matter of choice; an alternative research strategy emphasises engagements with museum staff and visitors (see Nguyen 2002; MacLean 2008; Bodemer 2010).…”

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“…This last museum was founded in 1960, but its collection and display were changed in some fundamental ways after national re‐unification in 1975. All are state‐run institutions, but the VME is unusual among them for having received considerable financial and curatorial assistance from foreign agencies, including the Smithsonian Institution, the American Museum of Natural History, the Musée de l’Homme in Paris, and the Rockefeller Foundation (Nguyen & Kendall 2003; MacLean 2008; Bodemer 2010). The networks that VME has been involved in—with considerable success—became an inspiration for others.…”

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Manikin‐Ship: Value‐added relatedness in Vietnamese museums, 1996–2005

Jonsson

2012

Australian J of Anthropology

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Objects are telling of identity and difference, through possession, exchange, and display, but this dynamic must be historicised and socially situated. In this article, I focus on the signification of ethnicity in Vietnamese museums, particularly on an apparent distinction between historically ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ matter. The earliest displays responded to the previous hegemony of French colonial significations. Subsequent national exhibits consistently enable Vietnam through assemblies of objects and images, but suggest—when examined over time—fundamentally different configurations of the nation, ethnicity, gender, and historicity. Object assemblies, where a centrepiece signifies the surrounding objects, indicate repeated prospecting for new social assemblages, most recently situating Vietnam in post‐Cold War networks through the Southeast Asian kinship implied in the nation’s ethnic diversity.

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From strict socialism to social evils: Changing childhoods over three generations in urban Vietnam

Turner,

Ngo,

Nguyen

et al. 2024

Population Space and Place

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Over the span of three generations, Vietnam's capital Hanoi, has transformed from a modest city grappling with food scarcity during the socialist subsidy era to a sprawling metropolis marked by gated communities and a widening wealth divide. Employing a child‐centric, multi‐generational family methodology, with members of 13 families across three generations, we explore the diverse childhood experiences shaped by these rapid urban transformations. Grandparents shared stories of unrestricted outdoor play despite challenging conditions, while parents noted a lack of academic pressures in their youth. Contemporary children enjoy access to new technology and consumer goods, but face important mobility restrictions due to parental and societal concerns. Our findings reveal that the Vietnamese context engendered distinctive childhood reflections for the two older generations, contrasting with childhoods in non‐socialist contexts during the same periods. Meanwhile, the contemporary Vietnamese state has crafted a ‘social evils’ discourse that shapes current childhood opportunities in specific ways. By being centered on urban Vietnam—a context vastly different from Global North‐dominated narratives in childhood studies—our study acts as a counterpoint that enriches the field with perspectives from a politically‐socialist state. Focusing on the unique childhood experiences within Hanoi's evolving socio‐spatial landscape, we advocate for more diverse understandings of childhood that respect varied realities across contexts.

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The Rehabilitation of an Uncomfortable Past: Everyday Life in Vietnam during the Subsidy Period (1975–1986)

Cited by 24 publications

References 36 publications

Tabula diptycha: Differential HIV knowledge, stigma and intended behavioural outcomes amongst visitors at Vietnam'sPain and Hopeexhibition

Tabula diptycha: Differential HIV knowledge, stigma and intended behavioural outcomes amongst visitors at Vietnam'sPain and Hopeexhibition

Manikin‐Ship: Value‐added relatedness in Vietnamese museums, 1996–2005

From strict socialism to social evils: Changing childhoods over three generations in urban Vietnam

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