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A call for chapters has been issued for an upcoming book titled The Museum of Fiction: Materialising Imaginary Worlds as Narratives, organized by the MuséaLitté research project. The collection explores the concept of material narratives, analyzing how physical exhibitions and museum displays turn writing, reading, and fictional worlds into three-dimensional experiences.
About the series
A primary reference point for the publication is Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and his novel The Museum of Innocence, which corresponds to a physical museum created in Istanbul in 2012. The narrative follows the fictional romance of Kamel and Füsun alongside Pamuk's memories of Istanbul during the 1970s and 1980s. Selected showcases from the collection have also been displayed at London’s Somerset House in 2016—accompanied by Grant Gee's film Innocence of Memories—and at the Museo Bagatti Valsecchi in Milan in 2018.
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What to expect
The book project invites analysis on how architectural layouts, collections, and scenography function as literary devices. Main thematic topics for potential chapters include:
- Exhibitions structured to let visitors physically navigate through stories, book chapters, or illustrated pages.
- Stories embodied in actual or invented historical spaces, such as Dennis Severs' House in London or the Jeanie Johnston vessel at Dublin's EPIC museum.
- Sensory storytelling that brings imaginary worlds to life using sound, touch, music, and smell.
- The fusion of traditional narrative genres—including drama, poetry, autofiction, and memoirs—with museology to construct material fictions.
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