Decolonization within the Museum
There are two realities which pose the greatest impediments to museum decolonization. These are: the very existence of the museum itself being a Western construct, and, the nature of the collections within. Since the last decades of the 20th century, museums with assemblages of anthropological mater...
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| Publicado en: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/iss, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
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ICOFOM Study Series
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | There are two realities which pose the greatest impediments to museum decolonization. These are: the very existence of the museum itself being a Western construct, and, the nature of the collections within. Since the last decades of the 20th century, museums with assemblages of anthropological materials have become highly contested spaces. There is a growing movement emanating from the descendants of the peoples from whom these materials originated for the decolonization of such museums. To this end, these museums are having to develop a way to address the dilemma in which they find themselves in order to map a route forward and effect a realignment with those for whom this means so much. |
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