De-colonized Collecting: The Australian Museum in the Lower Sepik (1988)
Ought de-colonized museum research, collecting and curatorial practices be dismissed as “moves to innocence”? Or, can they be seen as credible and authentic gestures toward a redefinition of moral relations with indigenous peoples and cultures from whom ethnographic collections were originally made?...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Journal de la société des océanistes
2018
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | Ought de-colonized museum research, collecting and curatorial practices be dismissed as “moves to innocence”? Or, can they be seen as credible and authentic gestures toward a redefinition of moral relations with indigenous peoples and cultures from whom ethnographic collections were originally made? This article analyzes a case study of “de-colonized” museum collecting and research practices by way of thinking about this issue. It focuses on the Australian Museum’s “Sepik Documentation Project” (1988). I argue that this project enacted a de-colonized mode of collection that emphasized status inclusivity and acknowledged the legitimacy of indigenous trade relationships and knowledge. |
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