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Decolonising ethnological museums: Art as a way out of the crisis of representation?
Ethnologische Museen dekolonisieren: Kunst als Ausweg aus der Krise der Repräsentation?
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Abstract Against the backdrop of the current debate revolving around the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, dealing with ethnological collections in science and society has become a controversial subject, as the history of ethnological museums is inseparably linked to Eurocentrism and colonialism. Criticism of ethnol... view more
Against the backdrop of the current debate revolving around the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, dealing with ethnological collections in science and society has become a controversial subject, as the history of ethnological museums is inseparably linked to Eurocentrism and colonialism. Criticism of ethnological museums is not new, but it has not yet translated into the exhibition practice accordingly - dominant narratives have consistently been reproduced. Post-colonial criticism of museums is not only levelled against the appropriation and submission of bodies and objects of other cultures, but already starts at the epistemological concepts on which the museum as an institution is founded. How can museums encounter this past? Can the transformation of a colonial institution into a space for post-colonial discourse be successful? What are the challenges at the interface of ethnological museums and art?... view less
Keywords
post-colonialism; post-colonial society; museum; colonialism; ethnology; globalization; art; folk art; representation
Classification
Other Fields of Humanities
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Free Keywords
Ethnologische Museen; Museumssektor; Rekonditionierung; Humboldt-Forum; Museumslandschaft
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Edition
2. Aufl.
City
Stuttgart
Page/Pages
9 p.
Series
ifa Input, 04/2017
ISBN
978-3-921970-23-2
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0