To be or not to be colonial: Museums facing their exhibitions

To be or not to be colonial: Museums facing their exhibitions

This article first gives an insight at what the idea of museum meant before the modern era, to set the global, historical and political context in which modern museums emerged. It then analyzes the conditions that paved the way for institutional change as the weakening of the national setting has al...

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Hovedforfatter: Sauvage, Alexandra
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Udgivet: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2015
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spelling repositorioinstitucional-20.500.12930-70932023-05-09T14:07:59Z To be or not to be colonial: Museums facing their exhibitions Sauvage, Alexandra This article first gives an insight at what the idea of museum meant before the modern era, to set the global, historical and political context in which modern museums emerged. It then analyzes the conditions that paved the way for institutional change as the weakening of the national setting has allowed other layers of histories -local, regional, community, indigenous, minority- to be expressed. Finally, it explains why handling colonial heritage in contemporary exhibitions -through the historical contextualization of the collections on display- is of paramount importance to museums small and big, and look at the extent to which they succeed in adapting to change, through various examples taken from Europe and Australia. 2015-10-13 2021-06-03T03:53:43Z 2021-06-03T03:53:43Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares http://culturales.uabc.mx/index.php/Culturales/article/view/100 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12930/7093 spa http://culturales.uabc.mx/index.php/Culturales/article/view/100/99 application/pdf Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Culturales; Vol. 6 No. 12 (2010); 97-116 Culturales; Vol. 6 Núm. 12 (2010); 97-116 2448-539X 1870-1191
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description This article first gives an insight at what the idea of museum meant before the modern era, to set the global, historical and political context in which modern museums emerged. It then analyzes the conditions that paved the way for institutional change as the weakening of the national setting has allowed other layers of histories -local, regional, community, indigenous, minority- to be expressed. Finally, it explains why handling colonial heritage in contemporary exhibitions -through the historical contextualization of the collections on display- is of paramount importance to museums small and big, and look at the extent to which they succeed in adapting to change, through various examples taken from Europe and Australia.
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To be or not to be colonial: Museums facing their exhibitions
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title To be or not to be colonial: Museums facing their exhibitions
title_short To be or not to be colonial: Museums facing their exhibitions
title_full To be or not to be colonial: Museums facing their exhibitions
title_fullStr To be or not to be colonial: Museums facing their exhibitions
title_full_unstemmed To be or not to be colonial: Museums facing their exhibitions
title_sort to be or not to be colonial: museums facing their exhibitions
publisher Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
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url http://culturales.uabc.mx/index.php/Culturales/article/view/100
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