Decolonize Museums
What does it mean to decolonize a museum? - MuseumNext
A process that institutions undergo to expand the perspectives they portray beyond those of the dominant cultural group, particularly white colonizers.
Decolonize Museums - Shimrit Lee - OR Books
This book takes us through, and far beyond, the museum as a contested space, raising urgent and complex questions about its future.
Decolonising Museums - Campaigns
Decolonisation is not simply the relocation of a statue or an object; it is a long-term process that seeks to recognise the integral role of empire in museums – ...
Decolonising museums requires creating spaces that no longer celebrate historic and ongoing acts of colonial violence.
Museum Decolonization: Moving Away from Narratives Told by the ...
Museums are not neutral spaces; they present political and social constructions of the world based on Western colonial views.
When Will the West Truly Decolonize Its Museums? - Foreign Policy
The deal sets an important precedent in the effort to decolonize museums and return culturally vital items to their countries of origin.
Decolonize Museums – Between the Lines - BTL Books
This book takes us through, and far beyond, the museum as a contested space, raising urgent and complex questions about its future.
Decolonizing Initiatives - Museum of Us
The heart of our decolonizing initiatives work is to acknowledge and redress the ways that our museum participated in the colonial enterprise.
Decolonize Museums (Decolonize That!) by Shimrit Lee | Goodreads
With Decolonize Museums, Shimrit Lee punctures this fantasy, tracing the essentially colonial origins of the concept of the museum.
Decolonising museums - a reading list - DevelopmentEducation.ie
The author of 'Decolonize Museums', Shimrit Lee, assembles a list of essential reading on the past, present and future of museums.
Decolonization - American Alliance of Museums
Decolonization. Decolonization is the act of reflecting, expanding, and implementing change in whose perspectives and voices the museum chooses to portray ...
Decolonize Museums - Evergreen Review
Museums are beginning to recognize that it is inconceivable to display Indigenous culture without the participation and expertise of Indigenous communities.
American Museum of Natural History. The museum has been silent on the issue of renaming Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day, and it has yet to move ...
Indigenous efforts to decolonize museums gain momentum ...
there's been a push by Native advocates and their supporters to “decolonize” — or alternately, “Indigenize” — these institutions, including here ...
Indigenous movement to 'decolonize' museums forges on across ...
Historically, museums across the U.S. have taken a detached, scholarly, and archaic view of Native Americans.
Decolonize Museums – Shimrit Lee | Full Stop
Lee's text is certainly a powerful guide through the colonial foundations that inform museum practices of collecting and commemoration.
Decolonizing Museums: Toward a Paradigm Shift | Annual Reviews
This review examines the discourses and practices that have produced a lively literature on museum decolonization created by scholars of museum practices ...
Shimrit Lee on Decolonize Museums - Podcasts - e-flux
Shimrit Lee on Decolonize Museums ... Hallie Ayres talks with Shimrit Lee about her forthcoming book, Decolonize Museums. Shimrit Lee is a writer, ...
Decolonizing Museums | Amy Lonetree - UNC Press
Amy Lonetree examines the complexities of these new relationships with an eye toward exploring how museums can grapple with centuries of unresolved trauma.
Decolonize This Place targets New York Museums - MuseumNext
The New York-based protest group, Decolonize This Place, launched a large demonstration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, ...