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1. The book highlights the politics, practicalities and creativity
of exhibition making, using case studies from a diverse range of
institutions from around the world. 2. Drawing on postcolonial and
decolonial analysis, the chapters offer lessons and models for a
more equitable future in both scholarship and practice. The book
will appeal to academics and students working in museum studies,
design and architecture, as well as those engaged in the study of
culture, history and the history of art and design. 3. The book is
one of the first to explore the impact that the hierarchies of
ethnicity, race, class, gender and sexuality have had on exhibition
design and its histories.
1. The book highlights the politics, practicalities and creativity
of exhibition making, using case studies from a diverse range of
institutions from around the world. 2. Drawing on postcolonial and
decolonial analysis, the chapters offer lessons and models for a
more equitable future in both scholarship and practice. The book
will appeal to academics and students working in museum studies,
design and architecture, as well as those engaged in the study of
culture, history and the history of art and design. 3. The book is
one of the first to explore the impact that the hierarchies of
ethnicity, race, class, gender and sexuality have had on exhibition
design and its histories.
Cultures of decolonisation combines studies of visual, literary and
material cultures in order to explore the complexities of the 'end
of empire' as a process. Where other accounts focus on high
politics and constitutional reform, this volume reveals the diverse
ways in which cultures contributed to wider political, economic and
social change. The book demonstrates the transnational character of
decolonisation, thereby illustrating the value of comparison -
between different cultural forms and diverse places - in
understanding the nature of this wide-reaching geopolitical change.
Individual chapters focus on architecture, theatre, museums,
heritage sites, fine art and interior design, alongside
institutions such as artists' groups, language agencies and the
Royal Mint, across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Europe. -- .
In the late-nineteenth century, British travelers to the Andaman
and Nicobar Islands compiled wide-ranging collections of material
culture for scientific instruction and personal satisfaction.
Colonial Collecting and Display follows the compelling history of a
particular set of such objects, tracing their physical and
conceptual transformation from objects of indigenous use to
accessioned objects in a museum collection in the south of England.
This first study dedicated to the historical collecting and display
of the Islands' material cultures develops a new analysis of
colonial discourse, using a material culture-led approach to
reconceptualize imperial relationships between Andamanese,
Nicobarese, and British communities, both in the Bay of Bengal and
on British soil. It critiques established conceptions of the act of
collecting, arguing for recognition of how indigenous makers and
consumers impacted upon "British" collection practices, and
querying the notion of a homogenous British approach to material
culture from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Cultures of decolonisation combines studies of visual, literary and
material cultures in order to explore the complexities of the 'end
of empire' as a process. Where other accounts focus on high
politics and constitutional reform, this volume reveals the diverse
ways in which cultures contributed to wider political, economic and
social change. This book demonstrates the transnational character
of decolonisation, thereby illustrating the value of comparison -
between different cultural forms and diverse places - in
understanding the nature of this wide-reaching geopolitical change.
Individual chapters focus on architecture, theatre, museums,
heritage sites, fine art and interior design, alongside
institutions such as artists' groups, language agencies and the
Royal Mint, across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Europe. Offering
a range of disciplinary perspectives, these contributions provide
revealing case studies for those researching decolonisation across
the humanities and social sciences.
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