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.