Bulletin

Bulletin
Author: Pan American Union
Publisher:
Total Pages: 966
Release: 1918
Genre:
ISBN:

Museum Transformations

Museum Transformations
Author: Annie E. Coombes
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2020-11-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119796601

MUSEUM TRANSFORMATIONS DECOLONIZATION AND DEMOCRATIZATION Edited By ANNIE E. COOMBES AND RUTH B. PHILLIPS Museum Transformations: Decolonization and Democratization addresses contemporary approaches to decolonization, greater democratization, and revisionist narratives in museum exhibition and program development around the world. The text explores how museums of art, history, and ethnography responded to deconstructive critiques from activists and poststructuralist and postcolonial theorists, and provided models for change to other types of museums and heritage sites. The volume's first set of essays discuss the role of the museum in the narration of difficult histories, and how altering the social attitudes and political structures that enable oppression requires the recognition of past histories of political and racial oppression and colonization in museums. Subsequent essays consider the museum's new roles in social action and discuss experimental projects that work to change power dynamics within institutions and leverage digital technology and new media.