Claire Sutherland
Biographic Data
| ID | 3759967 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claire Sutherland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claire |
| FAMILY NAME | Sutherland |
| SIGNATURE | SUTHERLAND C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northumbria University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4832-9599 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Navigating denial
This article examines how museums and heritage sites in Spain and Portugal represent their colonial pasts and the histories of enslaved peoples. Despite calls to decolonise European museums, Spanish and Portuguese institutions lag behind some other former colonial powers in confronting their imperial legacies. Drawing on detailed site visits and analyses of museum exhibitions and heritage sites in Madrid, Seville, Cádiz, Lisbon, and Lagos, the ar…
‘The last frontier of colonialism’
This article offers the politics of longing as a new conceptual lens through which to view calls for the restitution of museum artefacts collected through colonial looting and plunder. Three perspectives frame this longing: that of the ‘host’ country, that of the ‘home’ country or source community, and that of the object itself. Empirically, the article is original in applying the politics of longing to selected documentary and fiction films that…
Decolonising museum displays in “difficult” British cities
Liverpool’s World Museum and Belfast’s Ulster Museum are home to important United Kingdom ethnographic collections beyond the British Museum in London. They are also located in “difficult” cities, understood here as sites with dark histories and legacies, namely Northern Ireland’s “Troubles” and Britain’s largest slaving port, respectively. This article examines the extent to which this affects efforts to adopt a decolonial perspective on collect…
Confronting Colonial Modernity in a French City
What is the purpose of an exhibit on Atlantic slavery?Does it seek to raise awareness of the trade in enslaved people, with a view to highlighting and overcoming its racist legacy, or to situate the Atlantic trade within the historicaland ongoingcontinuum of slavery, or to draw attention to the role of slavery in constituting colonial modernity?Does giving this history its rightful place within the national story of France, Britain or elsewhere u…
From colonial conquest to climate crisis
Maritime museums occupy a challenging position when it comes to confronting environmental and social justice issues linked to colonial modernity, understood as five hundred years marked by European colonial expansion and exploitation. As institutions that emerged to celebrate national maritime exploits and dominion over the seas, they embody many of the features of colonial modernity itself. In light of the climate emergency, this article examine…
What’s in a word? modelling British history for a ‘multi-racial’ society
In March 2022 the United Kingdom (UK) government published Inclusive Britain: the government’s response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. This accepts the ‘bad apple’ understanding of racism but is incurious as to the historical context and existing power relations shaping racist attitudes, thereby creating a tension with its stated aim of developing a model history curriculum. This article will address two, key issues resulting f…
Transcending ethnicity through photography
This article explores how photographs selected from an archive represent the Cham ethnic group. It argues that portrait photographs provide a useful analytical focus for critiquing ethnonational categories and their visual representations. Cham live across Southeast Asia, speak a Malayo-Polynesian language and exemplify the global and protracted nature of forced displacement. Little unites them beyond their self-identification as such, and their …
All at sea? Using seaborne mobilities to decolonialise national narratives in maritime museums
The article argues that British maritime museums do more to represent the nation than the sea, thereby contributing to nation-building discourse, and offers an alternative way of thinking about belonging through the lens of maritime mobilities. The United Kingdom’s national maritime museums are, of course, but a few among many museums seeking to incorporate a more diverse range of community voices and perspectives into their collections and exhib…
Cracking' the Nationalist Narrative? Representing Cham and Champa in Vietnam's Museums and Heritage Sites
The Cham are commonly defined as an ethnic group associated with the ancient Southeast Asian kingdoms of Champa. Corresponding to present-day central and southern Vietnam, these kingdoms were progressively conquered by the Vietnamese Dai Viet empire from the 15th to 19th centuries. The article sets out to trace the extent to which a connection between Cham and Champa is actually articulated in Vietnam's relevant museums and heritage sites. The na…
Reimagining the Nation
This book develops new ways of thinking beyond the nation as a form of political community by seeking to transcend ethnonational categories of ‘us’ and ‘them’. Drawing on scholarship and cases spanning Pacific Asia and Europe, it steps outside assumptions linking nation to state. Accessible yet theoretically rich, it explores how to think about nationhood beyond narrow binaries and even broader cosmopolitan ideals. Using cutting-edge critical res…
Reimagining the Nation
This book develops new ways of thinking beyond the nation as a form of political community by seeking to transcend ethnonational categories of ‘us’ and ‘them’. Drawing on scholarship and cases spanning Pacific Asia and Europe, it steps outside assumptions linking nation to state. \n \nAccessible yet theoretically rich, it explores how to think about nationhood beyond narrow binaries and even broader cosmopolitan ideals. Using cutting-edge critica…
Introduction
Leaving and Longing
In the evolving context of new museology, museum interpretations of the nation variously contribute to and critique the nation-building discourse that continues to legitimate the contemporary nation-state. A focus on borders and cross-border migration offers another perspective on the construction of national belonging. In the last twenty years, both Catalonia and Germany have established national museums representing the nation's history as well…
Berlin, Alexanderplatz
Introduction
A youth perspective on Leisure, livability, and Ottawa’s Lansdowne Park
Residents of the Canadian Capital City – Ottawa − have been caught up in an intense debate about the transformation of Lansdowne Park, a multi-purpose city-run open space that is home to heritage buildings, an arena and stadium as well as several weekly and annual community events. In the last decade, the Canadian Football League (CFL) franchise and the south side of the stadium crumbled and then collapsed. In 2009, a group of local business owne…
Cosmopolitanism and the Study of German Politics
This special issue sets out to examine aspects of German politics, philosophy,and society through the multifaceted lens of cosmopolitanism. A complexand contested concept, cosmopolitanism has particularly importantimplications for the study of contemporary nation-states, as conventionalunderstandings of bounded territory and sovereignty are reassessed in thecontext of globalization, migration and transnationalism. Accordingly, thisintroduction ai…
Reconciling Nation and Region
The article sets out to gauge the usefulness of the concepts of legitimacy, sovereignty and nation in theorising a specific, South-East Asian case of nation building. It looks at the interplay between nation building and regionalist ideology in Vietnam, within the context of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). As one of the world's last communist states, the way in which Vietnam has reconciled hard-won sovereignty with regionalis…
Calculated Conviction
The article is intended as a contribution to nationalism theory, one which analyses nationalism as a political ideology. It sets out to theorise how contemporary nationalist parties as agents and strategists of ideology go about mobilising loyalty to the nation. Although strategy and tactics appear to play an ever-increasing role in party politics, this trend is understood here as a form of renewal rather than a rejection of ideology. I contend t…
Nation-building through discourse theory
The article sets out to demonstrate the value of discourse theory for studying nationalism as an ideology. It looks at the debate surrounding the concept of discourse and its manifold meanings before examining Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory, with particular reference to the concept of hegemony and the influence of Gramsci on their work. This leads to a discussion of the relevance of discourse theory to a study of nationalist ideology, espec…
Nation-building through discourse theory
The article sets out to demonstrate the value of discourse theory for studying nationalism as an ideology. It looks at the debate surrounding the concept of discourse and its manifold meanings before examining Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory, with particular reference to the concept of hegemony and the influence of Gramsci on their work. This leads to a discussion of the relevance of discourse theory to a study of nationalist ideology, espec…
Reconciling Nation and Region
The article sets out to gauge the usefulness of the concepts of legitimacy, sovereignty and nation in theorising a specific, South-East Asian case of nation building. It looks at the interplay between nation building and regionalist ideology in Vietnam, within the context of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). As one of the world's last communist states, the way in which Vietnam has reconciled hard-won sovereignty with regionalis…
Introduction
What’s in a word? modelling British history for a ‘multi-racial’ society
In March 2022 the United Kingdom (UK) government published Inclusive Britain: the government’s response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. This accepts the ‘bad apple’ understanding of racism but is incurious as to the historical context and existing power relations shaping racist attitudes, thereby creating a tension with its stated aim of developing a model history curriculum. This article will address two, key issues resulting f…
All at sea? Using seaborne mobilities to decolonialise national narratives in maritime museums
The article argues that British maritime museums do more to represent the nation than the sea, thereby contributing to nation-building discourse, and offers an alternative way of thinking about belonging through the lens of maritime mobilities. The United Kingdom’s national maritime museums are, of course, but a few among many museums seeking to incorporate a more diverse range of community voices and perspectives into their collections and exhib…
Reimagining the Nation
This book develops new ways of thinking beyond the nation as a form of political community by seeking to transcend ethnonational categories of ‘us’ and ‘them’. Drawing on scholarship and cases spanning Pacific Asia and Europe, it steps outside assumptions linking nation to state. \n \nAccessible yet theoretically rich, it explores how to think about nationhood beyond narrow binaries and even broader cosmopolitan ideals. Using cutting-edge critica…
Berlin, Alexanderplatz
Cosmopolitanism and the Study of German Politics
This special issue sets out to examine aspects of German politics, philosophy,and society through the multifaceted lens of cosmopolitanism. A complexand contested concept, cosmopolitanism has particularly importantimplications for the study of contemporary nation-states, as conventionalunderstandings of bounded territory and sovereignty are reassessed in thecontext of globalization, migration and transnationalism. Accordingly, thisintroduction ai…
Calculated Conviction
The article is intended as a contribution to nationalism theory, one which analyses nationalism as a political ideology. It sets out to theorise how contemporary nationalist parties as agents and strategists of ideology go about mobilising loyalty to the nation. Although strategy and tactics appear to play an ever-increasing role in party politics, this trend is understood here as a form of renewal rather than a rejection of ideology. I contend t…
Cracking' the Nationalist Narrative? Representing Cham and Champa in Vietnam's Museums and Heritage Sites
The Cham are commonly defined as an ethnic group associated with the ancient Southeast Asian kingdoms of Champa. Corresponding to present-day central and southern Vietnam, these kingdoms were progressively conquered by the Vietnamese Dai Viet empire from the 15th to 19th centuries. The article sets out to trace the extent to which a connection between Cham and Champa is actually articulated in Vietnam's relevant museums and heritage sites. The na…
A youth perspective on Leisure, livability, and Ottawa’s Lansdowne Park
Residents of the Canadian Capital City – Ottawa − have been caught up in an intense debate about the transformation of Lansdowne Park, a multi-purpose city-run open space that is home to heritage buildings, an arena and stadium as well as several weekly and annual community events. In the last decade, the Canadian Football League (CFL) franchise and the south side of the stadium crumbled and then collapsed. In 2009, a group of local business owne…
Nation-building through discourse theory
The article sets out to demonstrate the value of discourse theory for studying nationalism as an ideology. It looks at the debate surrounding the concept of discourse and its manifold meanings before examining Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory, with particular reference to the concept of hegemony and the influence of Gramsci on their work. This leads to a discussion of the relevance of discourse theory to a study of nationalist ideology, espec…
Calculated Conviction
The article is intended as a contribution to nationalism theory, one which analyses nationalism as a political ideology. It sets out to theorise how contemporary nationalist parties as agents and strategists of ideology go about mobilising loyalty to the nation. Although strategy and tactics appear to play an ever-increasing role in party politics, this trend is understood here as a form of renewal rather than a rejection of ideology. I contend t…
Reconciling Nation and Region
The article sets out to gauge the usefulness of the concepts of legitimacy, sovereignty and nation in theorising a specific, South-East Asian case of nation building. It looks at the interplay between nation building and regionalist ideology in Vietnam, within the context of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). As one of the world's last communist states, the way in which Vietnam has reconciled hard-won sovereignty with regionalis…
Introduction
A youth perspective on Leisure, livability, and Ottawa’s Lansdowne Park
Residents of the Canadian Capital City – Ottawa − have been caught up in an intense debate about the transformation of Lansdowne Park, a multi-purpose city-run open space that is home to heritage buildings, an arena and stadium as well as several weekly and annual community events. In the last decade, the Canadian Football League (CFL) franchise and the south side of the stadium crumbled and then collapsed. In 2009, a group of local business owne…
Cosmopolitanism and the Study of German Politics
This special issue sets out to examine aspects of German politics, philosophy,and society through the multifaceted lens of cosmopolitanism. A complexand contested concept, cosmopolitanism has particularly importantimplications for the study of contemporary nation-states, as conventionalunderstandings of bounded territory and sovereignty are reassessed in thecontext of globalization, migration and transnationalism. Accordingly, thisintroduction ai…
Berlin, Alexanderplatz
Introduction
Leaving and Longing
In the evolving context of new museology, museum interpretations of the nation variously contribute to and critique the nation-building discourse that continues to legitimate the contemporary nation-state. A focus on borders and cross-border migration offers another perspective on the construction of national belonging. In the last twenty years, both Catalonia and Germany have established national museums representing the nation's history as well…
Reimagining the Nation
This book develops new ways of thinking beyond the nation as a form of political community by seeking to transcend ethnonational categories of ‘us’ and ‘them’. Drawing on scholarship and cases spanning Pacific Asia and Europe, it steps outside assumptions linking nation to state. Accessible yet theoretically rich, it explores how to think about nationhood beyond narrow binaries and even broader cosmopolitan ideals. Using cutting-edge critical res…
Reimagining the Nation
This book develops new ways of thinking beyond the nation as a form of political community by seeking to transcend ethnonational categories of ‘us’ and ‘them’. Drawing on scholarship and cases spanning Pacific Asia and Europe, it steps outside assumptions linking nation to state. \n \nAccessible yet theoretically rich, it explores how to think about nationhood beyond narrow binaries and even broader cosmopolitan ideals. Using cutting-edge critica…
Cracking' the Nationalist Narrative? Representing Cham and Champa in Vietnam's Museums and Heritage Sites
The Cham are commonly defined as an ethnic group associated with the ancient Southeast Asian kingdoms of Champa. Corresponding to present-day central and southern Vietnam, these kingdoms were progressively conquered by the Vietnamese Dai Viet empire from the 15th to 19th centuries. The article sets out to trace the extent to which a connection between Cham and Champa is actually articulated in Vietnam's relevant museums and heritage sites. The na…
Transcending ethnicity through photography
This article explores how photographs selected from an archive represent the Cham ethnic group. It argues that portrait photographs provide a useful analytical focus for critiquing ethnonational categories and their visual representations. Cham live across Southeast Asia, speak a Malayo-Polynesian language and exemplify the global and protracted nature of forced displacement. Little unites them beyond their self-identification as such, and their …
All at sea? Using seaborne mobilities to decolonialise national narratives in maritime museums
The article argues that British maritime museums do more to represent the nation than the sea, thereby contributing to nation-building discourse, and offers an alternative way of thinking about belonging through the lens of maritime mobilities. The United Kingdom’s national maritime museums are, of course, but a few among many museums seeking to incorporate a more diverse range of community voices and perspectives into their collections and exhib…
What’s in a word? modelling British history for a ‘multi-racial’ society
In March 2022 the United Kingdom (UK) government published Inclusive Britain: the government’s response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. This accepts the ‘bad apple’ understanding of racism but is incurious as to the historical context and existing power relations shaping racist attitudes, thereby creating a tension with its stated aim of developing a model history curriculum. This article will address two, key issues resulting f…
Confronting Colonial Modernity in a French City
What is the purpose of an exhibit on Atlantic slavery?Does it seek to raise awareness of the trade in enslaved people, with a view to highlighting and overcoming its racist legacy, or to situate the Atlantic trade within the historicaland ongoingcontinuum of slavery, or to draw attention to the role of slavery in constituting colonial modernity?Does giving this history its rightful place within the national story of France, Britain or elsewhere u…
From colonial conquest to climate crisis
Maritime museums occupy a challenging position when it comes to confronting environmental and social justice issues linked to colonial modernity, understood as five hundred years marked by European colonial expansion and exploitation. As institutions that emerged to celebrate national maritime exploits and dominion over the seas, they embody many of the features of colonial modernity itself. In light of the climate emergency, this article examine…
Navigating denial
This article examines how museums and heritage sites in Spain and Portugal represent their colonial pasts and the histories of enslaved peoples. Despite calls to decolonise European museums, Spanish and Portuguese institutions lag behind some other former colonial powers in confronting their imperial legacies. Drawing on detailed site visits and analyses of museum exhibitions and heritage sites in Madrid, Seville, Cádiz, Lisbon, and Lagos, the ar…
‘The last frontier of colonialism’
This article offers the politics of longing as a new conceptual lens through which to view calls for the restitution of museum artefacts collected through colonial looting and plunder. Three perspectives frame this longing: that of the ‘host’ country, that of the ‘home’ country or source community, and that of the object itself. Empirically, the article is original in applying the politics of longing to selected documentary and fiction films that…
Decolonising museum displays in “difficult” British cities
Liverpool’s World Museum and Belfast’s Ulster Museum are home to important United Kingdom ethnographic collections beyond the British Museum in London. They are also located in “difficult” cities, understood here as sites with dark histories and legacies, namely Northern Ireland’s “Troubles” and Britain’s largest slaving port, respectively. This article examines the extent to which this affects efforts to adopt a decolonial perspective on collect…
Sociology (15 works) · Political science (14 works) · Law (12 works) · History (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (10 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Nationalism (7 works) · Colonialism (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works)