Oluwatoyin Sogbesan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6926228 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oluwatoyin Sogbesan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oluwatoyin |
| FAMILY NAME | Sogbesan |
| SIGNATURE | SOGBESAN O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Università Iuav di Venezia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8668-130X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Museums in the era of decolonisation
Museums are spaces designed to preserve and disseminate knowledge about peoples and cultures. It is a place that keeps items that serve as evidence of history and identity frozen in time for knowledge purposes. Museums were a direct result of elites exhibiting their collections and cabinets of curiosity to the amazement of visitors in their homes. Over time, private collections became museum institutions of knowledge and repositories that have be…
Reframing the Present by Recontextualising The Past
Museums in Nigeria, as in other colonised countries across the globe, are often perceived as stemming from a Western social construct with origins in colonial administration. However, such a general notion fails to consider local ways of recording, presenting and preserving traditional artefacts: ones that specifically represent a people and its culture. During the colonial era, the establishment of museums was born out of the necessity to preser…
Reflections on the Customary Laws of Benin Kingdom and Its Living Cultural Objects in the Discourse of Ownership and Restitution
The British punitive expedition of 1897 led to the theft and vandalization of the cultural heritage of the Benin kingdom. The plunder included more than 3,000 cultural objects made of bronzes, ivories, beads, and other objects, which were produced since the 1st century AD to commemorate historical moments, political transitions, and ritual purposes. This theft dishonoured the spiritual and ritual significance of these living cultural objects, and…
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Museums in the era of decolonisation
Museums are spaces designed to preserve and disseminate knowledge about peoples and cultures. It is a place that keeps items that serve as evidence of history and identity frozen in time for knowledge purposes. Museums were a direct result of elites exhibiting their collections and cabinets of curiosity to the amazement of visitors in their homes. Over time, private collections became museum institutions of knowledge and repositories that have be…
Reframing the Present by Recontextualising The Past
Museums in Nigeria, as in other colonised countries across the globe, are often perceived as stemming from a Western social construct with origins in colonial administration. However, such a general notion fails to consider local ways of recording, presenting and preserving traditional artefacts: ones that specifically represent a people and its culture. During the colonial era, the establishment of museums was born out of the necessity to preser…
Reflections on the Customary Laws of Benin Kingdom and Its Living Cultural Objects in the Discourse of Ownership and Restitution
The British punitive expedition of 1897 led to the theft and vandalization of the cultural heritage of the Benin kingdom. The plunder included more than 3,000 cultural objects made of bronzes, ivories, beads, and other objects, which were produced since the 1st century AD to commemorate historical moments, political transitions, and ritual purposes. This theft dishonoured the spiritual and ritual significance of these living cultural objects, and…
Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)