Who cares? Museum conservation between colonial violence and symbolic repair
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12815325 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Noémie Étienne (University of Bern, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 61-71 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Museums & Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1559-6893 • E-ISSN: 2051-6193 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15596893.2022.2057413 |
| OpenAlex | W4221074944 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 9 |
Recently, museums have been under growing scrutiny. The public debate has focused mainly on two things: The way cultures and objects are presented and displayed in museum galleries and the questions of restitution. However, 80–99% of a museum's collection is and will probably remain in storage. This paper changes the focus from exhibition or restitution to conservation, understood as a set of practices preserving and giving access to art and material culture. More precisely, I study preventative conservation and collection management as political actions. Building upon the unvaluable work carried by conservators in the US and beyond, but also including other voices and alternative gestures, I aim to start a conversation about what conservation could be in a postcolonial museum
Art · Colonialism · Conversation · Environmental ethics · Exhibition · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Restitution · Scrutiny · Sociology · Visual arts · Work (physics · Communication · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Engineering · Law · Museology · Museums and Cultural Heritage
| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |