Performing science amongst the filing cabinets. Women, anthropology and museums in Belgium (1930–1970)

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ID20162754
AuthorsEline Sciot (0000-0003-4778-1708, TheMuseum, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume29
Issue5
Pages620-644
Publication date2018-10-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory and Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0275-7206 • E-ISSN: 1477-2612
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02757206.2018.1538046
OpenAlexW2901107812
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited35

I trace the scientific trajectory and identity of Olga Boone (1903–1992), the first female scientist working in the Belgian Congo Museum's ethnography section. Uncovering Boone's relatively unknown and remarkably diverse research in ‘ethnic’ geography, musicology and bibliography, and her fieldwork in Congo, serves as a point of entry into a less well-known period in and ‘unofficial’ history of Belgian twentieth-century anthropology. It also provides a window into museums as gendered spaces, particularly aspects of (in)visibility and materiality in collections and archives.Abbreviations: AA: African abstracts; BCM: Belgian Congo Museum; ESA: Ethnographic survey of Africa; IAI: International African Institute; IRCB: Institut Royal Colonial Belge; IRSAC: Institut de Recherche Scientifique en Afrique Centrale; MFA-AA: Ministry of Foreign Affairs – African archives; OB: Olga Boone; RMCA(A): Royal Museum for Central Africa (archives)

Archaeology · Art · Christian ministry · Colonialism · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Ethnology · Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Museums and Cultural Heritage

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