Native Empowerment, the New Museology, and the National Museum of the American Indian
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7928243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristine Ronan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 132-147 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Museum and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-8360 • E-ISSN: 1479-8360 |
| Publisher | University of Leicester (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.29311/mas.v12i2.252 |
| OpenAlex | W2404001181 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 23 |
The National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC ― the first national museum devoted solely to the presentation and support of the indigenous cultures of the Americas ― opened its doors to the public on 21 September 2004. This paper reviews the first, second, and third waves of critical response to the museum, in order to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the New Museology in an indigenous museum context. Two distinct tales emerge from these critical responses: one of Native empowerment, and one that centers on the museum’s display practices that are informed by the New Museology. These seemingly distinct tales are, in fact, tightly intertwined due to the impossibility of contradiction-free museum praxis when dealing with indigenous materials, as the case of the NMAI makes clear. I argue that embracing such contradictions could point to the next step in advancing indigenous-based museum practice, and in radicalizing museology in general
Archaeology · Empowerment · Political science · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · History · Museology · Museums and Cultural Heritage
Black Skin, White Masks
The white man's Indian
Change Over Time
Continuing Dialogues
Disrupting Past Paradigms
At the Threshold
Voices and Objects at the National Museum of the American Indian
The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Heritage vs. History at the National Museum of the American Indian
Museums and the Formation of National and Cultural Identities
Multiplying sites of sovereignty through Community and Constituent Services at the National Museum of the American Indian
Absorbing or Obscuring the Absence of a Critical Space in the Americas for Indigeneity
(Un)disturbing Exhibitions
The West as America
Sharing, Crossing, and Subsuming Museum Boundaries
The Museum of Art-Thropology
Culture Wars Won and Lost
A New Thing? The NMAI in Historical and Institutional Perspective
No Sense of the Struggle
Missed Opportunities
Decolonising the museum
Performing 'Indian' in the National Museum of the American Indian
The National Museum of the American Indian as Cultural Sovereignty
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |