Beyond Single Collections

May 03 2021 Beyond Single Collections Juliana Ribeiro da Silva Bevilacqua Juliana Ribeiro da Silva Bevilacqua Juliana Ribeiro da Silva Bevilacqua, Assistant Professor and Queen's National Scholar in the Arts and Visual Culture of Africa and the African Diaspora, Queen's University, Ontario Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Juliana Ribeiro da Silva Bevilacqua Juliana Ribeiro da Silva Bevilacqua, Assistant Professor and Queen's National Scholar in the Arts and Visual Culture of Africa and the African Diaspora, Queen's University, Ontario Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2021 by the Regents of the University of California2021Regents of the University of California African Arts (2021) 54 (2): 6. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00576 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Search Site Citation Juliana Ribeiro da Silva Bevilacqua; Beyond Single Collections. African Arts 2021; 54 (2): 6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00576 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search In “Beyond Single Stories: Addressing Dynamism, Specificity, and Agency in Arts of Africa,” Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi and Yaëlle Biro (2019) raise a much-needed discussion. It is based on an urgent need to review the perpetuation of single stories that have been written about in regards to historical African arts. Although problems involved in labeling African arts in museums and publications seem to be unanimously recognized, proposed solutions often simply shift terms or words without necessarily resulting in a deeper revision of colonial practices. Maybe this response is due to the fact that although we recognize Africa as a plural continent, we are not yet open to recognition of many different kinds of objects and collections. A brief visit to the main museums with African art collections in the United States and European... © 2021 by the Regents of the University of California2021Regents of the University of California You do not currently have access to this content

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  Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi, Yaëlle Biro•African Arts•2019

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