Essays about: "indigenous museum"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words indigenous museum.

  1. 1. Indigenous Collections at the Museum of World Culture : Digitisation, Decolonisation and Other Stories

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Silvia Sánchez Membrilla; [2024]
    Keywords : decolonial computing; decolonisation; digital cultural heritage; digital humanities; digitisation; postcolonialism; computación decolonial; decolonización; digitación; digitalización; humanidades digitales; patrimonio cultural digital; postcolonialismo;

    Abstract : Introduction. This thesis investigates the digitisation of Indigenous collections at the Museum of World Culture (Gothenburg, Sweden), with particular attention to Carlotta’s role in shaping the digital collections. READ MORE

  3. 2. Crafting Textile Knowledges : A decolonial study of the Iku/Arhuaco material culture in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg (Världskulturmuseet)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Stefanía Castelblanco-Pérez; [2023]
    Keywords : material culture; indigenous heritage; object-based research; ethical stewardship; decoloniality; arhuaco; Iku; cultura material; patrimonio Indígena; investigación objetual; administración ética; decolonialidad; arhuaco; Iku;

    Abstract : The return of objects that belong to ethnographic collections to their places of origin is one of the topics of discussion that, despite not being new, has been gaining more and more relevance today. Taking the Iku indigenous craft collection in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg as a case study, I pursue to develop an object-based methodology that increases and deepens the understanding of the notion of ethical stewardship, while joining current debates on indigenous heritage and decoloniality. READ MORE

  4. 3. Decolonial affordances of a communal heritage platform: A case study of the Reciprocal Research Network

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Jason Maurer; [2021]
    Keywords : Reciprocal Research Network; cultural heritage; Indigenous peoples; First Nations; actor-network theory; decolonial;

    Abstract : Museums are increasingly reckoning with their roles in the colonization of Indigenous peoples as they seek to engage diverse forms of participation and justify their social relevance. Many are turning to digital solutions to aid with these endeavors, including digital repatriation/return platforms. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Difficult Sami Heritage; : a study of museum practices

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Kristina Thorell; [2019]
    Keywords : difficult heritage; Sami heritage; colonization; religious history;

    Abstract : This study focuses on the difficult Sami heritage which is exhibited within local history museums in northern Sweden. The study incorporates theories from cultural science and sociology but it is written within religious history as a philological and text-oriented discipline where discourses and social constructions of the Sami heritage and worldviews are in focus. READ MORE

  6. 5. Preserving Value, Enabling Continuity – Cultural Heritage Conservation and Co-curation with Indigenous Source Communities in a Contemporary Cultural Context

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvård

    Author : Sara Gainsford; [2018-06-27]
    Keywords : conservation; co-curation; conservator liaison; source community; postcolonialism; continuity; objects collections; Sámi; Māori;

    Abstract : Conservation is part of a large historical and contemporary context in which cultural heritage is made. Cultural heritage preservation includes a multifaceted field including museology, archaeology, and social studies, amongst others. READ MORE