{"product_id":"decolonize-museums","title":"Decolonize Museums","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBehold the\nsleazy logic of museums: plunder dressed up as charity, conservation, and care.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe idealized\nWestern museum, as typified by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British\nMuseum, and the Museum of Natural History, has remained much the same for over\na century: a uniquely rarified public space of cool stone, providing an\nexperience of leisure and education for the general public while carefully\ntending fragile artifacts from distant lands. As questions about representation\nand ethics have increasingly arisen, these institutions have proclaimed their\ninterest in diversity and responsible conservation, asserting both their\nadaptability and their immovably essential role in a flourishing and culturally\nrich society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eDecolonize\nMuseums\u003c\/i\u003e, Shimrit Lee punctures this fantasy, tracing the essentially\ncolonial origins of the concept of the museum. White Europeans’ atrocities were\nreimagined through narratives of benign curiosity and abundant respect for the\noccupied or annihilated culture, and these racist narratives, Lee argues,\nremain integral to the authority exercised by museums today. Citing pop culture\nreferences from \u003ci\u003eIndiana Jones\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e,\nand highlighting crucial activist campaigns and legal action to redress the\nharms perpetrated by museums and their proxies, \u003ci\u003eDecolonize Museums\u003c\/i\u003e argues\nthat we must face a dismantling of these seemingly eternal edifices, and\nconsider what, if anything, might take their place.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313264828798,"sku":"NW9781682193150","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781682193150.jpg?v=1778514802","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/decolonize-museums","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}