Online-Lecture James Clifford
In the Contact Zones: Post/Neo Colonial Possibilities
06.06.2024
Ethnographic and art collections amassed during several centuries of Western expansion are currently being contested and reimagined. Something we can call decolonization is being negotiated in these museums, but unevenly, with resistance, in messy exchanges. To account for this complexity, the lecture proposes a de-centered, contingent realism, an openness to multiple, contradictory histories. It discusses exhibitions, collaborations and restitutions in prominent institutions as well as in local communities and tribal centers. The approach questions one-size-fits-all concepts of repatriation, reciprocity, appropriation, and resistance. An ability to entertain discrepant possibilities is essential for understanding contemporary museums-in-transformation.
Register here for online-attendance
Download (149 KB)