‘Decolonising’ Tropical Collections: Cultural Material from Papua New Guinea in Museums

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F23%3A3J774NHM" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/23:3J774NHM - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.25120%2Fetropic.22.1.2023.3983" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.25120%2Fetropic.22.1.2023.3983</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.25120/etropic.22.1.2023.3983" target="_blank" >10.25120/etropic.22.1.2023.3983</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

‘Decolonising’ Tropical Collections: Cultural Material from Papua New Guinea in Museums

Original language description

"Museums are western institutions that house the remnants of colonisation. They are fraught institutions in which cultural heritage issues arise due to the differences in western and indigenous societies. Most tropical collections were acquired during colonisation through unjust means by government administrators, missionaries, and dealers. In more recent times the ‘decolonisation’ of museums has begun, with developing nations and source communities demanding the repatriation and restitution of their cultural material from museums. This signifies political redress and self-determination from the effects of colonisation on former colonised nations and those that are still experiencing colonial occupation.  This paper focuses on the collection and removal of cultural material from Papua New Guinea (PNG) during the colonial era. The paper discusses views among the Papua New Guinean diaspora in Australia on museums and PNG collections, and argues that cultural heritage issues must be addressed before the work of decolonisation can begin. Museums that house Papua New Guinean collections must follow the cultural protocols of the relevant Papua New Guinean source communities. Decolonisation will require an overhaul of the western museum structure and principles, and   Papua New Guinean vision, values and voices must be at the forefront of this work."

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

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Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

"eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the Tropics"

ISSN

1448-2940

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Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

215-235

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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