Is cultural democracy possible in a museum? Critical reflections on Indigenous engagement in the development of the exhibition Encounters: Revealing Stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Objects from the British Museum
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2017 at "International Journal of Heritage Studies"
DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2017.1300931
Abstract: Abstract Recent museological scholarship emphasises visitor participation and democratic access to cultural heritage as key to securing the ongoing relevance and future sustainability of museums. But do legacies of colonialist collecting practices and hierarchical conventions… read more here.
Keywords: british museum; museum; cultural democracy; possible museum ... See more keywords
Reclaiming History in the British Museum entranceway: imperialism, patronage and female, queer and black legacies
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2023 at "Rethinking History"
DOI: 10.1080/13642529.2023.2184966
Abstract: ABSTRACT Today the British Museum (BM) entranceway consecrates imperialism and patronage. Undertaken as a journey, this paper reclaims its invisible female, queer and black legacies. In recent years there has been widespread acknowledgement that the… read more here.
Keywords: british museum; queer black; museum; black legacies ... See more keywords
The “Chaucerian” Astrolabe in the British Museum: A Reassessment of Its Dating and Ownership
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2019 at "Journal for the History of Astronomy"
DOI: 10.1177/0021828619845585
Abstract: An undated medieval Latin astrolabe in the British Museum has many of the design features shown in manuscripts of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Treatise on the Astrolabe and is thus one of a group of astrolabes often… read more here.
Keywords: british museum; museum reassessment; chaucerian astrolabe; astrolabe british ... See more keywords
73 vs. 91: drafting a code for new alphabetical catalog of the British Museum
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2023 at "JLIS.it"
DOI: 10.36253/jlis.it-527
Abstract: The paper, starting from the draft of 73 Rules Museum proposed by Panizzi to the Trustees in March 1839, aims at bringing out Panizzi’s underlying design for the new alphabetical catalog of the British Museum.… read more here.
Keywords: british museum; new alphabetical; alphabetical catalog; catalog british ... See more keywords