{"product_id":"decolonize-museums-paperback-1","title":"Decolonize Museums - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShimrit Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBhakti Shringarpure\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBehold the\u003cbr\u003esleazy logic of museums: plunder dressed up as charity, conservation, and care.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe idealized\u003cbr\u003eWestern museum, as typified by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British\u003cbr\u003eMuseum, and the Museum of Natural History, has remained much the same for over\u003cbr\u003ea century: a uniquely rarified public space of cool stone, providing an\u003cbr\u003eexperience of leisure and education for the general public while carefully\u003cbr\u003etending fragile artifacts from distant lands. As questions about representation\u003cbr\u003eand ethics have increasingly arisen, these institutions have proclaimed their\u003cbr\u003einterest in diversity and responsible conservation, asserting both their\u003cbr\u003eadaptability and their immovably essential role in a flourishing and culturally\u003cbr\u003erich society.With \u003ci\u003eDecolonize\u003cbr\u003eMuseums\u003c\/i\u003e, Shimrit Lee punctures this fantasy, tracing the essentially\u003cbr\u003ecolonial origins of the concept of the museum. White Europeans' atrocities were\u003cbr\u003ereimagined through narratives of benign curiosity and abundant respect for the\u003cbr\u003eoccupied or annihilated culture, and these racist narratives, Lee argues, \u003cbr\u003eremain integral to the authority exercised by museums today. Citing pop culture\u003cbr\u003ereferences from \u003ci\u003eIndiana Jones\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eand highlighting crucial activist campaigns and legal action to redress the\u003cbr\u003eharms perpetrated by museums and their proxies, \u003ci\u003eDecolonize Museums\u003c\/i\u003e argues\u003cbr\u003ethat we must face a dismantling of these seemingly eternal edifices, and\u003cbr\u003econsider what, if anything, might take their place.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShimrit Lee \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, curator, and educator. Her research lies at the intersection of visual and cultural studies, postcolonial theory, and critical security studies. Her essays and reviews have been published in a number of cultural journals and art magazines. She completed her PhD in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU in 2019, and currently teaches at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBhakti Shringarpure\u003c\/strong\u003e is editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eWarscapes\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eCold War Assemblages: Decolonization to Digital\u003c\/em\u003e and co-editor of the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eInsurgent Feminisms: Women Write War\u003c\/em\u003e. She has written for \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian, The Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAfrica is a Country\u003c\/em\u003e, among other places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47287189963001,"sku":"9781682193150","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/YkFBVzhPQTdwK0JXbnV0aTNBQUFQZz09_ed9fe4bb-607c-4153-bfcb-18f84901042a.webp?v=1769112987","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/decolonize-museums-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}